Modern World History (after 1750)

HI123NS

The French Revolution 1789-1815
The Haitian Revolution
The Napoleonic Wars
The Congress of Vienna and the European Revolutions of the 1840s
Nationalism, Colonialism, Imperialism
The Two World Wars
The principal trends of political and economic development during the inter-war period: (the Russian Revolution, the Versailles peace, fascism and National Socialism, the relations between the major powers until the Second World War)
The Global Cold War 1945-1990
Decolonization

Knowledge

The student should acquire a basic knowledge of central events and development processes regarding the economic, social and political history of Europe from 1750 till 2000.
This will include knowledge of major social and cultural institutions and the relationships between these, throughout the period. The development of Europe will be considered in a global context.

Abilities

Students should be able to discuss historical problems and reach their own conclusions.

General competence

Students should be able to access a comprehensive scientific literature, to review relevant knowledge from the literature and to argue for their own conclusions in written work.

No costs except semester registration fee and course literature.

Compulsory fro the online programme in history. Elective for other students

Essays, comments on other students work.

Annual evaluations which are included in the university's quality assurance system.

Students should be prepared to read some of the required literature in English.

Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:

HI123S - Modern World History after 1750 - 10 credits

HI117NS - Modern World History - 10 credits

HI117S - Modern World History (after 1750) - 10 credits

HI123LS - Modern World History with Didactics - 10 credits

HIS1004 - Modern History (1850-2020) - 10 credits