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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
HIST0167-1  German History

Duration :  30h Th
Number of credits :  
Master in History, Research Focus, 1st yearSecond semester5
Lecturer :  Christoph Brüll
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
Broad view of German history since 1806 with special attention given to political and institutional history and to historiographical debates.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
The 19th and 20th c. German history is in fact the history of "several Germanys" which can only be understood in its European context. The course aims not only to analyse the past of our eastern neighbour but also to emphasize the difficulties of writing this past.
The course has two major issues: the study of a national history leading to a more comparative approach of European history in connection with the other courses and the reflection of the practice of writing history through the great historiographical debates in Germany.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
none
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Several lessons will be used to the analyse and discuss documents on german history.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
The course will be organised in Q 2. Time and local to be discussed with the students in october.
Recommended or required readings :  
Lecture (partial) :
Heinrich August Winkler, Histoire d'Allemagne XIXe-XXe siècle : Le long chemin vers l'Occident, Fayard, Paris 2005.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Oral examination in June and in September
Organizational remarks :  
The courses will be delivered in French, as well as the notes and the examinations. Foreign students are expected to master the language first.
Contacts :  
Christoph Brüll

Département des sciences historiques

1b, quai Roosevelt, 4000 Liège (bât. A4)

Christoph.Brull@ulg.ac.be


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