Cambridge University Reporter


Historical Tripos, Part II, 2010: Notice

The Faculty Board of History give notice that they have amended their announcement of special and specified subjects in respect of Papers 1C and 2C, 1F and 2F, 1I and 2I, and 1P and 2P, and Papers 9, 17-19, 21-22, and 29 of Part II of the Historical Tripos, 2010 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 325, Reporter, 2007-08, p. 886), as follows:

By amending the title of Papers 1C and 2C

from     Saints in medieval society: Francis and Clare of Assisi

to         No subject specified

By amending the title of Papers 1F and 2F

from     The Irish rebellion of 1641: origins, course, consequences

to         No subject specified

By amending the title of Papers 1I and 2I

from     Making the mid-Victorian mindset, 1848-1854

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

By amending the title of Papers 1P and 2P

from     Talking politics: revivalists and nationalists in eastern Africa, 1936-ca.1960

to         No subject specified

By amending the title of Paper 9

from     No subject specified

to         The politics of knowledge from the late Renaissance to the early Enlightenment

By amending the title of Paper 17

from     Legal thought and the criminal law in early modern Britain, c.1500-1800

to         No subject specified

By amending the title of Paper 18

from     No subject specified

to         Material culture in the early modern world

By amending the title of Paper 19

from     Ireland since the famine

to         The politics of gender in Britain, 1790-1990

By amending the title of Paper 21

from     The politics of gender in Britain, 1790-1990

to         No subject specified

By amending the title of Paper 22

from     No subject specified

to         The long road to modernization: Spain, 1800-2000

By amending the title of Paper 29

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

to         No subject specified

Candidates for Part II in 2010, 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, p. 325) by offering one of the special subjects A, B, D, E, G, and J or by offering Paper 3 or one of the Papers 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 28, or a dissertation, provided that its subject falls mainly in the period before 1750.

Candidates for Part II in 2010, 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 H, I, K, M, O, and Q or by offering Papers 4 or 5 or one of the Papers 6, 7, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, or a dissertation, provided that its subject falls mainly in the period after 1750.

Candidates for Part II in 2010, 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: 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, and 22.

The Faculty Board are satisfied that no candidate's preparation for examination will be adversely affected by these amendments.