HSY2950

Europe: Enlightenment and Revolution (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: David Garrioch

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: In addition to the general objectives common to all second- and third-year History units, students successfully completing this subject should have gained a knowledge of the political and social systems and ideologies of eighteenth-century Europe; and a familiarity with some of the principal historiographical debates relevant to Europe during this period, in particular debates about the Enlightenment, class formation, the state, secularisation, gender relations, and the French Revolution and Empire.

Assessment: Bibliography exercise (500 words): 5% + Class test (50 minutes): 25% + Group presentation (approx. 10 minutes per student): 30% + Essay (2400 words): 40%

Contact Hours: 2.5 hours (1 lecture and one 1.5 hour workshop) per week

Prerequisites: A first-year sequence in History or permission

Prohibitions: HSY3950, EUR2950, EUR3950