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UCL Credits: 30 | Total Learning Hours: 375 | ECTS: 15 |
Level: Introductory | Course Unit: 1.0 | Full Year |
Module Coordinator: Dr Thomas Lorman Taught By: Dr Thomas Lorman, Dr Rebecca Haynes To find out more about this module, please contact the Module Coordinator |
| Weekly Contact Hours: 2.0 (1 hour lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week) |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Compulsory Module for: SSEES History/History with YA and Combined Honours SSEES History Students |
Summative Assessment
Coursework: 2x 2000-2500 word essays (25%)
3 hour Examination (75%)
Formative Assessment
To be confirmed
Module Outline
The course examines the recent history of Eastern Europe from both a national and transnational perspective. Beginning with the end of the Crimean War in 1856, it reaches the break-up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Lecture topics include the empires of the nineteenth century and their legacies, the emergence of modern nationalisms, the myth and reality of ‘the Balkans’, the origins and outcomes of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, fascism and authoritarianism, Stalinism and ‘de-Stalinization’ in the Soviet Union, the ‘German question’, and the imposition, development and collapse of Communist rule in the satellite states.The course is team-taught by weekly lectures, given by various members of the SSEES History staff and weekly tutorials.
Indicative Texts
- Ian Armour, A History of Eastern Europe, 1740-1918 (London, 2006)
- Robin Okey, Eastern Europe 1740-1985: Feudalism to Communism, 2nd edn (London, 1986)
- Geoffrey Hosking, Russia and the Russians: A History (London, 2001)
AFFILIATESThis module is not open to affiliate students. |
Please note: This outline is accurate at the time of publication. Minor amendments may be made prior to the start of the academic year.