Timetable
The module timetable can be found below:
All lecture slides / recordings, seminar questions, and reading lists, are available on the Moodle pageLink opens in a new window
| Week | Lecture and Seminar Topic |
| 1 | **NO LECTURE OR SEMINAR - ALL 30 CATS OPTION MODULES BEGIN IN WEEK 2** |
| 2 | Introduction: The Problem with Britain |
| 3 | An Imperial People? |
| 4 | 'National Decline', Reproduction and the State in Edwardian Britain |
| 5 | The Great War and the Nation |
| 6 | Reading week (no lecture or seminar) |
| 7 | Mass Culture and Popular Pastimes in Interwar Britain *This week's seminar will take place in the Modern Records CentreLink opens in a new window* |
| 8 | Politics and Everyday Life in Interwar Society |
| 9 | World War II: 'The People's War'? |
| 10 | The Welfare State |
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Christmas Vacation
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| 11 | The Affluent Society |
| 12 | Secularisation? Religion and Belief |
| 13 | A Permissive Society? |
| 14 | Decline and 'Declinism' |
| 15 | Decolonisation and Immigration: 'Whitewashing Britain'? |
| 16 | Reading week (no lecture or seminar) |
| 17 | Race and Racism in Multi-Cultural Britain |
| 18 | Assignments Workshop |
| 19 | Devolution: The Break-Up of Britain? |
| 20 | The Long Road to Brexit: Britain and Europe |
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Easter Vacation
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| 21 | Life in Thatcher's Britain |
| 22 | 'Island Stories': Heritage, Nostalgia and Public Memory |
