DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY TRENT UNIVERSITY

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1 DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY TRENT UNIVERSITY HIST 2200Y: EUROPE FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (FW) Peterborough Instructor: Neil Thornton Campus Peterborough Office Location: EC S101.8 Telephone: x7095 (no voice mail) Office Hours: Wed :50 Secretary: Christine Quigley Office Location: EC S Telephone: x7706 Course Description: History 2200 covers select topics in the history of European society from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War. Although the emphasis will be on events in the major western European powers, other countries stories will be added to the mix. The course will take a variety of approaches, including political, social, intellectual, and religious. As well, particularly in the seminars, it will consider how historians have approached events. Course Format: Type Lecture Day Wed. Time 10:00-11:50 a.m. Location FPHL 117 Seminar Wed. 1:00-1:50 p.m. CC G4 Seminar Wed. 2:00-2:50 p.m. CC G4 Seminar Wed. 3:00-3:50 p.m. CC I1 Seminar Wed. 4:00-4:50 p.m. CC I1 Required Texts: The course will use a two-volume customized textbook from Pearson. The two volumes are only available at the Trent University Bookstore. You need only buy Volume 1 for the first term. Interpretations of the Western World: Europe from the French Revolution; Readings, Vol. 1; Vol. 2 Learning Outcomes:

2 History 2200Y By the end of this course, successful students should: 1. be able to identify major European countries and their main events and personages; 2. be able to conduct independent research and gather, review, evaluate, and interpret evidence; 3. be more skilled in exploring different approaches to problem solving while critically assessing the ideas of other historians; 4. know how to formulate original historical arguments in a critical and analytical fashion and communicate the results of their studies orally and in writing; 5. have developed their written and oral communication skills through research essays, class discussion, and exams; 6. feel confident in their critical thinking and ability to conceptualize; 7. understand the basic conventions of historical writing, the rules of academic integrity and professionalism, the importance of personal initiative and accountability, and the evolving nature of historical knowledge. Course Evaluation: Type of Assignment Weighting (%) Due Date First essay Nov. (10 a.m.) Mid-year exam 20 Dec. exam period Participation: first term 10 Second essay Mar. (10 a.m.) Participation: second term 10 Final exam 20 Apr. exam period Essays: The instructions for the two essays will appear on LearningSystem/Blackboard for students to download. Essays will be judged on the quality of writing, organization, research, originality, and adherence to appropriate conventions. The first essay will focus on finding and understanding two or three journal articles and should be 2000 words. As well as the just-noted criteria, it will be graded on the author s understanding of the articles and her or his ability to compare and summarize. Topics for the second, a research essay of 3000 to 3500 words, will be provided in December. The paper will be assessed on the author s ability to formulate an argument using at least nine sources (at least seven secondary sources including a minimum of two articles plus at least two primary sources). Notes respecting essays: Students are required to keep all research notes for their essays so that these can be handed in should the instructor require them. Failure to do so can result in an F for the assignment. Deadlines are firm. See the rules about late essays below. You must submit both a hard copy and an electronic copy on LearningSystem/Blackboard. Only one of these need be on time to make the deadline. All written work must be prepared according to the technical requirements established in Notes on the Preparation of Essays (Trent University Academic Skills Centre). Historians use Method One: Footnoting/Endnoting.

3 History 2200Y Backup your work as you go. Please do not ask for an extension based on computer problems. Participation will be assessed on contributions to and preparation for seminar discussions. Attendance is compulsory and failure to attend will lower the participation mark unless the absence is because of documented medical or personal reasons. Missing two seminars without reason in a term will result in a mark of zero for that term. Students are expected to complete the assigned reading. While there are no formal student presentations, students can expect to be asked occasionally to start discussion on a week s reading. Contributions will be evaluated on quality as well as quantity. The instructor recognizes that some students have inhibitions about speaking and one of his goals is to help people overcome those. There will also be opportunities for working in small groups. Note that the seminar topics are often different from the subject of the lecture on that date. A separate participation mark will be given for each term and will be available on LearningSystem/Blackboard. Exams will be written during the official exam periods in December and April. The final exam will cover only material from the second term. Each exam will require students to answer two essay questions. Questions will be broad, asking you to bring in a variety of material from lectures and readings. Exams will last three hours. Academic Integrity Module All students are required to complete an online module on academic integrity, which can be found on LearningSystem/Blackboard: Academic Integrity at Trent. This module will inform you of the major academic integrity regulations and the consequences for academic dishonesty. It will also provide you with instruction on how to avoid academic dishonesty when completing assignments, tests, group-projects, and papers. At the conclusion of each of the three sections, you will be required to take a multiple-choice quiz. You must earn 100% on each quiz, and you may take each quiz as many times as you need to in order to do this. The module will provide you with instructions on how to submit proof of your quiz scores. You must submit proof of completion before or when you hand in your first assignment. No assignments will be accepted without this proof. You may be in other courses that require completion of this module. If so, you only need to complete this module successfully once. Simply print out or electronically submit additional proof of your quiz scores. Please note that if you completed this module before September 2012, your scores are no longer valid and you will need to retake it at this time.

4 History 2200Y Academic Integrity: University Policies Academic dishonesty, which includes plagiarism and cheating, is an extremely serious academic offence and carries penalties varying from a 0 grade on an assignment to expulsion from the University. Definitions, penalties, and procedures for dealing with plagiarism and cheating are set out in Trent University s Academic Integrity Policy. You have a responsibility to educate yourself unfamiliarity with the policy is not an excuse. You are strongly encouraged to visit Trent s Academic Integrity website to learn more: Access to Instruction: It is Trent University's intent to create an inclusive learning environment. If a student has a disability and/or health consideration and feels that he/she may need accommodations to succeed in this course, the student should contact the Disability Services Office (BH Suite 132, disabilityservices@trentu.ca). Department and Course Policies: Lateness policy: Deadlines are firm. The two essays are due at the start of the lecture on the due date. After that (grace period to 10:15), they are late. Late work will lose 3 marks per day. Work must be submitted on paper and online on LearningSystem/Blackboard. If you fail to submit the hard copy at the lecture, submitting it online can be used to establish a submission time. Then, bring a hard copy to the next lecture. Late papers can also be dropped in the essay box in the History Department where they will be stamped. But I prefer that you use the online submission to show completion and then bring the paper to the next class. Please note the requirement to complete the Academic Integrity Module described earlier in the syllabus. Attendance will be taken at seminars but not for lectures. Nonetheless, it is strongly recommended that you attend all lectures. Your participation mark will suffer if you do not attend seminars. If you miss two in any term without a documented excuse, you will lose all participation marks for that term. The word requirements for the essays and the number of pages of weekly reading are in line with guidelines drawn up by the Department of History for second-year courses. Please feel free to ask questions about anything that you do not understand. Because I am only on campus on Wednesdays, is the best way to contact me. Send from your Trent account. I am not obligated to read from non-trent addresses.

5 History 2200Y Week-by-week schedule: The reading for each seminar is indicated by the volume number and pages. Students should do the assigned reading before the seminar. Attendance at seminars is compulsory. If you miss two in one term without documentation, your participation mark for that term will be zero. 12 Sept. Introduction; Europe before 1789: some background Seminar: Introductions and expectations 19 Sept. The French Revolution Seminar: V1: 1-36; Doyle & Hunt from French Revolution: Origins, Meaning, Results 26 Sept. Napoleon Seminar: Library workshop; location to be announced 3 Oct. Industrialization Seminar: V1: ; Contesting the Industrial Revolution in England 10 Oct. Conservatism and Romanticism Seminar: V1: 36-56; Kennedy selection from French Revolution 17 Oct. Liberalism and Socialism Seminar: V1: ; Marx and Engels Against Capitalism 24 Oct. Reading week; no class 31 Oct. Britain and France to 1848 Seminar: V1: ; The Adam Smith Problem 7 Nov. Political developments in the rest of Europe to 1848 Seminar: V1: ; Sexuality and Gender in the Nineteenth Century 14 Nov. First essay due at the beginning of class Nationalism and 1848: year of revolution Seminar: V1: ; The Revolutions of Nov. Italy and Germany unify Seminar: V1: ; Nationalism in the Early Nineteenth Century 28 Nov. Politics and social changes before 1914 Seminar: V1: ; How Liberal was Nineteenth-Century England? 5 Dec. Summary and review Seminar: Tips and practice for the mid-course exam 7 19 Dec. Exam period; mid-course exam will be held

6 History 2200Y Jan. Urbanization in the nineteenth century Seminar: V1: ; Leisure in Victorian Society 16 Jan. Art and Culture from the Second Empire to World War I Seminar: V2: 1-21; Weimar Culture 23 Jan. Women, domesticity and suffrage Seminar: V2: 22-66; The Movement for Gender Equality in the Twentieth Century 30 Jan. Imperialism Seminar: V2: ; The Origins of World War I 6 Feb. World War I; The Russian Revolution Seminar: V2: ; The Bolshevik Revolution from Above and Below 7 Feb. LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WITHOUT ACADEMIC PENALTY 13 Feb. Peace and the 1920s Seminar: V2: ; The Impact of World War I on European Culture 20 Feb. Reading Week; no classes 27 Feb. The rise of fascist Italy and Nazi Germany; Stalinist Russia Seminar: V2: ; The Fascist Mind 6 Mar. World War II Seminar: V2: ; From Weimar to Hitler 13 Mar. Second essay due at the beginning of class Film: TBA but likely Closely Watched Trains or The Lives of Others Seminar: V2: ; Adolf Hitler: Personality and Popularity 20 Mar. Holocaust Seminar: V2: ; Perpetrators of the Holocaust 27 Mar. Cold War; Video: East Germany: The Land Beyond the Wall Seminar: V2: ; The Fall of the Berlin Wall 3 Apr. Review Seminar: Preparing for the final exam 8 22 Apr. Exam period