Programme/Approved Electives for 2021/22
None
Available as a Free Standing Elective
Yes
The module aims to provide students with a new perspective on German history. Moving away from the common focus on Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, and imperial history, the module will instead explore German reactions to the many manifestations of 'high modernity' between 1900 and 1933. The primary focus of the module will be on the openness of German history, allowing students to reject teleological readings of the subject. Students will come to appreciate the options available to men and women of the time, when the 'old' and the 'new' were juxtaposed in many areas of life, including art, work, politics, consumption, and sexuality. The module will also introduce students to the methods of cultural history.
Aims
To introduce students to German history before the advent of Hitler;To enable students to analyze continuity and discontinuity in German history;To allow students to identify and assess different perspectives of the historiography on Germany in the early twentieth century.
Intended Learning Outcomes
discuss, evaluate, and critically assess a range of primary sources: 1utilize critically primary sources in order to produce historical narratives: 1engage in debate in a sensitive, constructive, and rigorous manner: 1,2discuss, evaluate, and critically assess historiographical debates and methodologies: 1,2
10 x 2 hours seminar50 hours seminar preparation50 hours essay preparation30 hours preparation for group presentation
Description of Module Assessment
1: Essay weighted 70%EssayA 2000-word essay, set by tutor
2: Group Presentation weighted 30%30-Minute Group Presentation30-minute group presentation plus Q&A
2-3 students per group, depending on size of seminars
All members of group will be receive the same mark, provided that everyone invests the same amount of time