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| Unit name |
1968 and its afterlives (Level H Special Subject) |
| Unit code |
HIST30081 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
H/6
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| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Wei |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None
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| Co-requisites |
None
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| School/department |
Department of History (Historical Studies) |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Arts |
Description including Unit Aims
This unit will examine the events of 1968 in Europe, and consider their impact, legacies, and interpretation. Was 1968 'the year that changed the world' or simply a brief and historically meaningless student revolt? 1968 is increasingly seen as a transnational event, but historians ignore the local at their peril. We will discuss international connections but will also explore the extent to which 1968 can be said to have been a Europe-wide phenomenon. Key to this unit will be an assessment of the long-term impact of 1968. Should 1970s movements such as feminism, gay liberation, environmentalism and left wing terrorism be seen as the continuation of '1968' by other means? What was the fate of the '68-ers' in the era of the oil shock? Finally, how has the way in which 1968 has been remembered, both by historians and other commentators, changed in the subsequent 40 years?
Aims:
- To enable students to explore the issues surrounding the state of research into the events of 1968 and their legacy
- To develop further students ability to work with primary sources
- To develop further students abilities to integrate both primary and secondary source material into a wider historical analysis
- To develop further students ability to learn independently within a small-group context.
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the unit students should be able to demonstrate:
- an in depth understanding of the events of 1968 and their historical significance
- experience and competence in working with an increasingly specialist range of primary sources, as appropriate to level H
- the ability to select pertinent evidence/data in order to illustrate/demonstrate more general issues and arguments
- the ability to identify a particular academic interpretation, evaluate it critically, and form an individual viewpoint
Teaching Information
- 11 x 3 weekly seminar hours
- Tutorial feedback on essay
- Access to tutorial consultation with unit tutor in office hours
Assessment Information
1 x 3500 word essay (50%) and 1 x 2 hour exam (50%), both assessing ILOs 1-4.
Reading and References
- C. Fink , P. Gassert and D. Junker (eds.), 1968: The World Transformed (1998).
- R. Fraser, 1968. A student generation in revolt (1988)
- M. Klimke and J. Scharloth (eds.), 1968 in Europe - A History of Protest and Activism, 1956-77 (2008)
- K. Ross, May 68 and its Afterlives (2004)
- M. Watts, 1968 and all that, Progress in Human Geography, 25 (2001), pp. 157-188.
- American Historical Review forum on The International 1968 (February 2009)
