National University of Ireland, Maynooth s1

National University of Ireland, Maynooth DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

OPTIONAL MODULES

III ARTS SEMESTER 2 2017-18

PLEASE NOTE

Flyers provide information supplementary to that available in module descriptors, which may be viewed on the university database at www.maynoothuniversity.ie/courses.

Students are expected to consult both flyers and module descriptors in advance of registration. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY THIRD ARTS, 2017-18

SECOND SEMESTER Module co-ordinator Module code Credits PROFESSOR RAYMOND GILLESPIE HY 317 2.5

Module title READING MODULE 3B

Module content This module requires students to read one or more assigned books/articles and to present an analytical report.

A list of approved titles will be provided on the relevant Moodle site early in the semester.

Upon successful completion of the module, students should be able to compose an analytical report based on assigned reading.

Form of assessment

2,500 word essay to be submitted by Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Special requirements (e.g., field trips inc. cost; special sessions; books)

None NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY THIRD ARTS 2017-18 SECOND SEMESTER Lecturer Module code Credits Lecture hours per week DR ALISON FITZGERALD HY 243 7.5 Two, plus site visits

Module title THE AGE OF THE BAROQUE: ART DESIGN & SOCIETY IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE

Module content This module considers artistic developments in seventeenth-century Europe. It explores how, in the wake of the Counter Reformation, painting was used as a form of religious propoganda. More broadly, it investigates the ways in which the socio-political and cultural background of the period shaped the production of art. From nepotistic papal patronage to the secular tastes of the Dutch bourgeoise it examines the context in which artists like Bernini, Caravaggio and Rembrandt worked, and locates their work in an historical as well as stylistic context. No previous knowledge of the History of Art is required. Assessment Assessment: In-class assessment: 40% Essay (approximately 4,500 words): 60% Deadline: 8 May 2018 Module conditions apply. See relevant module descriptor at www.nuim.ie/courses.

Special requirements (e.g., field trips inc. cost; special sessions; books) Special requirements (e.g., field trips inc. cost; special sessions; books): The number of students admitted to this module is limited to 25. There will be 2-3 site visits with this module, which will take place on Friday afternoons. The dates of site visits will be confirmed at the outset of the module. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY THIRD ARTS 2017-18 SECOND SEMESTER Lecturer Module code Credits Lecture hours per week DR DENISE DUNNE HY 321 7.5 Three

Module title A HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FROM IDEA TO INSTITUTIONS, 1945- 1992

Module content Historically the debates surrounding the purpose and the future of European integration have always been divisive and remain so today as the arguments on Brexit so clearly demonstrate. The shape and scope of the institutions of the European Union reflect these debates – they are the tangible outcome of those debates. This module explores those debates and charts the institutional development of the process of European integration from the end of the Second World War through to the formation of the European Union as we know it today. The module is divided in two parts. Part one of the module provides a historical account of the process of European integration focussing in particular on the pre and post second world war debates about the future of Europe. It assesses the circumstances under which the European Economic Community (EEC) emerged and the forces that prompted it’s continued evolution into the European Union under the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992. Part two of the module examines the institutional anatomy of the European Union in detail. This module is particularly advantageous to students who may have an interest in working in one of the institutions of the European Union or in undertaking future postgraduate studies in modern European history. Module aims This module aims to ensure that  students acquire a full understanding of the political and economic dynamics that have underpinned the integration process to date.  each student understands how the institutions of the European Union (EU) work and how they relate to each other. By the end of this module students will have a firm grasp of the historical and institutional dimensions of the EU, which is intrinsic to understanding the politics of the European Union in the twenty first century. Assessment  Extended essay (5,000 words maximum) 70%  In-class presentation 20%  In-class participation 10%  Deadline: Tuesday, 8 May 2018 Module conditions apply. See relevant module descriptor at www.nuim.ie/courses.

Special requirements (e.g., field trips inc. cost; special sessions; books) There may be one site visit with this module to the offices of The European Commission Representation in Ireland, which would take place on a Friday afternoon. This will be confirmed at the outset of the course. In recent years the Head of Communications of the European Commission Representation in Ireland has addressed students during this visit and facilitated a questions and answers forum following his/her presentation. All students would be required to attend. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY THIRD ARTS, 2017-18

SECOND SEMESTER Lecturer Module code Credits DR COLMÁN ETCHINGHAM HY 331 2.5

Module title READINGS IN THE VIKING AGE IN IRELAND

This is a reading module, for which students must read and write a review of one of a list of books on the Viking Age in Ireland.

For the list of books please email [email protected].

Form of assessment One review of 2500 words on the book selected

Deadline: Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Special requirements (e.g., field trips inc. cost; special sessions; books) NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY THIRD ARTS 2017-18

SECOND SEMESTER Lecturer Module code Credits Lecture hours per week TO BE CONFIRMED HY 346 5 Two

Module title IRISH FRENCH RELATIONS, 1580-1800

Module content

This module investigates the history of the Irish in France between 1500 and 1815, in their British, European and global contexts. Between the late sixteenth and the late eighteenth centuries thousands of Irish students, clerics, soldiers, merchants and poor migrated to France to seek education, security and employment. Irish Colleges in cities like Paris, Bordeaux and Toulouse, Irish regiments in the French army and Irish merchant houses in the great French ports were only the most visible manifestations of this migration. Drawing on recent research, this module explores the changing patterns of migration and the integration and assimilation of Irish communities in France. It also analyses French images of Ireland and how these changed in the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The close associations between Ireland and France meant that the Enlightenment and the French Revolution had a profound impact on the Irish in exile and on Ireland itself, but the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars also witnessed the decline in Irish migration to France and changed the nature of Franco-Irish relations.

Module aim Students familiarise themselves with the phenomenon of early modern migration and master the vocabulary and conceptuality of human movement. Analysis of primary documentation hones their interpretative and palaeographic skills. Mastering original sources and secondary literature will develop their French language skills.

Form of assessment: In-class presentation (max. 1000 words) 20% Analysis of primary and/or secondary source) 20% Essay on topic agreed with course director (max. 3000 words) 60% Essay deadline: Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Module conditions apply. See relevant module descriptor at www.maynoothuniversity.ie/courses. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY THIRD ARTS, 2017-18

SECOND SEMESTER Lecturer Module code Credits Lecture hours per week DR DAVID LEDERER HY 350 7.5 Three

Module title: THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, 1495-1806

Module content The subject of this course is one of the most misunderstood political entities in history. In the eighteenth century, Voltaire jokingly described this loose conglomeration of particularistic interests as “… neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire”. In 1848, liberal intellectuals debated over Greater- and Lesser-German solutions to an Empire ruled either by Hapsburg Austria or Hohenzollern Prussia. In the twentieth century, Nazi propagandists constructed historical parallels between the first Empire, which lasted for over 1,000 years and their racist vision of an Aryan Third Reich. After the Second World War, the popular Austrian historian Friedrich Heer consciously offered up the ethnically diverse confederation of territories in Central Europe as a model for European integration. From the 1980’s, an historical debate raged over Germany’s “special path” (Sonderweg), a road leading inevitably from the failure of centralized government institutions in early modern Central Europe to unification by Bismarck and, ultimately, two world wars. Was the Holy Roman Empire the direct antecedent of the Danubian Monarchy? Imperial Germany? The EU? The Holocaust? Or is it simply an arbitrary term with any possible multiplicity of historical interpretations? The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the history and historiography of this enigmatic Empire. During the semester, we will consider the complex debate surrounding the Holy Roman Empire and then attempt to tackle more pragmatic questions of its origins, evolution, constitutional structure, religious and ethnic diversity, social development and cultural heritage. In doing so, participants will be encouraged to participate actively in a series of in- class discussions, role-plays, panel discussions on historical documents and oral reports. At the end of the semester, each participant is required to submit a critical essay, not to exceed 4,000 words, which focuses on one particular aspect of the course, decided upon in consultations with the lecturer.

Form of assessment Class and panel discussions, role-play, oral report 50% Essay (c.4,000 words) 50% Essay deadline: Tuesday, 8 May 2018 Module conditions apply. See relevant module descriptor at www.nuim.ie/courses.

Special requirements (e.g., field trips inc. cost; special sessions; books) Required texts: Peter Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire J.J.C. Grimmelshausen, The adventures of Simplicissimus Ronald G. Asch, The Thirty Years War: The Holy Roman Empire and Europe, 1618-1648 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY THIRD ARTS, 2017-18

SECOND SEMESTER: Lecturer Module code Credits Lecture hours per HY 377 7.5 week Two, DR MICHAEL POTTERTON plus field trips

Module title THE MEDIEVAL IRISH TOWN

Module content: With some justification, Ireland has for long been seen as a largely rural and agricultural country. While farming and the countryside form an important part of the national identity, however, there is also a significant urban tradition stretching back well over a thousand years. The earliest evidence of Irish town development can be found at some of the larger early medieval monastic sites such as Armagh, Clonmacnoise, Kildare and Kells. Although these embryonic stages of urban genesis were indigenous, many of the later phases of urbanisation in Ireland were instigated by people who came from overseas. Five of Ireland’s largest cities – including Dublin and Cork – were founded primarily as trading ports at strategic locations by the Vikings in the ninth and tenth centuries. The strong correlation between town foundation and colonisation continued with the arrival of the Anglo-Normans in the second half of the twelfth century. More than fifty of Ireland’s towns were founded and chartered during this crucial phase of urban generation. Another important stage of town creation in Ireland was the plantation era of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Through archaeological, documentary and other sources, this module will trace the development of urban Ireland from the early medieval period through to the seventeenth century.

Learning Objectives The main objective of this module is to familiarise students with the tradition of town life in medieval Ireland. Upon successful completion of the module, students will  be familiar with the origins and main phases of town development in Ireland;  be aware of the range of sources for the study of Ireland’s historic towns;  be able to recognise various surviving medieval components in the modern streetscape;  have a good idea of what daily life was like in a medieval Irish town.

Form of assessment: The module will be assessed on the basis of one in-class test (33%) and one c.4,000-word illustrated project (67%). The project, on a topic approved by the lecturer, will be due for submission by Tuesday, 8 May 2018. More details will be given in class. Module conditions apply. See relevant module descriptor at www.maynooth.ie/courses.

Special requirements (e.g., field trips inc. cost; special sessions; books) There will be three Saturday field trips. All participants in the module are expected to attend all three. Each trip will cost students €15 each. Further details will be provided in class and on Moodle. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY THIRD ARTS, 2017-18

SECOND SEMESTER: Lecturer Module code Credits Lecture hours per PROFESSOR FILIPE RIBEIRO DE MENESES HY 378 7.5 week Three

Module title TRANSNATIONAL HISTORY (A): TWENTIETH CENTURY DEFYING THE WIND OF CHANGE: PORTUGAL, RHODESIA AND SOUTH AFRICA, 1961-1980

Module content: This module examines the political, military, intelligence and economic ties between Portugal, Rhodesia (before and after its Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1965) and apartheid- era South Africa as the three countries resisted calls for equal political representation for men and women of all races. The unofficial bloc, which commanded considerable economic resources, was undone by the Portuguese revolution of April 1974, which led to the independence of Angola and Mozambique, and left Rhodesia’s borders exposed. The module considers the impact of these events in the region and on global politics. Extensive use is made of recently declassified material gathered in Lisbon and Pretoria.

Module aim and objectives: Aim: - This module will enable students to understand and reflect critically the final stages of the decolonization process in Africa and their relationship to both local conflicts and the wider Cold War.

Objectives: - To allow students to gain a thorough understanding of southern African politics, European (notably Portuguese) involvement in the region, and the Apartheid regime and similar experiences. - To familiarize students with the most up-to-date historiography on the subject, allowing them to engage critically with it. - To allow students to handle recently declassified archival material and to incorporate it into their projects. - To encourage students’ ability to deliver their findings in a variety of formats.

Format: Each class is divided into two sections. In the first, the instructor will provide an outline of the historical events covered, as well as of their historiographical coverage. In the second, selected readings and original documents (translated, in some cases) will be presented and analyzed by the lecturer and the students, and student presentations will be made.

Form of assessment: Assessment will be based on an oral presentation (20%); a comparative analysis of selected secondary sources (30%); and an essay of c.3,000 words (50%). It is essential that all students meet the lecturer during the semester to discuss their assignments. Essay deadline: Tuesday, 8 May 2018 Module conditions apply. See relevant module descriptor at www.maynooth.ie/courses. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY THIRD ARTS, 2017-18

SECOND SEMESTER Lecturer Module code Credits Lecture hours per week DR JOANNE MANCINI HY 383 7.5 Three

Module title AMERICAN HISTORY SPECIAL

Module content The theme of this elective module is Environment and Culture in American History. In recent decades, historians of the United States (and colonial America) have become increasingly interested in a subject that had often been neglected by prior historians: the relationship between people and the natural world. Using a wide range of sources, environmental historians have worked to reconstruct how human interaction with the environment has brought about what the pioneering environmental historian William Cronon called “changes in the land.” But if environmental history is about the physical effects of human interaction with plants, animals, soil, water, and other elements of the natural world, it is also about the social, political, and cultural patterns that affect and are affected by that interaction. Further, it is also about the attitudes that have shaped the relationship between people and the environment: attitudes that, like that relationship itself, are not fixed but change over time.

Indeed, one striking aspect of American cultural history is the extent to which this relationship —and the issues emerging from it, such as loss of wilderness and deforestation, species extinction or loss of biodiversity, pollution, the consequences to health and environment caused by the industrialisation of food, overconsumption, and climate change—have been the subject of generations of American writers from Henry David Thoreau and John Muir in the nineteenth century, to Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson in the twentieth century, to Michael Pollan and Bill McKibben in the twenty-first century. Thus in HY383 we will consider secondary sources written by historians and other scholars, but also examine a wide range of primary sources that will give us access to changing consciousness towards the environment from the nineteenth century to the present—including changing understandings of how human beings should act.

Aim To investigate the relationships between environment and culture in American history

Form of assessment: Participation (10%), plus In-class presentation (15%), plus Continuous assessment portfolio (15%), plus 4500 word essay (60%) Deadline for final essay: Tuesday, 8 May 2018 Module conditions apply. See relevant descriptor at www.maynoothuniversity.ie/courses.

Special requirements (e.g., field trips inc. cost; special sessions; books) All students must acquire the required text: American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau, ed. B. McKibben NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY THIRD ARTS, 2017-18

SECOND SEMESTER Lecturer Module code Credits Lecture hours per week DR COLMÁN ETCHINGHAM SG 301 5 Two Module title: IRELAND AND THE VIKINGS (TO 1014)

The greatest external challenge to Irish society between the coming of Christianity and the intervention of the Normans was presented by the Vikings in the ninth and tenth centuries. There was plunder, bloodshed, enslavement and cultural desecration, and the Vikings at times threatened to overwhelm the country. There was also political alliance, aristocratic intermarriage, cultural interchange and a large measure of assimilation of the Vikings. Towns like Dublin, Waterford and Limerick emerged, a limited money economy developed, while in the arts stone carving and silverwork flourished and the Vikings introduced new styles of decoration. This module involves study in class of contemporary, primary sources for the Irish Viking Age, and the writing of short essays on these sources.

Form of assessment

Two essays of up to 2000 words on primary sources studied in class. 100% Deadlines for submission of essays are TBC

Special requirements (e.g. field trips inc. costs, special sessions) None

*Note that, since this module is also taken by students of Celtic Studies, there is only a limited number of places available for students of History

Please note that SG301 is timetabled by the School of Irish and may clash with core lectures in other subjects.