Lectures (Cours) Michael Parsons, 12 one-hour lectures (Wednesday 10 a.m.)

Seminars (TDs) Andréa Baron and Anne-Claire Cauhapé, 12 one-hour sessions (group A Monday 1.30 room 318 ACC, gp B Monday 9.30 room 121 AB, group C Monday 11.30 room 134 ACC, group D Friday 10.00 room 121 ACC)

Assessment: examen terminal 70%, contrôle continu 30% . Le contrôle continu portera notamment sur les évaluations (QCMs etc) faites en TD, sur la base des meilleures notes obtenues (principe: au moins 6 évaluations en tout, donc seront prises en compte, selon ce principe et sans préjudice des événements imprévisibles qui pourraient intervenir, les quatre meilleures notes obtenues). NB le contrôle continu est suspendu pour le deuxième semestre 2006 en raison des évenements de mars et d'avril 2006.

This course is designed to help students gain a better understanding of twentieth and twenty-first century Britain, essentially from 1940 onwards, with a particular emphasis on contemporary issues. Lectures and seminars will refer extensively to the set text Gérard BLAMONT & Anne PAQUETTE, Les clés de la civilisation britannique, Paris: Ellipses, 2000. Students will need a copy of the book in seminars (TDs).

The first three lectures and seminars will focus on British history from 1940 to the present day. Lectures and seminars will then follow the order of chapters in Les clés de la civilisation britannique. Regular assessment will ensure that students have assimilated the material covered in lectures, seminars and reading of the set text. Lecture notes will be posted here and material for seminars here. Students are expected to maintain an active interest in British current affairs. Links to appropriate web sites are provided above ("Press and media" and "Links"). The first semester set book will remain a useful source for 20th century history: McDOWALL, David. An Illustrated History of Britain. London: Longman, 1991. Further reading suggestions can be found here.