MO4932 Russians Making History (1755 - 2000)

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Full Year

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

60

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

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Availability restrictions

Available only to students in the Second Year of the Honours Programme.

Planned timetable

TBC

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Module coordinator

Prof F M Nethercott

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Module Staff

Dr F Nethercott

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Module description

How did Russians write about their past? What conceptual tools did they use? What influenced their approaches, and privileged their choice of subject matter: censorship, ideology, the latest philosophical fashions in Western Europe, the quest for truth? Was the Bolshevik Revolution a tabula rasa for historical knowledge, or just one of the more striking examples of the peculiar pendulum swings that have rocked Russia between revolution and reform throughout her entire history? The aim of this module, then, is twofold: to discover the works (and personalities) of a number of Russian historians active in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries and, through their eyes as professionals or amateurs re-examine aspects of the Russian past.

Assessment pattern

60% Coursework 40% Examination (2x2-hour paper)

Re-assessment

New Coursework: 1 x source exercise (2,500 words) and 1 x 5,000-word essay = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 3-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.