Timetable
ALL LECTURE SLIDES/RECORDINGS, SEMINAR QUESTIONS,
AND READING LISTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE MODULE'S MOODLE PAGELink opens in a new window
Term |
Week |
Lecture and Seminar Topic |
| Autumn Term | 1 | **NO LECTURE OR SEMINAR - ALL 30 CATS OPTION MODULES BEGIN IN WEEK 2** |
| 2 |
Introduction: The Problem with Britain |
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| 3 |
An Imperial People? |
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| 4 |
'National Decline', Reproduction and the State in Edwardian Britain |
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| 5 |
The Great War and the Nation |
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| 6 |
Reading Week (no lecture or seminar) |
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| 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* |
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| 8 |
Politics and Everyday Life in Interwar Society |
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| 9 |
World War II: 'The People's War'? |
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| 10 |
The Welfare State |
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Christmas Vacation |
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| Spring Term | 11 | The Affluent Society |
| 12 |
Secularisation? Religion and Belief |
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| 13 |
A Permissive Society? |
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| 14 |
Decline and 'Declinism' |
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| 15 |
Decolonisation and Immigration: 'Whitewashing Britain'? |
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| 16 |
Reading Week (no lecture or seminar) |
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| 17 | Race and Racism in Multi-Cultural Britain | |
| 18 |
Essay Writing Workshop |
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| 19 |
Devolution: The Break-Up of Britain? |
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| 20 |
The Long Road to Brexit: Britain and Europe |
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Easter Vacation |
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| Summer Term |
21 |
Life in Thatcher's Britain |
| 22 |
Heritage, Nostalgia and Public Memory |
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| Conclusions |
'Island Stories': Reflections on Britain in the Twentieth Century |
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