Friday, November 10, 2006

Next semester's subjects

I have enrolled in my two subjects for next semester. They are;
HST310 : Twentieth Century Europe

This unit deals with the main issues of European social, cultural, political, economic and military development predominantly in the period 1914 to 1945. Was the age, as suggested by some, an age of catastrophe, an increasingly barbaric age or an age when modernity went wrong? Was Europe the dark continent that some historians have suggested? Students will explore the violence of two world wars, civil wars in Russia and Spain, political polarisation and instability, ideological conflict, the Great Depression and the horrors of the Holocaust.

...and...
HST210 : Women in Australian History

This unit examines the unique history of women's experience in Australia. Students will examine continuities and changes for women. Beginning with the differences between convict women and the construction and realities of the lives of free women and girls. The unit then explores the agency of women in the twentieth century including their role in wartime and the subsequent explosion of second wave feminism. Throughout the unit, students will examine the diversities of Australian women and the ways in which class, sexuality, race and ethnicity impacted and interacted with gender.

1 Comments:

Blogger Tim said...

I take it you are studying through OUA? HST310 was probably the most satisfying subject I did in my entire degree. It's a period that interests me a great deal, and there was something about the way it was taught, plus the enthusiasm of my fellow students, that made it special. Have fun with it. Nice blog, by the way.

11/29/2006 09:30:00 pm  

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