Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
4104HIST-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. To survey the development and transformation of Europe from the 1790s to 1914
2. Demonstrate an understanding of key trends in political-social history (nationalism, internationalism, socialism, new-imperialism)
3. To introduce students to the historiography of Europe’s ‘Long Nineteenth Century’
Learning Outcomes
1.
Identify important political, cultural, and social aspects of Modern European history
2.
Comprehend historiographical viewpoints on Modern European history
3.
Demonstrate an ability to summarize and comprehend an aspect of Modern European history in written form
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Introduction to the ‘Long Nineteenth Century’ concept
The French Revolution
The Congress of Vienna
The origins of nationalism and the 1848 Revolutions
The unifications of Germany and Italy
New-Imperialism
The origins of the First World War
The origins of socialism
The origins of the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917
Module Overview:
This module will provide you with an understanding of the of importance of the political, cultural, and social aspects of Modern European history. Throughout this module, you will engage in historical debate on a range of topics about myth, memory and identity in Modern European history, critically relating discussion to different national (or otherwise) contexts.
This module will provide you with an understanding of the of importance of the political, cultural, and social aspects of Modern European history. Throughout this module, you will engage in historical debate on a range of topics about myth, memory and identity in Modern European history, critically relating discussion to different national (or otherwise) contexts.
Additional Information:In this module students will explore these questions by examining Europe’s ‘Long Nineteenth Century’, tracing the origins of nationalism, socialism and internationalism through to the culmination of these political trends in the outbreak of the First World War and the Russian Revolutions of 1917.