This is a shelf course. A shelf course comprises a number of modules related to this broad area of study. Each module is a separate semester of study in this area and is offered in rotation. You can study TWO modules but you cannot study the same module twice.
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Subject Area: European Studies
This course can also be studied in the following specialisations: History
Module: "Modern France since 1870"(Semester 1, 2011)
Since 1870, France has experienced three Republics and three foreign occupations. In addition the French Republic was bitterly divided against itself between the Dreyfus Affair and the Liberation of 1944. This module surveys these conflicts, including their role in the French experience of two world wars. Special attention is paid to the Popular Front, Vichy and the resistance, and the enduring influence of these events over post-1945 politics. The module will also address Gaullism, the Algerian War in the national memory, the 'events' of May 1968, and the rise and decline of Le Pen.
Module: "Modern Italy since Unification"
Analysis focuses on the crises of the Italian state from Unification in 1861 to the collapse of Christian Democrat hegemony and the anti-corruption campaigns of the 1900s. Special attention will be paid to the Risorgimento, as well as to Italy under Fascism. Long-term social issues will be examined, such as the history of the Mafia, migration, the problem of the mezzogiorno, regionalism and Italy's uneven economic development. Italy's relative poverty and the historic fragility of nationalist aspirations will be emphasised, but not at the expense of Italy's 'economic miracle' and its contemporary role within the EU. Discussion material will include film and literary sources.
