Reporter 12/6/02: Historical Tripos, 2004: Notice of subjects and periods

Historical Tripos, 2004: Notice of subjects and periods

The Faculty Board of History give notice that the options for Paper 1 of Part I of the Historical Tripos, 2004 (Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 298-299) will be as follows:

i Holy War: Islam and the West

ii No subject specified

iii The early modern parliament, 1509-1689

iv Science and magic in early modern Europe

v No subject specified

vi Democracy in theory and practice: an Anglo-American perspective

vii Revolution and revolutionaries in the modern world, 1789-1989

viii The book in medieval and early modern European society

ix No subject specified

x Migrants: emigration and immigration within and without Europe, the New World, and the Antipodes from the fourth to the twentieth century

xi The body and society in Europe, c.1600-1950

xii No subject specified

xiii Utopian writing, 1516-1789

The Faculty Board of History give notice that the Special Subjects for Papers 1 and 2 of Part II of the Historical Tripos, 2004 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 299) will be as follows:

A Power and dependence: modes of control in the Roman household and society, c. 50 B.C. to c. A.D. 300

B The Norman conquest of Britain

C Atlantic encounters in the age of Columbus

D No subject specified

E Oliver Cromwell and his critics, 1599-1698

F The politics of laughter: English satirical print, 1730-1840

G Woodrow Wilson and the First World War, 1914-1920

H Culture wars in mid-Victorian England, 1848-1859

I Fin de Siècle Russia, 1891-1917

J L'Année Terrible: war and revolution in France, 1870-71

K Richard Wagner and German history

L Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the 'Grand Alliance', 1940-45

M T. E. Lawrence and Gertrude Bell: Britain and the Arabs 1914-22

N Uhuru na Kenyatta: Mau Mau and independence in Kenya, 1942-66

O The political economy of Thatcherism, 1974-90

P Economic and social history of the Third Reich

Q Martin Luther and the making of the German Reformation

Candidates for Part II in 2004, who have previously taken Part I of the Historical Tripos and who did not offer in that Part a paper falling mainly in the period before 1750, may meet the requirement to take a pre-1750 paper in Part II (Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 301-302) by offering one of the Special Subjects A, B, C, E, and Q listed above or by offering Paper 3 or one of the Papers 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 24 listed below, or a dissertation, provided that its subject falls mainly in the period before 1750.

Candidates for Part II in 2004, who have previously taken Part I of the Historical Tripos and who did not offer in that Part a paper falling mainly in the period after 1750, may meet the requirement to take a post-1750 paper in Part II by offering one of the Special Subjects F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, and P listed above or by offering Papers 4 or 5 or one of the Papers 6, 7, 8, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29 listed below, or a dissertation, provided that its subject falls mainly in the period after 1750.

The Board also give notice that the subjects for the following papers in Part II of the Historical Tripos, 2004 (Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 299-300) will be:

3. History of political thought to c.1700

4. History of political thought from c.1700 to c.1890

5. Political philosophy and the history of political thought since c.1890

6. Japan and the West: development contrasts

7. The rise of the secret world: governments and intelligence communities since c.1900

8. Sieyes, Robespierre, and political thought in the age of the French revolution

9. The Near East in the age of Justinian and Mohammad, A.D. 527-700

10. No subject specified

11. No subject specified

12. Transformation of the Roman World (also serves as Paper C4 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)

13. Death in the Middle Ages, c.1050-c.1550

14. The Vikings in Europe, c.800-1100 (also serves as Paper 14 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos)

15. No subject specified

16. Islamic Spain and North Africa, 711-1610

17. No subject specified

18. The cultural history of early modern cities: 1450-1789

19. The politics of gender: Britain and Ireland 1790-1990

20. Nation, state, society, and culture in Germany 1794-1914

21. The nationalization of culture in Britain since 1800

22. No subject specified

23. No subject specified

24. Culture and identity in Britain's long eighteenth century

25. The history of Africa from 1800 to the present day

26. The history of the Indian sub-continent from the late eighteenth century to the present day

27. The rise and fall of segregation in the American South

28. No subject specified

29. The British Empire and the Commonwealth from 1780 to the present day

30. Historical argument and practice

Candidates for Part II in 2004, who have previously taken Part I of the Historical Tripos and who did not offer in that Part a paper in European History, may meet the requirement to take a European History paper in Part II by offering one of the following papers: 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20.

Table of Contents

i		Holy War: Islam and the West
ii		No subject specified
iii		The early modern parliament, 1509-1689
iv		Science and magic in early modern Europe
v		No subject specified
vi		Democracy in theory and practice: an Anglo-American perspective
vii		Revolution and revolutionaries in the modern world, 1789-1989
viii		The book in medieval and early modern European society
ix		No subject specified
x		Migrants: emigration and immigration within and without Europe, the New World, and the Antipodes from the fourth to the twentieth century
xi		The body and society in Europe, c.1600-1950
xii		No subject specified
xiii		Utopian writing, 1516-1789

A		Power and dependence: modes of control in the Roman household and society, c. 50 B.C. to c. A.D. 300
B		The Norman conquest of Britain
C		Atlantic encounters in the age of Columbus
D		No subject specified
E		Oliver Cromwell and his critics, 1599-1698
F		The politics of laughter: English satirical print, 1730-1840
G		Woodrow Wilson and the First World War, 1914-1920
H		Culture wars in mid-Victorian England, 1848-1859
I		Fin de Siècle Russia, 1891-1917
J		L'Année Terrible: war and revolution in France, 1870-71
K		Richard Wagner and German history
L		Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the 'Grand Alliance', 1940-45
M		T. E. Lawrence and Gertrude Bell: Britain and the Arabs 1914-22
N		Uhuru na Kenyatta: Mau Mau and independence in Kenya, 1942-66
O		The political economy of Thatcherism, 1974-90
P		Economic and social history of the Third Reich
Q		Martin Luther and the making of the German Reformation

3.	History of political thought to c.1700
4.	History of political thought from c.1700 to c.1890
5.	Political philosophy and the history of political thought since c.1890
6.	Japan and the West: development contrasts
7.	The rise of the secret world: governments and intelligence communities since c.1900
8.	Sieyes, Robespierre, and political thought in the age of the French revolution
9.	The Near East in the age of Justinian and Mohammad, A.D. 527-700
10.	No subject specified
11.	No subject specified
12.	Transformation of the Roman World (also serves as Paper C4 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)
13.	Death in the Middle Ages, c.1050-c.1550
14.	The Vikings in Europe, c.800-1100 (also serves as Paper 14 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos)
15.	No subject specified
16.	Islamic Spain and North Africa, 711-1610
17.	No subject specified
18.	The cultural history of early modern cities: 1450-1789
19.	The politics of gender: Britain and Ireland 1790-1990
20.	Nation, state, society, and culture in Germany 1794-1914
21.	The nationalization of culture in Britain since 1800
22.	No subject specified
23.	No subject specified
24.	Culture and identity in Britain's long eighteenth century
25.	The history of Africa from 1800 to the present day
26.	The history of the Indian sub-continent from the late eighteenth century to the present day
27.	The rise and fall of segregation in the American South
28.	No subject specified
29.	The British Empire and the Commonwealth from 1780 to the present day
30.	Historical argument and practice