Seminar Programme
Term 1
- Week 1 – General introduction and organization
100 years on. What is left to say about the First World War? -
Week 2 – Origins and war aims
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Week 3 – Mobilizations and invasions
Battle focus: Tannenberg, 1914 -
Week 4 – Economic mobilization
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Week 5 – The experience of combat
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Week 7 – Warring states and the politics of wartime
Battle focus: Gallipoli, 1915 -
Week 8 – Gender and sexual identities at war
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Week 9 – Race and empires
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Week 10 – Occupations
Term 2
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Week 1 – Genocide
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Week 2 – Peripheries
Battle focus: Jutland, 1916 -
Week 3 – Mutinies, social conflicts, and resilience
Battle focus: Caporetto, 1917 -
Week 4 – A revolutionary war
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Week 5 – The transformations of warfare
Battle focus: Amiens, 1918 -
Week 7 – Peacemaking and the continuation of war
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Week 8 – Reconstructions
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Week 9 – Making sense of the Great War, 1914-1939
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Week 10 – 100 years on: The First World War in contemporary memory and politics
Term 3
- Revision session