HIS-20075 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2021/22

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

Pass at level one, or appropriate alternative qualifications for visiting students

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2021/22

In this module we will explore the history of Europe between the two World Wars as a period in its own right, and not just as the prehistory of World War II. We will analyse a wide range of topics: the end of World War I and its legacies in Western and Eastern Europe 1918-1921, the peace treaties 1919, the reconstruction of Europe until 1929, the hinge years 1929-1933, the variety of European reactions to the coming to power of Hitler in Germany 1933-1938. We will analyse the development of conservative and extreme right-wing movements on a Europe-wide scale, the foundation and rise of extreme right-wing movements in all European states, the different reactions of left-wing and right-wing conservative movements and parties to the $ùrevolution from the right&©. Methodologically we will evaluate approaches of transnational and comparative history and assess the interdependencies of political, social and cultural processes in the specific context of Interwar-Europe

To introduce students to the history of Europe between the two World Wars as a period in its own right, and not just as the prehistory of World War II.
To explore and analyse the development of conservative and extreme right-wing movements in Interwar-Europe on a European-wide scale. To introduce approaches of transnational and comparative history. To study the interdependencies of political, social and cultural processes.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Explain the historical and historiographical issues raised by this subject of Interwar-Europe: 1,2
Analyse methodological issues of historiography relating to Interwar-Europe: 1,2
Evaluate the interdependencies between of political, social and cultural processes in a specific context: 1,2
Analyse the core topics of the end of World War I and its legacies; the hinge years 1939-1933, the variety of European reactions to the coming to power of Hitler in Germany 1933-1938, the foundation and rise of extreme right-wing movements in all European states, the different reactions of left-wing and right-wing conservative movements and parties to the `revolution from the right¿: 1,2

Study hours

150 hours: 10 lectures, 7 seminars, 48 hours of seminar preparation, 60 hours essay preparation, 25 hours lecture consolidation.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment