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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Schama on Churchill and Orwell

In eight parts:
Part one
Part two
Part three
Part four
Part five
Part six
Part seven
Part eight

Course description

Etude des développements et des structures politiques, économiques, sociaux et culturels et introduction à la vie contemporaine des communautés anglophones de l'Europe.

The course will concentrate on the English-speaking peoples of Europe, that is to say the English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh. Their relationship with other European countries, with English-speaking peoples in other continents, and with the wider world, will be considered where necessary, but not in a systematic fashion.

"Réalités contemporaines" should be taken somewhat in the sense of "l'histoire contemporaine" (often taken to begin in or around 1789). The realities studied will not be strictly contemporary: the course concentrates on the period from 1945 to 1997. There is a further course in the M.A. programme that looks at Britain since 1997, with a more strictly "contemporary" focus.

(Full course description here)

Course outline

Please note: this outline is subject to modification as the course progresses
27 Jan. Introductory session
3 Feb. An Unchanging England?
10 Feb. Health, Education and Welfare
17 Feb. Pomp and circumstance
24 Feb. The End of Empire
3 Mar. The Swinging Sixties
10 Mar. Immigration, racism and multiculturalism
17 Mar. The Thatcher Revolution
24 Mar. Roast Beef of Old England
31 Mar. Britain between "Europe" and the "Anglo-Saxon World"
21 Apr. The Republic of Ireland
28 Apr. Northern Ireland
5 May The Troubles
12 May Concluding session

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Schama on Churchill and Orwell

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