MO3301 Holocaust and Denial in Europe

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

Further information on which modules are specific to your programme.

Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 9

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Before taking this module the student should have satisfied the entry requirements for Honours History or Modern History

Planned timetable

Seminar: 11:00 - 13:00, Friday

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr T D Kamusella

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr Tomasz Kamusella

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

Holocaust denial was widespread when the wartime genocide of Jews and Roma took place, and during the early Cold War. Later, acknowledgement of what had happened arose in the West in the 1970s and 80s, but denial continued behind the Iron Curtain until the fall of communism. In reunited Europe Holocaust remembrance has become the moral foundation of the continent’s politics. Yet, with the departure of the last Holocaust survivors, denial creeps back into public life. Following the preparatory discussion of theory and terminology, the module probes into preselected cases of Holocaust denial from across Europe during the past eight decades.

Assessment pattern

60% coursework, 40% examination

Re-assessment

100% coursework

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2-hour seminars (X11 weeks), 1-hour surgery hour (office hour) (X11)

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.

Intended learning outcomes

  • By the end of the module, students will gain comparative knowledge about the Holocaust, Holocaust remembrance and denial across Europe.
  • By the end of the module, students will be able to discuss about the Holocaust, Holocaust remembrance and denial across Europe from different disciplinary and national (state-specific) perspectives.
  • By the end of the module, students will improve their transferrable skill of researching and writing analytical essays.
  • By the end of the module, students will improve their transferrable skill of preparing and delivering oral presentations.