LET OP: Dit vak kan niet gevolgd worden als Contractonderwijs of A la carte onderwijs
Description
The First World War created the modern world. This conflict of unparalleled violence destroyed the relative peace and prosperity of the nineteenth century and its concomitant belief in steady progress of the Age of Enlightenment. In the First World War, the forces that shaped the twentieth century were unleashed: total war, genocide, nationalism and racism. This course focuses on the historical and military aspects of the First World War, as well as on its political, social and cultural consequences. The course includes an optional four-day trip along the frontline of the First World War, with visits to battlefields, trenches, museums, cemeteries and monuments.
The course aims at providing the student with a thorough knowledge of the First World War.
For some students, there is a possibility to do this course for 10 ects by writing an extra essay. Prof. Koen Koch will inform you about this option during the course.
Methods of Instruction
Lectures
Study Material
Literature (appr. 1000 pp.):
John Keegan, The First World War, London, Hutchinson, 1998.
Neil Ferguson, The Pity of War, London, Penguin Books, 1998.
Reader.
Examination
Exam: Monday October 19, 2009, 13.00-16.00 p.m., in SA41
Retake: Monday January 11, 2010, 13.00-16.00 p.m., in 5A29
Schedule
Monday August 31 till 12 October, 17.00-20.00 uur , 1A09
Let op: voor dit keuzevak dien je je in te schrijven door een mailtje aan het onderwijssecretariaat Politicologie (onderwijspol@fsw.leidenuniv.nl) te sturen met daarin je naam, studentnummer, opleiding, en de vermelding dat je dit keuzevak wilt volgen.