This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Government and History, BSc in International Relations and History and BSc in Politics and History. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course is available with permission to General Course students.
This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Government and History, BSc in International Relations and History and BSc in Politics and History. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course is available with permission to General Course students.
The School aims to run in-person seminars, subject to circumstances, with some online provision if and where necessary. The first hour will be a recorded introductory lecture. There will be a reading week in the Michaelmas and the Lent terms.
Students will be expected to produce one formative essay in the MT and one formative essay in the LT. There will also be a mock exam.
A full reading list will be provided at the start of the course but will include the following introductory surveys: Berger, Feldner and Passmore, Writing History; D Cannadine (Ed), What is History now?; L Jordanova, History in Practice; R Evans, In Defence of History; J Tosh, The Pursuit of the Past; M Bloch, The Historian's Craft; R G Collingwood, The Idea of History; T. Garton Ash, The File.
Exam (80%, duration: 3 hours) in the summer exam period. Class participation (20%) in the MT and LT.