HIS42050 Political violence 20c Europe

Academic Year 2019/2020

This module will introduce students to competing explanations of the causes and development of violence during wartime in the first half of the twentieth century. The course will use a wide geographical range of case studies to draw out larger thematic issues in the cultural and political history of violence and warfare. The range of topics studied includes the Herero and Nama Genocides; the First World War; the Armenian Genocide, 1915-16; the Greco Turkish War 1919-23; the comparative history of paramilitary violence after the Great War; the Russian Civil War; the Spanish Civil War; the Second World War and the Holocaust.

Equivalent to: M-04: History of Dictatorships, Violence and Conflicts

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students will have the ability to work with primary sources, improved oral and written presentation skills, sound understanding of the latest scholarship on the history of modern political violence

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

22
Specified Learning Activities

95
Autonomous Student Learning

95
Total

212
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Students will learn through a combination of seminar discussions and presentations, research-led essay-writing, independent learning (reading) and oral presentations. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: 2000 word essay Week 12 n/a Graded No

50
Assignment: 2000 word essay Week 7 n/a Graded No

40
Presentation: Presentation Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

10

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback will be offered individually to students after each assessment component has been completed.

Name Role
Dr Yiannis Kokosalakis Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor William Mulligan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Chiara Tedaldi Lecturer / Co-Lecturer