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The Sophister (third and fourth) years
We offer a range of subjects within three different categories:
List I modules
– these are primary source-based specialist
modules which involve intensive research and writing.
List II modules
– these are primarily historiographically-based
special subjects which relate to the concepts, methods and
debates of modern-day historians.
List III modules
– these are broader thematic and analytical
modules based upon a combination of primary materials and
secondary commentaries.
Those studying single honor History choose one module
from each list in their Junior Sophister (third) year, plus a
historiography module. Further choices follow from List I and List
III in the Senior Sophister (fourth) year. The research dissertation
is undertaken in the Senior Sophister year.
Those studying TSM History choose one module from Lists I and
II, plus the historiography module, in their Junior Sophister (third)
year. TSM students normally follow the same pattern as single
honor students in the Senior Sophister year.
List I, II and III modules arise from the specialisations of the
teaching staff and vary from year to year. Current options
include:
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The reign of Charlemagne
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Viking raiders to crusader warriors, 800-1200
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The archaeology of medieval warfare, 1000-1300
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Empire and papacy in the eleventh century
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The English in medieval Ireland
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Medieval Dublin
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Edward I, Edward II and the conquest of Britain, 1286-1328
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Medieval religion, c.1215-1517
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Renaissance Florence, c.1347-1527
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Europe reformed, 1540-1610
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The Elizabethans and their world, 1550-1610
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The fall and rise of France, 1550-1700
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From rebellion to restoration: Confederate and Cromwellian
Ireland
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The nobility in early modern Ireland
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Revolutionary Britain, 1678-1715
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Ireland in the age of O’Connell, 1775-1847
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The French Revolution
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Eighteenth-century Dublin
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Empire: Historians and the Anglo-American community
in the eighteenth century
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History writing in Britain and Ireland, 1820-1920
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Slavery in American history
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Sub-Saharan Africa since 1875
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France since 1880: Society and culture
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Race and ethnicity in American thought since 1880
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The impact of World War 1 on Ireland and Britain
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France and the First World War, 1912-1920
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The Weimar Republic
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Writing the history of the Irish revolution
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Literature and politics in modern Ireland
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Ireland in the 1920s and 1930s
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Popular culture in twentieth-century Ireland
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American politics and culture, 1939-1989
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South Asia since 1947
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Ireland, Britain and America during the Cold War
and beyond, 1948-1998
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The Troubles, 1968-1998
Assessment
Assessment is primarily essay- and exam-based. Assessment
of the final-year dissertation accounts for approximately thirty
per cent of the final-year mark.
Study abroad
The Department of History has Erasmus exchange agreements
with universities in France, Germany, Italy and the United
Kingdom as well as exchange programmes with American
and Australian universities.
Career opportunities
Over many decades, graduates in History (single honors
and TSM) have begun and pursued successful careers over
a wide range of areas, for example: journalism, teaching,
public administration, public relations, marketing, advertising,
management, cultural, arts and heritage administration,
publishing, media work, human resources, etc.
Did you know?
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Trinity College teaches political, military, social,
economic, cultural and intellectual history; it
specialises in the histories of several countries –
Ireland, Britain, France, Germany and America;
and it offers modules in African and Indian topics
too. Areas of study range in chronological breadth
from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period.
Further information
www.tcd.ie/history
Tel: +353 1 896 1791 / 1020