MCF Lectures and Seminars Term 1 2015-16
Term 1 2015-16: Overview
*Lectures and seminars begin in week 2*
For a weekly guide to the ground we will be covering (reading, lecture handouts, seminar guidelines), please follow the links below to the individual webpages. Following each lecture, the powerpoint slides and a podcast will be uploaded.
Week 2. Introduction
Week 3. 1940–44: Vichy France and the Resistance
Week 4. Retribution and renewal: postwar politics in France, 1944–58
Week 5. France and the Cold War world
Week 6. Reading Week
Week 7. France and its colonies
Week 8. May '68: rebels without a cause?
Week 9. The Left: a tale of two socialists
Week 10. The Right: De Gaulle and his legacy
Revision seminars will take place in H444 from 1–4 p.m. on Thursday of week 2 summer term: please come along at your usual seminar time. In this seminar, we will discuss revision and exam strategies, and work on some past paper questions for MCF. Please have a look at the summer 2013 examination paper in preparation: this is available from the library website: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/exampapers
Sample examination paper (Section A)
Examination paper, September 2011 (Section A)
Click here for advice on writing a historical commentary.