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No 6262

Wednesday 18 April 2012

Vol cxlii No 27

pp. 534–545

Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Historical Tripos, 2013: Notice of subjects and periods (amendment)

The Faculty Board of History give notice that they have amended their announcement of special and specified subjects for Part II of the Historical Tripos, 2013, as published on 27 July 2011 (Reporter, 2010–11, p. 1115), as follows:

By withdrawing the following from the list of Special Subjects for Papers 2i and 2ii:

Uses of the visual in early modern Germany, c. 1450–1550

(D)

Margaret Mead and the public face of social science, c. 1928–c. 1978

(N)

The political economy of globalization, 1939–1974

(O)

By adding the following to the list of Special Subjects for Papers 2i and 2ii:

The Adams family and American culture

(H)

Missionary science, ethnic formation, and the religious encounter in Belgian Congo 1908–60

(O)

By amending the title of Special Subject Papers 2i and 2ii (J):

From

The British and the Middle East, c. 1830–1860

To

The British and the Middle East, c. 1830–c. 1865

By withdrawing the following from the list of Specified Subjects:

12

The middle ages on film: medieval violence and modern identities

17

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

By adding the following to the list of Specified Subjects:

22

‘Total War’ and European societies, 1792–1815

By amending the title of Paper 24:

From

The politics of gender in Britain, 1790–1990 (TBC)

To

The politics of gender in Britain, 1790–1990

Candidates for Part II in 2013, 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 by offering one of the Special Subjects B, C, E, and F or by offering Paper 3 or one of the Papers 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, and 15 or a dissertation, provided that its subject falls mainly in the period before 1750.

Candidates for Part II in 2013, 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 G, H, I, J, K, O, and Q or by offering Papers 4 or 5 or one of the Papers 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, and 30 or a dissertation, provided that its subject falls mainly in the period after 1750.

Candidates for Part II in 2013, 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: 7, 8, 9, 14, 21, 22, and 25.

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