History

This course is part of the LM degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrolment is by consent of the instructor. The course examines the history of contemporary Italy and its main historiographical interpretations. After completing the course students can communicate the knowledge acquired using the specific terminology peculiar to the subject and in line with its scientific principles, find their bearings in the historiographical debate; have learned the methodologies for researching the social classes and the tendencies of the same; and have gained an understanding of mass culture and the processes of consumption.

The course explores different aspects of Danish culture such as literature, mythology, history, film, music, architecture, painting, the welfare state, and national identity. The course is a unique combination of lectures and excursions, which includes trips to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and Frederiksborg Castle. This version of the course (50 Q) is worth 12 quarter units and requires a 15-20 page individual research paper.

This course introduces students to the study of Russia from a variety of different perspectives (e.g. historical, cultural, social and political). The course is structured around a series of pivotal events that have shaped Russia’s development from the reign of Peter the Great (1682-1725) to the reign of Nicholas II (1894-1917). Each event is examined in its appropriate historical context, through documentary evidence, cultural artefacts and contemporary debates, as well as through scholarly works. 

This course introduces students to the history of the world from 1780 to 1900. It focuses on the idea of modernity, following four major themes that help explain the making of the modern world: War and Empire; the Material World; Politics and Revolution; and Societies and Cultures. A series of chronologically organized lectures and seminars address significant events, topics, and concepts relating to the history of Britain, Europe, and other world regions. This course asks students to think thematically over time; to detect connections and contrasts between phenomena in different places; to recognize that all regions of the world have complex histories; and to develop a world historical imagination.

This course teaches the history of the ancient world across three continents and 1800 years. It shows how the classical world of Greece and Rome developed alongside the civilizations of the Near East and beyond. It explores the evidence on which the history of the period is based, and introduces students to the most recent interpretations of the past. The course follows the rise of Rome first in Italy and then in the Mediterranean and northwards as far as Britain, also exploring its cultural impact in different parts of the Empire.

Position with a member of the Irish parliament or with a nongovernmental organization affiliated with the EU government. The internship is an officially authorized program working within the Irish Houses of Parliament: the Dail and the Senate. It is governed by the House Committee on Procedures and Privileges. Interns have the status of adjunct staff. Work in parliament is subject to conditions laid down by the Committee on Procedures and Privileges covering such matters as access to facilities, dress code, dealings with press and televised media etc. Each intern is part of a small staff: Irish parliamentarians commonly have a staff complement of just one or two. Interns are expected to work between two and three days per week. The nature of the work varies greatly but can be summarized as either administration or research. Typically a student will undertake some combination of these research and administration tasks. Throughout the internship, students are required to give an account of progress to the program director.