Nation and Memory in Russia, Poland and Ukraine, 1800 to the present
Schedule 2021/22
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Autumn Term |
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There will be no (live) lecture and no seminar session in week 1, but you will listen to two introductory videocasts. The first videocast will be an introduction to the module (PPT), the second videocast is on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The videocasts will be available on Moodle. 1. History and the Present: the conflict in Ukraine PPT Some reading: A) The annexation of Crimea and the war in Ukraine |
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2. Nation and Memory PPT |
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3. Russia's Mission PPT |
Week 3 |
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4. Poland's Misfortune PPT |
Week 4 |
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5. Ukraine's Struggle PPT |
Week 5 |
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READING WEEK |
Week 6
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6. Peasants into ... (Russians, Ukrainians, Poles) PPT |
F) Empires, Nationalists and the Peasantry |
Week 7 |
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7. Nation and Literature PPT |
Week 8 |
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8. Nation and Art PPT |
Week 9 |
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9. Nation and Music PPT (20/21) |
I) National Operas, Anthems and Folk Songs | Week 10 | |
Spring Term |
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10. And what about the Jews? PPT |
Week 1 |
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11. The Great War PPT |
Week 2 |
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12. The Russian Civil War PPT |
Week 3 |
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13. The Polish-Ukrainian War PPT |
Week 4 |
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14. War Remembrance PPT |
Week 5 |
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READING WEEK
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15. Soviet nationality policy PPT |
Week 7 |
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16. Poland between the wars PPT |
Week 8 |
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17. Bloodlands: Atrocities and mass murder in the Second World War PPT |
Week 9 |
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18. Memory conflicts PPT |
R) Giving National Meaning to War | Week 10 | |
Summer Term |
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19. Post-Memory PPT |
Week 1 |
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20) Russian, Polish and Ukrainian self-images today 2021/22 PPT |
T ) How Russians, Poles and Ukrainians see themselves |
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Revision ppt | Week 3 or 4 |