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Contemporary History and Culture of the Low Countries
Course code: DUTC4205.
Course unit value: 0.5.
This course offers an opportunity to further develop cultural analysis concepts, skills and techniques while exploring selected topics of contemporary Dutch and Belgian history and culture. It focuses on selected themes form Dutch and Belgian history since 1945 with emphasis on events that shaped identities in both countries. Four different topics are covered, dealing with such matters as cultural geography of the Low Countries, the aftermath of colonisation, economic development and policy, Dutch corporations, European integration, the women's movement and forms of public remembrance. Students from outside the Dutch Dept. are welcome. Some knowledge of Dutch is desirable but not prerequisite.
Assessment: the best three out of four 1500 word essays (33.3% each).
Tutor: Ulrich Tiedau.
Preparatory reading and set texts:
There is no set textbook for this course. Readings and handouts will be provided in class and on Moodle. However, you may find the following textbook, a standard history of the Low Countries, useful for background information (copies of which are held in the College library):
- Blom, J. C. H. and E. Lamberts (eds.), History of the Low Countries (New York/London: Berghahn Books, 1999) (DUTCH H32.51 BLO).
