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Europe, 1870-1930: Grandeur
and Decline
This lecture-only course examines the evolution
of a Europe that dominated the planet in the
mid-nineteenth century, and which stood at the
zenith of colonial domination of the non-
European world, to a continent in the 1920s that
was shaken by the First World War and the
redistribution of global power (to the USA,
USSR and Japan). It also faced the first stirrings
of anti-colonial opposition. The course will
enable you to gain a good understanding of the
forces that have shaped contemporary Europe
since the mid-nineteenth century. It will introduce
you to a vital period in Europe’s recent past and
offer you insights into different kinds of history –
political, economic, social, and cultural.
Lecturers
Professor John Horne, Professor Alan Kramer
How to apply
You may register and pay by credit/laser card
online at
after 5 August 2014 or you can
download an application form and send it with a
cheque/draft/postal money order made payable
to Trinity College no. 1 account to: Dr Patricia
Stapleton, Extramural Administrator, School
of Histories and Humanities, room 3141,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Applications may be made in person after
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, in room 3141, Arts
Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2 from 2.30 p.m.
to 4.30 p.m. between 5 and 29 August 2014 only
or by appointment (phone 01 896 8589).
Fee
€150 for the course. A concession rate of €75 is
available to second and third level students and
people whose primary source of income is social
welfare, health board or a government-
sponsored employment scheme.
Time and place
This is a day-time course. Time and venue to be
confirmed, please check our website:
after 5 August 2014 for update or text ‘INFO’
followed by your name and address to
087 2572015.
Duration
The course comprises of two lectures per week
over one twelve-week term commencing
Monday, 22 September 2014. There is a one
week break from 3-7 November 2014 when no
lectures will take place.
Europe,
c.
1700-1815:
Culture
and Politics
The ‘long eighteenth-century’ that led from Louis
XIV to Napoleon was an age of unprecedented
cultural and political change. In order to
understand the nature and extent of this change,
this lecture-only course charts the emergence of
new ways of thinking about science, society and
the self during the Enlightenment and explores
how these ideas contributed to reshaping the
state during the revolutionary crisis that
convulsed Europe from 1789 onwards. By
examining the evolution of attitudes towards
gender, death and family life, the course also
explores how European perceptions of private
life and popular culture changed over the course
of the eighteenth century.
Lecturer
Professor Joseph Clarke
How to apply
You may register and pay by credit/laser card
online at
after 5 August 2014 or you can
download an application form and send it with a
cheque/draft/postal money order made payable
to Trinity College no. 1 account to: Dr Patricia
