This course examines the relationship between power and protest in US foreign relations by closely examining the history of domestic and international opposition to American foreign policy in the post-World War II period. After a preliminary session setting out the parameters of the module and introducing students to key concepts and approaches to the study of foreign relations, the course will be structured around eight different flashpoints for anti-imperialist movements in the US since 1945. Classes will cover: black internationalism and its links to domestic Civil Rights; the Fair Play for Cuba movement; US-Middle East relations; opposition to the Vietnam War; the rise of human rights movements in the 1970s; the Central America solidarity movement; opposition to US complicity in the South African regime of apartheid; and, finally, opposition to the “War on Terror”. The module will conclude with a writing workshop in which students will read and critique each other’s work in advance of submission of the final assignment.

The City of London in the Age of Global Capital 1870-1914 (Dissertation) (HIST0132)

This module analyses developments in Russian literature after Stalinism, covering major literary texts and events in Russian cultural history from 1953 to the...

Russian Literature from the Death of Stalin to the Present: Dissent and Discovery (SERS0051)

This module analyses developments in Russian literature after Stalinism, covering major literary texts and events in Russian cultural history from 1953 to the present, with a brief look at the period immediately preceding the post-Stalin era. Each week is devoted to a particular text or author, but certain themes recur throughout the course, including: emigration and exile; the boundaries between published and unpublished literature; experimentations in literary form; the effects of ideological and political change on literary production; and writers’ involvement in (or withdrawal from) politics.

Only for affiliate students at UCL in Term 2 only.

This module will introduce you to the diverse and fascinating cultural history of Ukraine. You will study...