HIS8052 : Conflict in European History (Inactive)
- Inactive for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Dr Felix Schulz
- Lecturer: Dr Robert Dale, Dr Luc Racaut, Professor Daniel Siemens
- Owning School: History, Classics and Archaeology
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 20 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
The module will explore the study of the impact of conflicts, such as military, social (public and private) conflicts, or political struggle, on national cultures. Wars constitute a structural element in the history of the Europeans and of their conflicting views of national identities. Wars and revolutions have produced rapid and radical transformation in the subjects affected by them - be they individual or collective, social or institutional. The subjects taught will not be restricted to political and military history but to the history of culture and mentality as well: the ways in which conflicts have been prepared, imagined, lived, represented, remembered and narrated.
This compulsory module will aim to provide the students with a methodological framework for understanding conflict in European history form the end of the sixteenth century to the twentieth century. It does so by introducing some fundamental events and themes in the history of conflict in Europe.
Outline Of Syllabus
Will include some of the following:
The ‘Martyrs of Córdoba’
Piracy and Captivity in the Early Modern Mediterranean
The Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna
The Revolutions of 1848-49 and their Interpretations
Street Fighting in Inter-war Central Europe
Anarchism in Spain, 1931-39
The Second World War: Occupation, Collaboration, famines
Antimilitarism and Mutinies in Interwar France
Political Violence in Germany, 1968-77
Assessment Workshop
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 68 | 1:00 | 68:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 33 | 1:00 | 33:00 | N/A |
| Structured Guided Learning | Structured research and reading activities | 22 | 1:00 | 22:00 | guided learning to accompany each weekly session |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 11 | 2:00 | 22:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 55 | 1:00 | 55:00 | N/A |
| Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Seminars encourage independent study and promote improvements in oral communication, problem-solving skills and adaptability. Seminars encourage students to share ideas and information and develop a sense of common identity as historians before they undertake individual and more specialised advanced research projects.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 1 | A | 100 | Extended essay of 3,600 words, incl. footnotes but excl. bibliography |
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written exercise | 1 | M | Preparation of an essay plan, approximately 400 words |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Submitted work tests intended knowledge and skills outcomes, develops key skills in research, reading and writing. Seminar attendance encourages participation and preparation.
The preparation of an essay plan will enable the students to think about the summative assessment from an early point in time, organise their reading, and ultimately plan the essay thinking and organising their main arguments. The feedback that they will receive will help them to submit an improved essay. Thus the formative assessment will support the students in developing their organisational skills, as well as those in research and reading.
Study-abroad, non-Erasmus exchange and Loyola students spending semester 1 only are required to finish their assessment while in Newcastle. Where an exam is present, an alternative form of assessment will be set and where coursework is present, an alternative deadline will be set. Details of the alternative assessment will be provided by the module leader.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- HIS8052's Timetable