Unit HY2241

Why History? The 20th Century, 1914-1989

Course Outline: This module aims to introduce both second and third year undergraduates to both the main events of the 20th century and some of the fundamental methodological issues involved in the study of history. These learning objectives will be met by directing students to engage a wide range of documents so that they both understand significant historical developments and also gain comprehension of the ways in which historians pursue enquiry. Major topics will include the First World War, the interwar period, World War II, the Cold War, the 1960s and the collapse of Communism.

Responsibilities: Course preparation and coordination, lecturing, classroom teaching, student consultation, thesis supervision, essay and exam marking.

Unit HY3227

Europe of the Dictators

Course Outline: Europe was plagued by wars, revolution and totalitarian dictatorship between 1919 and 1945. It witnessed the rise of Bolshevism and of various Fascist regimes, revealed the economic and political weakness of the Western democracies and the failure of the League of Nations. This module will focus on the rise of four dictators of this period: Stalin, Mussolini, Franco, and Hitler. All students are welcome, but those coming with a background in Political Science and even Sociology may find this course builds on existing knowledge and concepts.

Responsibilities: Course preparation and coordination, lecturing, classroom teaching, student consultation, thesis supervision, essay and exam marking.

Unit HY3234/EU3207

Comparative European Nationalisms

Course Outline: Where does nationalism come from, what does it mean and how long will it last? These are some of the questions explored in this module. The module begins with a consideration of the intellectual and political roots of the nation-state as well as disagreements among scholars about whether nations are new or old
developments. The bulk of the module then takes up specific case studies of nationalism in countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia and Russia. Finally, the module concludes with a discussion of whether the process of European integration heralds the transcendence of nations and nationalism. This module is designed for all students at NUS interested in developing a deeper understanding of nationalism and nation-states in Europe.

Responsibilities: Course preparation and coordination, lecturing, classroom teaching, student consultation, thesis supervision, essay and exam marking.

Graduate Unit HY5208

Approaches to Modern European History 

Course Outline: This module will examine the major approaches to the study of modern European (19th-20th centuries) history in order to equip graduate students at the MA level with the major historiographic trends which have shaped research into the subject. To that end, the module will introduce students to the most significant approaches in political, economic, diplomatic, cultural, gender, social, religious and intellectual history which have shaped the existing scholarship.

This semester's module will examine aspects of European fascism in the interwar years, focusing on both its 'movement' and 'regime' phases. The primary focus throughout will be on the historiographical analysis of the fascist movements and regimes in Italy and Germany, but attention will also be given to the fascist movements in Spain, Romania, Hungary, France and Britain. After a consideration of the preconditions of fascism and the impact of WWI, we will examine various permutations of fascist ideology and analyse the social origins of various fascist movements. In the second half of the semester we will turn our attention to a comparative look at fascism in power in Italy and Germany, concentrating on the issues of fascist rule, race, gender and war. In addition to the examination of the practice of fascism, the module will also seek to explore some of the basic interpretive problems concerning the definition and theory of fascism.

Responsibilities: Course preparation and coordination, lecturing, classroom teaching, student consultation, thesis supervision, essay and exam marking.

University of Melbourne

Unit 131-124

Total War in Europe: World War One

Course Outline: This subject focuses on Europe in the First World War and analyses the causes and nature—as well as the theory and practice—of total war.

Responsibilities: Classroom teaching, lecturing, student consultation, essay marking and all course administration.

Unit 131-013

Total War in Europe: World War Two

Course Outline: This subject focuses on Europe during World War II and raises questions about the causes of armed conflict, the nature of total war, and the consequences (social, economic, cultural and political) of war in modern European history.

Responsibilities: Classroom teaching, lecturing, student consultation, essay marking and all course administration.

Unit 131-050

The Russian Revolution 1890-1924

Course Outline: This subject examines the nature of late Tsarist society and causes of the revolutions of 1905 and 1917 and how these contributed to the emerging Soviet society.

Responsibilities: Classroom teaching, student consultation and essay marking.

Unit 131-118

Becoming Italian: Modern Italy, 1860-2000

Course Outline: Becoming Italian provides a historical overview of the making of modern Italy from unification in 1860 to the collapse of the so-called First Republic.

Responsibilities: Lecturing, classroom teaching, student consultation and essay marking.

Victoria University, Melbourne

Unit AAH 2011

European History, 1919-39

Course Outline: This unit focuses on Russia and Germany between the two World Wars and the Spanish Civil War.

Responsibilities: Course preparation and coordination, lecturing, classroom teaching, student consultation and essay and exam marking.

Unit AAH 2012

European History, 1939-2000

Course Outline: This unit focuses on both eastern and western Europe following the Second World War and evaluates notions of unity and division in the European context.

Responsibilities: Course preparation and coordination, lecturing, classroom teaching, student consultation and essay and exam marking.

'War, Resistance and Terror: the Gruppi di Azione Patriottica.'

War and Our World, University of Manchester, 19-21 July 2007.

'Women in the Italian Resistance: the "Other" Within?'

Partisan and Anti-Partisan Warfare in German-Occupied Europe, 1939-1945, Glasgow Caledonian University, 21-22 June 2007.

'The Myth of Unity: Fractures and Divisions in the Italian Resistance.'

XVth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association for European History, University of Melbourne, 11-15 July 2005.

'Italy Rejects Her Past: Revisionists and the Anti-Fascist Foundations of the Italian Republic.'

Europe in Flux: The Changing Face of Contemporary Europe, Contemporary Europe Research Centre, University of Melbourne, December 2004.

'The Battle for the Peasantry: Church Intervention in the Italian elections of 1946 and 1948—the Piedmontese Experience.'

Interventions, Interactions and Interrelations, School of Languages, the University of Melbourne, November 2004.

'Piedmontese Women and the Italian Partisan War: Defining the "Other"?'

Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (ACIS) Second Biennial Conference

Italians and Their Others: Representations, identities and exchanges at home and abroad, University of Western Australia, July 2003.

Terror and Counter-Terror in the Italian Resistance: the Gruppi di Azione Patriottica'

Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar, Department of History, University of Melbourne, June 2003.

'The Italian Resistance in Piedmont: History, Memory and the Partisan War'

Conference: Conflict and Culture: War and Terror in the Modern Age, University of Newcastle, NSW Australia, September 2002.

'Piedmontese Women and the Italian Partisan War: Through Female Eyes and Female Action'

Conference: Frontlines: Gender, Identity and War, School of Historical Studies, Monash University, July 2002.

'Women in the Italian Resistance'

Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar, Department of History, University of Melbourne, June 2002.

'The Ambiguity of the Italian Resistance: Class War, Patriotic War or Civil War?'

Faculty of Arts Research Student Seminar, University of Melbourne, Ambiguities April 2002.

'Piedmontese Partisans and the 1943-45 Resistance Struggle: Motives and Aspirations' Abridged Version

The Importance of Italy: an International Conference, The Australian Centre for Italian Studies, Old Canberra House, Australian National University, September 2001.

'Industrialists and the Early Fascist Movements in Germany and Italy.'

Mass Historia, University of Melbourne, July 2001.

'The Italian Resistance and its Historiography'

Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar, Department of History, University of Melbourne, June 2001

'The Standard of Living of Agricultural Labourers, c.1780-1850: the Case of Northumberland.'         

Australasian Modern British History Association, 12^th Conference, La Trobe University, Melbourne, February 2001.