History

Course summary

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a Communist." Hélder Câmara. Crisis, Conflict and Communism focuses on life under Communist regimes in the twentieth century, including democracy and dictatorships in Germany from 1919-1963 and tsars, revolution and communists in the Soviet Union from 1855-1964. You will also study England in Revolution: the early Stuarts, civil wars, and Cromwell from 1603-1660, and you will be able to choose from a range of coursework topics, which currently include: witch hunts in early modern Europe c.1450-1750, the French Revolution: Robespierre and the Terror 1793-94, and the end of the British Empire in Kenya. Students can only take one History course at the College. The Crisis, Conflict and Communism course is a chance to deepen your understanding of the regimes that dominated Europe ​and to study the events which birthed the modern British political system. Students can choose between three coursework options; Early Modern European Witch Hunts, the terror during the French Revolution and Kenya's independence in the shadow of the Mau Mau rebellion.