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History of the Habsburg Monarchy 1700-1918 (HIST0483)

Key information

Faculty
Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
Teaching department
History
Credit value
30
Restrictions
Final year students on the History Undergraduate degree programmes cannot select this module.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

This module is offered in several versions which have different credit weightings (e.g. either 15 or 30 credits). Please see the links below for the alternative versions. To choose the right one for your programme of study, check your programme handbook or with your department.

  1. History of the Habsburg Monarchy 1700-1918 A (HIST0484)

Description

This course concentrates on the politics of the Habsburg Monarchy in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as the origins of nationalism in Central Europe, baroque art and architecture, and fin-de-siecle Vienna. The current schedule has lectures on: the Habsburg Dynasty; the Lands and Peoples of the Monarchy; Baroque Triumphalism; Survival and Reform under Maria Theresa; Joseph II and Enlightened Despotism; the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Challenge; Metternich; Magyar and Czech National Awakenings; Galicia and the Pre-March; the 1848 Revolutions; Neo-Absolutism; the 1867 Settlement; Nationalism and Politics in the Czech Lands; Austrian Liberalism; Poles, Ukrainians and Jews in Autonomous Galicia; Social Democracy; The Habsburg Monarchy as a Cultural Idea; the South Slav Question; the Great War and the Dissolution of the Monarchy; and a final revision lecture. A principal aim of the course is to introduce students to the outstanding secondary literature on the history of the Monarchy.

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Terms 1 and 2 ÌýÌýÌý Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 5)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study
In person
Methods of assessment
75% Fixed-time remote activity
25% Coursework
Mark scheme
Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year
32
Module leader
Dr Jakub Benes
Who to contact for more information
history.programmes@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.

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