Seminar Programme

 

	Week	Seminar Topic
Autumn Term	1	Russian Revolution 1: Origins - The February Revolution and its Background
	2	Russian Revolution 2: The October Revolution and the Civil War
	3	French Revolution 1: Origins
	4	French Revolution 2: Course
	5	Founding Interpretations
	6	Reading Week - no seminar
	7	Cold War and Post-Soviet Historiography
	8	Popular Revolt: Peasants, Artisans, and Workers
	9	Revolution and Reaction Among Elites: Aristocracy and Bourgeoisie
	10	Intellectuals for and against Revolution
Spring Term	1	Revolutionary Ideology: Democratisation and Moral Regeneration
	2	Propaganda and Mobilisation
	3	The Politics of Liberty and Equality
	4	War and Revolution
	5	Economies and Political Economies
	6	Reading Week - no seminar
	7	Violence and Terror
	8	Modernity and Modernisation
	9	Empire, Colonies and National Minorities
	10	Global Reverberations
Summer Term	1	Overview
	2	Revision