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LevelHistory of Germany B (B-KUL-F0SY0A)
This course is taught this academic year, but not next year.
Aims
- acquire an insight and thorough understanding of state- en nation building in German history from the earliest times until the present- acquire an insight and thorough understanding of German history as integral part of European and global history
Previous knowledge
Basic knowledge of general European history
Content
State and Nation Building in Germany
From the Frankish Empire to Ossis and Wessis
How 'German' was the Holy Roman Empire?
1. The Germanic Legacy
2. Feudalism
3. Luther, the Reformation, and the Emergence of German National Identity
4. German Small States and the Rise of Prussian-Austrian Dualism
The modern German state
5. The French Revolution and the Birth of a Modern German Nation
6. Nationalism and Bourgeois Culture in Germany
7. Federalism, Confederalism, and Centralism (1871-1918)
8. Federalism, Confederalism, and Centralism (1918-1945)
After the Catastrophe
9. The Cold War : the German Question in International Perspective
10. State and Nation in West Germany (1949-1989)
11. State and Nation in East Germany (1949-1989)
12. The Miracle of Berlin (1989-1990)13. The New Germany
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Toledo / e-platform
Is also included in other courses
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Bachelor of Linguistics and Literature
180 ects.
- Bachelor of History (Major Subject: Ancient History) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of History (Major Subject: Antiquity Until Present) 180 ects.
Activities
4.0 ects. History of Germany B (B-KUL-F0SY0a)
Content
History of Germany, part 2 is a comprehensive overview of Germany's national history from the earliest times to the present. Central focus will be on state and nation building in Germany. Students will learn about the Middle Ages, as well as the early modern and modern times in Germany. Contemporary issues and challenges such as the multicultural society and the role of Germany in present-day Europe will be addressed as well.
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lectures
Course material
Georgi Verbeeck, Een geschiedenis van Duitsland. Sporen en dwaalsporen van een natie, Acco, Leuven, 2010.Dirk Verheyden, The German Question. A Cultural, Historical and Geopolitical Exploration, Westview Press, Boulder, 1999.
