History

This course offers a study of Spanish history from the end of the 19th century to the present.

This course examines the dynamics of contemporary racism in France through a knowledge of long history. It traces the genealogy of racism as it is expressed, both in the processes at work and in the debates that run through our society. To achieve this, the seminar focuses in particular, but not exclusively, on the legacy of our colonial past in terms of the expression of racism. This focus is directly linked to the lively debates that have arisen since the late 1990s as French society questions its colonial past. The seminar also develops the ability to reflect on the issues raised in a complex and problematized way.

This course deals with political, economic, intellectual and cultural events that occurred in the history of Asia from 1945-1989. The course covers the following topics: 

• The First Indochina War (1945-1954): the Cold War comes to Vietnam 

• The two Vietnams (1954-1964): The Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of Vietnam 

• The Second Indochina War (1964-1975): Vietnam in the Center of the Cold War  

• Cambodia and Laos (1945-1979): Decolonization and Cold War 

• Indochina at Peace? (1975-1989): Cambodia and Laos 

• Indochina at Peace? (1975-1989): Vietnam 

• Thailand and Myanmar (1945-1989) 

• The Philippines (1945-1989) 

• Indonesia (1945-1989) 

• The Cold War in Southeast Asia as an Intelligence War 

• Southeast Asia after the end of the Cold War 

This course offers a study of the different pre-Hispanic indigenous peoples, from a multidimensional perspective, establishing dialogues with the processes that these peoples currently experience. 

This course provides an overview of the military conflicts that began with the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ended with Germany’s unconditional surrender in May 1945. But it is not a military history course in the narrow sense. It instead focuses on the European population’s experience of the war and its legacies for post-war European societies. The course looks closely at the Nazi policies that played a decisive role in shaping both the unfolding of the military conflict and the fate of civilian populations that came under extended periods of German rule, as well as the visions of the Western Allies and the Soviet Union that jointly shaped the post-war order. 

This course offers a study of contemporary Chilean and world history through examination of artistic expression (film, music, visual arts) of the Golden Age from 1945-1973.

This course is divided into two parts: civilization and literature. The civilization part covers the history of Australia since the beginning of the 20th century. It studies the major events that shaped Australian identity: the world wars and their impact on Australia's place within the British Empire, the major stages of indigenous activism, and the socio-cultural impact of immigration. The literature part of the course introduces the main paradigmatic change of 1980s Britain: the advent of shifting, plural, unstable identities. Hanif Kureishi’s THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA is the perfect introduction to these themes and also, at the time, brought a new light on the political and cultural period. The importance of drama and television writing is also discussed. Additional topics include Thatcher’s Britain, postcolonialism, marketing marginal voices, suburbia, and the pop scene.

Using Roman society and criminal law as an example, this course explores the impact of socio-cultural values on the concept of condemnable behaviors, judgment, and punishment.

This course introduces the language, culture, and society of Catalonia and builds basic linguistic and cultural competence. It offers practical notions of the Catalan language, as well as general information about the culture and society: traditional festivals of Catalonia, customs, and distinctive characteristics of this autonomous community, which has its own language and culture.