In the light of controversies about ‘collective memory’, this course examines diverse legacies of the Holocaust in Europe. It focuses on: different...

Legacies of the Holocaust in Europe (ELCS0009)

In the light of controversies about ‘collective memory’, this course examines diverse legacies of the Holocaust in Europe. It focuses on: different patterns of war-time involvement in the ‘Final Solution’; experiences of post-war ‘return’ or displacement; the politics of history in eastern and western European states; justice and trials; narratives of the past among perpetrators and victims; public and hidden legacies for subsequent generations; rituals of remembrance and sites of memory; and the implications of population mobility and a transnational cultural sphere for an alleged ‘Europeanisation of memory’. Examples are drawn from across Europe, highlighting particularly the Third Reich successor states (Austria, East and West Germany) and the divergent cases of France and Poland, to explore the significance of different war-time and post-war contexts and experiences. The course provides some research training in evaluation of primary sources.

This module offers participants the opportunity to re-think education and learning from a historical perspective and engages with enduring debates in education...

Debates in the History of Education (EDPS0045)

This module offers participants the opportunity to re-think education and learning from a historical perspective and engages with enduring debates in education policy and practice. International perspectives on education, social change and inequality over the past two centuries are addressed. The range of topics include colonialism and national identity, education and the economy, youth and leisure, labour and social movements, literacy, the state and education, and childhood and social welfare. In addressing these issues, the module draws upon themes such as justice and fairness in education as well as inequalities relating to class, gender, race and disability. A range of primary historical sources will be utilised, for example, documents and archives, literary, biographical, archival, visual and material evidence. History of education has a long research tradition which connects to both the study of history and education as well as drawing upon other humanities and social sciences.