Final research dissertation (60 credits)

MSc Health Psychology : Project Report (IEHC0024)

At the time of the Spanish arrival to Mexico and South America, the Aztecs and Incas controlled two of the largest empires in the world. What we know about...

Inventing Incas, Aztecs, and Europeans (HART0153)

At the time of the Spanish arrival to Mexico and South America, the Aztecs and Incas controlled two of the largest empires in the world. What we know about these two empires is mediated through the violence of conquest: this is the problem at the centre of this module. Students will be introduced to both empires and the first hundred years of the post-conquest era, focusing on the problem of how the Spanish Empire came to absorb these two previous ones, how early modern European ideas about art, religion, and history shaped our understanding today of these empires, and how Europe was changed by its encounter with the “New World.” Students will be asked to interrogate historiographic narratives that have shaped our conceptions of the Aztecs and Incas and analyse the complicated biases, lacunae, and misunderstandings of the sources available to us in order to interpret these empires. We will also consider the viability of art historical methodologies for approaching the material culture of these civilisations.

GERMANY AUSTRIA GERMAN AUSTRIAN FILM CINEMA

This module will examine a representative selection of German-language films since 1945. These films pay particular attention to post-war history and society,...

Introduction to German-Language Film (GERM0005)

This module will examine a representative selection of German-language films since 1945. These films pay particular attention to post-war history and society, and we will discuss as an ongoing theme the ways in which they reflect contemporary perceptions of the German-speaking world and its troubled past. The course will thus introduce students to post-war German-speaking culture more broadly, as well as to techniques of film analysis.

 

Preparatory Reading

Wolfgang Jacobsen / Anton Kaes / Hans Helmut Prinzler (eds), Geschichte des deutschen Films,
 (Stuttgart 1993)
 Anton Kaes, Deutschlandbilder. Die Wiederkehr der Geschichte als Film, (Munich 1987) (English
 publication: From Hitler to Heimat)
 James Monaco, How to read a film, (New York 1977)
 Thomas Elsaesser, New German Cinema, (London 1989)
Please note: This module description is accurate at the time of publication. Minor amendments may be made prior to the start of the academic year.