MO3520 History, Memory and Identity in Postwar Western Europe (1945 - 2005)

Academic year

2023 to 2024 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

TBC

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Module coordinator

Prof R B F L Bavaj

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Module Staff

Professor Riccardo Bavaj

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Module description

As Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba put it in their highly influential study on The Civic Culture, the political culture of a nation is 'the particular distribution of patterns of orientation towards political objects among the members of the nation'. Which 'patterns of orientation', i.e. attitudes, basic beliefs and values, can be discerned in postwar European democracies? This is the basic question of this module. By taking the intriguing historiographical triangle of history, memory and identity as a heuristic starting point, the module aims at examining the different ways of coping with recent pasts in Germany, Italy, France and Britain. This allows revealing insights in various historical narratives and streams of political thought in postwar Europe, hence in crucial aspects of Western European political culture between 1945 and 2005.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS AT LEAST 60 CREDITS FROM {MO1007, MO1008, MO2008, HI2001, MH2002}

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

4,000 - to 5,000-word essay = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 2-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.

Scheduled learning hours

22

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

278

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.