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MAKING AN EXAMPLE: POLITICAL TRIALS IN REVOLUTIONARY PARIS (ONLINE COURSE)
Sam Dobbie
Wednesday 14 January 6.30pm – 8.30pm, 7 weeks
Fees: £70/£56 Code: 09 202
Between 1793 and 1794, the revolutionary tribunal in Paris carried out many political trials. The aim of these show trials was to make a public example of the accused, rather than provide the accused with a fair trial. Those enrolled in this course will learn about the trials of Louis XVI, Charlotte Corday, Madame Roland, Marie-Antoinette, Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre. They will do so by having the opportunity to read and interpret translated extracts from the trials of these individuals and, in the final week, will recreate the trial of one of these individuals. Will history repeat itself?
ITALIAN RISORGIMENTO: THE MAKING OF A NATION (IN-PERSON COURSE)
Renato Ammannati
Wednesday 21 January 2.00 pm – 4.00pm, 5 weeks
Fees: £50/£40 Code: 09 116
This course presents the developments in the Italian peninsula during the period 1815-1922 and the main forces shaping Italian history. We will also examine some of the key theories of nationalism and nationhood as applied to Italy.
POLITICAL CHAMELEON: OLYMPE DE GOUGES (1748-1793) (ONLINE COURSE)
Sam Dobbie
Starts: Wednesday 4 March 6.30pm – 8.30pm, 5 weeks
Fees: £50/£40 Code: 09 223
Olympe de Gouges is one of the most infamous women to have lived during the French Revolution. Though her early life remains a mystery, her revolutionary activities caught the attention of her contemporaries and scholars alike. Playwright, feminist, political chameleon, these are just some of the words that can be used to describe her. This course will provide attendees the opportunity to explore some of Gouges’s most famous works, including the Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791) and the Three Urns (1793), as a means of exploring why she was deemed a political threat and guillotined in November 1793.
A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE OR THE SCAPEGOATING OF A JEWISH OFFICER? – THE DREYFUS AFFAIR (ONLINE COURSE)
Sam Dobbie
Starts: Wednesday 8 April 6.30pm – 8.30pm, 5 weeks
Fees: £50/£40 Code: 09 301
On 15 October 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer in the French army, was wrongfully accused of selling military secrets to Germany. This led to one of the most divisive affairs to plague French society: the Dreyfus Affair. Between 1894 and 1906, French society was split into two camps – the Dreyfusards and the Anti-Dreyfusards. This course will introduce the key actors of this affair and debate its significance. Through discussions of texts from the time, including Émile Zola’s ‘J’Accuse!’, the group will decide whether the Dreyfus Affair was a miscarriage of justice or the scapegoating of a Jewish captain.
SONS OF MACHIAVELLI: POPES, KINGS, PRINCES AND COURTESANS (IN-PERSON COURSE)
Renato Ammannati
Wednesday 22 April 2.00 pm – 4.00pm, 5 weeks
Fees: £50/£40 Code: 09 304
This course will introduce the history of Europe at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. In particular, it will aim to show the role played by the Roman church in the forging of Renaissance Europe.
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