2022/2023
History
Type:
General course
Delivered by:
Department of Humanities
When:
3, 4 module
Online hours:
30
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
30
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The discipline is taught in a blended format. At seminars, there is an opportunity to discuss in more depth the topics discussed in the online course, to update them in terms of the educational programs of students. The program was created on the basis of the online course History. There is a selection of applications by time of submission, taking into account places in groups on different campuses.
Learning Objectives
- The purpose of studying the discipline "History of the West" is to form students' ideas about the trends, common features and features of the history of Europe.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrates skills in working with scientific historical literature and participation in discussions on historical issues
- Names and explains key problems, algorithms of socio-economic and political changes in History
Course Contents
- Seminar 1. Introduction.
- Seminar 2. Ancient Greece and Rome: the phenomenon of polis.
- Seminar 3. The shaping of the Middle Ages. The Empire of Charlemagne and the Carolingians.
- Seminar 4. The Viking Age.
- Seminar 5. The Byzantine Empire
- Seminar 6. The struggle between empire and papacy in the 11th century
- Seminar 7. Chivalry. Crusades.
- Seminar 8. Medieval city.
- Seminar 9. Shaping of the parliaments. Magna Carta.
- Seminar 10. Europe and the East. Arab conquests, the Mongol Empire, the Ottoman Empire.
- Seminar 11. The Political Development of England and France in the Early Modern period.
- Seminar 12. The English Civil Wars of the 17th century. The shaping of the constitutional monarchy.
- Seminar 13. The War of Independence and the shaping of the United States of America.
- Seminar 14. The French Revolution. The 19th century – the Age of Revolutions. (Oxford debates).
- Seminar 15. The First World War and its outcomes. The international relations of the Interbellum. Roosevelt's New Deal in the 1930s. Hitler's coming to power in Germany, 1933-1939.
- Seminar 16. Neoconservative policy of the government of Margaret Thatcher 1981-1990.
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 4th module0.5 * Exam + 0.4 * Work at seminars + 0.1 * Work with online-course
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Black, Antony. A World History of Ancient Political Thought: Its Significance and Consequences. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Oxford Scholarship Online, 2016
- Tomka, B. (2013). A Social History of Twentieth-Century Europe. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=549103
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Black, C. F. (2001). Early Modern Italy : A Social History. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=60581
- Euan Cameron. (1999). Early Modern Europe : An Oxford History. OUP Oxford.