Module Information For Visiting and Erasmus Students
2014/15
Department*
EUROPEAN STUDIES
European Studies Erasmus Students are permitted to take modules in the following departments:
Notes Language Depts: French, German, Italian, Russian, Polish and Spanish.
Disciplines: History, Politics, Sociology
Visiting/Erasmus
The European Studies course handbook is available on the ES website:
Module Info on
https://www.tcd.ie/European_Studies/local/
Department
Website
Module Code*
Module Name*
ECTS Weighting*
EU2001
The Making of Modernity 1750-1820
10 ECTS
Semester/term 2nd Semester/Hilary Term
taught*
Contact Hours*
2 one-hour lectures and 1 tutorial per week
Lecturers: Prof Juergen Barkhoff, Dr James Hanrahan
Module Personnel Tutor Dr Linda Kiernan
By the end of this module, students will be familiar with key concepts of modernity in thought and culture as
Learning Outcomes they developed during the 18th and early 19th century. They will also have been introduced to a variety of
primary sources and some of the different methods and approaches that can be used in their analysis.
The module will introduce students to key concepts of modernity as they constituted themselves during the
Module Learning saddle epoch around 1800. It will cover the main philosophical and cultural trends in the European
Aims Enlightenment and Romanticism and will elucidate how cultural and aesthetic discourses interact with
politics and society. It will identify elements of the Dialectics of Enlightenment and the interaction of
Enlightenment trends with counter movements and cross-currents.
It will follow on and build on the Michaelmas Term History module ‘Culture and Politics in Europe 17001830’.
The module covers the main philosophical and cultural trends in the European Enlightenment and
Module Content/
Romanticism era.
Description*
Recommended To be announced at the beginning of the first class
Reading List
Module Pre None
Requisite
Module Co
Requisite
Assessment One 2500 word essay (20%), one 3-hour exam (80%)
Details*
*Required fields.