Study Programmes 2015-2016
HIST0039-1  
Modern history
Duration :
45h Th
Number of credits :
Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : classics3
Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : classics5
Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : classics5
Bachelor in information and communication5
Bachelor in information and communication5
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English4
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English5
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English5
Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general5
Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general3
Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general5
Bachelor in history6
Bachelor in history5
Bachelor in history5
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general5
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general5
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general4
Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology4
Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology4
Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology5
Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology5
Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies3
Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies5
Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies5
Bachelor in philosophy4
Bachelor in philosophy5
Bachelor in philosophy5
Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general5
Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general4
Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general5
Master in history (120 ECTS)5
Master in history (60 ECTS)5
Lecturer :
Annick Delfosse
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
This course presents a synthesis of Early Modern History (15th-18th Century), mainly in Europe, taking into account its political, cultural, social, religious and economic dimensions. It will give the opportunity to understand the main stakes of the modernity from the Italian Renaissance to the European Enlightenment.


The goal of the first year of Bachelor in History is to gain useful basic knowledge for your future training. Therefore, this course is foremost a structuring course, intended to fix and to capitalize the knowledge. Its other goal is to introduce you to the understanding of historical phenomena (explanation, links, classification...). For these two reasons, the course is also open to the other students of the Faculty: everybody will find here the opportunity to organize and complete his/her knowledge about the early modern period and to improve his/her approach of history.
Learning outcomes of the course :
With this course, you will gain knowledge with :
  • characteristic doctrines and concepts of the Early Modern period (Humanism, Renaissance, Enlightenment, tyrannicide, despotism, mercantilism...)
  • definite chronology and geography of the Early Modern period
  • European - and sometimes worldwide - approach of the Early Modern period.
At the end, you will get a general mastery of the Early Modern History, necessary precondition to continue your history training. You will be able to define precisely the main intellectual, cultural, religious, social, economical and political movements of this period. You will be able to place on a European map the main states and cities of this period. You will be able to explain the causes and consequences of the main events of this period. You will be able to link these events between each other and to underline the main stakes of Modernity.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
None. However, it is advisable to have a good command of French. To help you, you can contact the departmental teaching assistant, Jacqueline Austen. E-mail and telephone number below.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
The course will be hold during the first term, each Monday, in two sessions :


  • 11.00-12.30am : Salle Kurt (Building A2, level +1)
  • 5.30-7.00pm : Salle Kurt (Building A2, level +1)
It is necessary to attend to the two sessions. The first meeting will be organized on Sept. 22, 2014, at 11am. 
Recommended or required readings :
All the documents showed during the lesson (iconography, maps, slides...) as well as a detailed table of the contents and a glossary will be available on the online course (see below).
This online course is a full-fledged component of my teaching. It is necessary to consult it regularly : I will often insert announcement, new data, new events...


Moreover, you can find useful supports with


  • Jérôme Hélie, Petit Atlas historique des Temps modernes, 2nd ed., Paris, Armand Colin, 2007 (textbook with illustrations and maps).
  • Atlas d'Histoire Hayt, 31st ed., Bruxelles, De Boeck, 2006 (standard historical atlas)
Finally, you will have to study 20 sheets (cf. online course) from this manual : Hélène DUCCINI, Les 100 notions d'histoire moderne, Belin, Histoire, 2011.
All these books are available in bookshops of town centre.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Soon
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
This course is given and assessed in the very short space (1 quadrimester).
Contacts :
Tenured lecturer :
Annick Delfosse,
Département des Sciences historiques
Quai Roosevelt, 1b - Bât. A4, niveau 1.
Tél : 04/3665455
adelfosse@ulg.ac.be
Office hours : Monday, 2:00-4:00pm


I'm easily available by e-mail. I will answer as soon as possible. However, I would prefer you directly ask the questions about the lessons in the forum of the online course.


Secretary :
Corinne Bolsée,
Département des Sciences historiques,
secrétariat
Quai Roosevelt, 1b - Bât. A4, niveau 0
Tél : +32 4 366 5875
Items online :
Online course
Instructions, announcements, slides, vocabulary, various Internet links, etc. Attention : accessible only after curriculum validation.
Online Notes
Notes available on eCampus.