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European Studies

1. Requirements for a major
2. Entry to Honours
3. Course information
4. For more information

Subject Lists
Subject descriptions

Convener: Assoc. Professor Tim Mehigan (Germanic Studies and Russian)

This program provides an integrated approach to the cultures of Europe and their languages, literatures and histories. It seeks in particular to understand and describe those processes and institutions which have given Europe a sense of its existence as a distinct cultural and political entity. The program normally involves the completion of the two first-year subject noted below plus two years study of a European language (which can be commenced at second year), and second or third-year studies from a set of designated subjects offered by other departments.

1. Requirements for a major

A major in Modern European Studies requires the completion of at least five subjects at second and third-year levels, totalling 83.3 points. The major must include two semesters of language study in a European language, at a minimum of intermediate standard in that language. The languages offered are French, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Russian, Swedish and Spanish. Students also wishing to undertake a major in a European language should complete five subjects from the list of approved second and third year subjects.

The normal path for entry into the major in Modern European Studies is completion of the first-year subjects 166-110 Making of Modern Europe: Managing Identity in Contemporary Europe and 131-123 Making of Modern Europe 2: Reason and the State (a total of 25 points), and a first-year European language (37.5 points).

2. Entry to Honours

There is no separate honours program in European Studies. However, students may choose to focus on Europe in another honours program for which they have qualified. Each honours program has its own prerequisites and minimum standards requirements. For details of these requirements students should refer to the entry under the area of study concerned.

3. Course information

First Year European Studies Subjects

166-110 The Making of Modern Europe: Managing Identity in Contemporary Europe 1

131-123 The Making of Modern Europe: Reason and the State 2

Examples of major sequences in European Studies at second and third year level

Major sequence focusing on Europe Semester

Five subjects from List A (Subjects with a trans-national perspective)

116-235 European Spectacle 1918-1968 2

116-242 The Rise of the Individual: Art and Literature in France and Italy From 1820 To 1930 n/a

131-254 The Holocaust and Genocide 1

166-228 Conflict, Control and Corruption in Western Europe n/a

161-215 The Experimental Imagination: Philosophy in Eighteenth Century Europe n/a

Major sequence focusing on a single country (Example: France)

Two subjects from List A and three subjects from List B (Subjects with a national perspective):

116-227 Introduction To Romance 1

166-240 European Integration: the Politics of the European Union 1

111-245 Passion, Power and Perception: French Art in the Nineteenth Century n/a

116-233 French Cinema 1940/1968: Aesthetics and Ideology 1

116-234 French, Foreigners, and Aliens: Culture and Identity in Contemporary France 2

Major sequence focusing on a single country (Example: Germany)

Two subjects from List A and three subjects from List B:

702-311 Revolution, Nationalism & Architecture 2

126-474 From Kant to Habermas: a Cultural History of German Thought 2

Major sequence focusing on a single country (Example: Italy)

Two subjects from List A and three subjects from List B:

116-227 Introduction To Romance 1

166-240 European Integration: the Politics of the European Union 1

111-435 Piranesi's Rome and Tiepolo's Venice. Art in the Eighteenth Century n/a

111-266 Renaissance and Baroque Rome 1450-1750 1

116-463 Italian Neoclassicism and Romanticism 2

Major sequence with a second European Language (Example: France)

Two subjects from List A, one subject from List B, two subjects in the Second Language:

116-227 Introduction To Romance 1

166-240 European Integration: the Politics of the European Union 1

111-245 Passion, Power and Perception: French Art in the Nineteenth Century n/a

116-201 French Part 2A, Unit 1 1

116-202 French Part 2A, Unit 2 2

Major sequence with a second European Language (Example: Germany)

Two subjects from List A, one subject from List B, two subjects in the Second Language:

166-228 Conflict, Control and Corruption in Western Europe n/a

166-240 European Integration: the Politics of the European Union 1

131-243 Hitler's Germany 2

126-205 Advanced German Second Year A 1

126-206 Advanced German Second Year B 2

Major sequence with a second European Language (Example: Italy)

Two subjects from List A, one subject from List A or B, two subjects in the Second Language:

116-227 Introduction To Romance 1

166-240 European Integration: the Politics of the European Union 1

111-435 Piranesi's Rome and Tiepolo's Venice. Art in the Eighteenth Century n/a

116-295 Italian Part 2: Advanced Italian Language and Culture 1 1

116-296 Italian Part 2: Advanced Italian Language and Culture 2 2

Examples of major sequences in European Studies at second and third year level

Major sequence focusing on Europe	Semester
	Five subjects from List A (Subjects with a trans-national perspective)
	116-235 European Spectacle 1918-1968	2
	116-242 The Rise of the Individual: Art and Literature in France and Italy From 1820 To 1930	n/a
	131-254 The Holocaust and Genocide	1
	166-228 Conflict, Control and Corruption in Western Europe	n/a
	161-215 The Experimental Imagination: Philosophy in Eighteenth Century Europe	n/a

Major sequence focusing on a single country (Example: France)
	Two subjects from List A and three subjects from List B (Subjects with a national perspective):
	116-227 Introduction To Romance	1
	166-240 European Integration: the Politics of the European Union	1
	111-245 Passion, Power and Perception: French Art in the Nineteenth Century	n/a
	116-233 French Cinema 1940/1968: Aesthetics and Ideology	1
	116-234 French, Foreigners, and Aliens: Culture and Identity in Contemporary France	2

Major sequence focusing on a single country (Example: Germany)
	Two subjects from List A and three subjects from List B:
	702-311 Revolution, Nationalism & Architecture	2
	126-474 From Kant to Habermas: a Cultural History of German Thought	2

Major sequence focusing on a single country (Example: Italy)
	Two subjects from List A and three subjects from List B:
	116-227 Introduction To Romance	1
	166-240 European Integration: the Politics of the European Union	1
	111-435 Piranesi's Rome and Tiepolo's Venice. Art in the Eighteenth Century	n/a
	111-266 Renaissance and Baroque Rome 1450-1750	1
	116-463 Italian Neoclassicism and Romanticism	2

Major sequence with a second European Language (Example: France)
	Two subjects from List A, one subject from List B, two subjects in the Second Language:
	116-227 Introduction To Romance	1
	166-240 European Integration: the Politics of the European Union	1
	111-245 Passion, Power and Perception: French Art in the Nineteenth Century	n/a
	116-201 French Part 2A, Unit 1	1
	116-202 French Part 2A, Unit 2	2

Major sequence with a second European Language (Example: Germany)
	Two subjects from List A, one subject from List B, two subjects in the Second Language:
	166-228 Conflict, Control and Corruption in Western Europe	n/a
	166-240 European Integration: the Politics of the European Union	1
	131-243 Hitler's Germany	2
	126-205 Advanced German Second Year A	1
	126-206 Advanced German Second Year B	2

Major sequence with a second European Language (Example: Italy)
	Two subjects from List A, one subject from List A or B, two subjects in the Second Language:
	116-227 Introduction To Romance	1
	166-240 European Integration: the Politics of the European Union	1
	111-435 Piranesi's Rome and Tiepolo's Venice. Art in the Eighteenth Century	n/a
	116-295 Italian Part 2: Advanced Italian Language and Culture 1	1
	116-296 Italian Part 2: Advanced Italian Language and Culture 2	2

List A: European Studies subjects with a trans-national perspective

111-213 Baroque and Rococo Painting and Sculpture: Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Watteau 1

111-224 Art in the Age of Rembrandt n/a

111-258 Surrealism and the Cinema: From Cartoons to Video Clips 2

111-416 Beyond Impressionism. Naturalism, Nationalism and Plein-Air Painting 1860-1905 1

116-227 Introduction To Romance 1

116-235 European Spectacle 1918-1968 2

116-242 The Rise of the Individual: Art and Literature in France and Italy From 1820 To 1930 n/a

116-278 Foreignness, Integration and Exclusion: Culture and Identity in Contemporary France and Germany n/a

131-254 The Holocaust and Genocide 1

131-269 Ritual, Gender and Community in Early Modern Europe, 1450-1700 2

131-286 Screening the Holocaust n/a

161-215 The Experimental Imagination: Philosophy in Eighteenth Century Europe n/a

161-226 Contemporary European Philosophy I: Phenomenology and Existentialism 1

161-227 Contemporary European Philosophy II: Representation and Signification 2

161-242 Philosophy and Literature 2

166-212 West European Politics n/a

166-228 Conflict, Control and Corruption in Western Europe n/a

166-235 Dictatorships, Democracies and Transition: Russian and East European Politics 2

166-240 European Integration: the Politics of the European Union 1

List A: European Studies subjects with a trans-national perspective

	111-213 Baroque and Rococo Painting and Sculpture: Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Watteau	1
	111-224 Art in the Age of Rembrandt	n/a
	111-258 Surrealism and the Cinema: From Cartoons to Video Clips	2
	111-416 Beyond Impressionism. Naturalism, Nationalism and Plein-Air Painting 1860-1905	1
	116-227 Introduction To Romance	1
	116-235 European Spectacle 1918-1968	2
	116-242 The Rise of the Individual: Art and Literature in France and Italy From 1820 To 1930	n/a
	116-278 Foreignness, Integration and Exclusion: Culture and Identity in Contemporary France and Germany	n/a
	131-254 The Holocaust and Genocide	1
	131-269 Ritual, Gender and Community in Early Modern Europe, 1450-1700	2
	131-286 Screening the Holocaust	n/a
	161-215 The Experimental Imagination: Philosophy in Eighteenth Century Europe	n/a
	161-226 Contemporary European Philosophy I: Phenomenology and Existentialism	1
	161-227 Contemporary European Philosophy II: Representation and Signification	2
	161-242 Philosophy and Literature	2
	166-212 West European Politics	n/a
	166-228 Conflict, Control and Corruption in Western Europe	n/a
	166-235 Dictatorships, Democracies and Transition: Russian and East European Politics	2
	166-240 European Integration: the Politics of the European Union	1

List B: European Studies subjects with a national perspective

111-245 Passion, Power and Perception: French Art in the Nineteenth Century n/a

111-252 National Cinemas and Cultural Difference n/a

111-265 French Avant-Gardes. Post-Impressionists to Surrealists n/a

111-266 Renaissance and Baroque Rome 1450-1750 1

111-411 The Connoisseurship of Italian Landscape Painting and Drawing n/a

111-415 Art and Theory in Paris, Matisse and Picasso 2

111-435 Piranesi's Rome and Tiepolo's Venice. Art in the Eighteenth Century n/a

116-220 Classical and Contemporary Novel 2

116-221 Performing The Text: The French Theatre From Corneille To Beckett n/a

116-233 French Cinema 1940/1968: Aesthetics and Ideology 1

116-222 Poetics and Poetry n/a

116-230 En-Gendering Culture: Women and Representation in French Society 2

116-234 French, Foreigners, and Aliens: Culture and Identity in Contemporary France 2

116-243 The Word and the Image: Art, Music, Literature and Society in 19th and 20th Centuries France n/a

116-277 Paris: Capital of the Nineteenth Century (on site in Paris) 2

116-287 Passions, powers, liberties: the culture of classical and enlightenment France 1

126-473 Heinrich von Kleist's Prose Fiction 2

126-474 From Kant to Habermas: a Cultural History of German Thought 2

126-475 Germanic Languages 2

126-476 The Austrian Novelist Joseph Roth 1

126-477 Mastering the East German Past: Victims, Perpetrators of the Stasi 1

126-468 The Origin of the Other Sex: Women and Images of the Female in the German Enlightenment 1

126-469 Post-Holocaust Literature 1

126-478 Text Linguistics of German 1

131-212 The Birth of Industrial Society: Class and Conflict in Britain, 1780-1850 1

131-242 From Great Exhibition To Great War: British Society 1850-1918 2

131-243 Hitler's Germany 2

131-244 Class, Gender and Revolution: France 1815-1919 2

131-245 The Crises of Modern France: Society and Culture 1919-1995 n/a

131-250 The Russian Revolution, 1890-1924 1

131-249 Post-Revolutionary Soviet History: From the Revolution To Gorbachev n/a

131-266 Twentieth Century Britain 2

131-267 The Rise and Fall of Imperial Germany 1848-1918 n/a

116-313 Italian 3R: Research Project n/a

116-418 To Hell With Dante 1

116-419 Dante 2 2

116-463 Italian Neoclassicism and Romanticism 2

116-465 The Sicilian Connection n/a

116-467 Modern Italian Theatre 1

116-241 Italian Reading Course for Beginners 1

150-272 The Modern Greek Language Controversy n/a

150-273 Modern Greek Theatre n/a

150-281 Reinventing Greece: Philhellenism and Greek Nationalism in Literature, Art and Architecture n/a

150-282 Mythologies: Literature, History and Society in Modern Greece 2

150-283 Modern Greek Poetry n/a

150-284 Modern Greek Prose Fiction 1

150-270 Modern Greek Folk Literature n/a

150-380 Special Study Research Project 1, repeated 2

920-358 Spanish 3CW: Contemporary Women Writers of Spain n/a

920-256 Spanish 2SAP/3SAP: Spanish Study Abroad Program Summer

List B: European Studies subjects with a national perspective

	111-245 Passion, Power and Perception: French Art in the Nineteenth Century	n/a
	111-252 National Cinemas and Cultural Difference	n/a
	111-265 French Avant-Gardes. Post-Impressionists to Surrealists	n/a
	111-266 Renaissance and Baroque Rome 1450-1750	1
	111-411 The Connoisseurship of Italian Landscape Painting and Drawing	n/a
	111-415 Art and Theory in Paris, Matisse and Picasso	2
	111-435 Piranesi's Rome and Tiepolo's Venice. Art in the Eighteenth Century	n/a
	116-220 Classical and Contemporary Novel	2
	116-221 Performing The Text: The French Theatre From Corneille To Beckett	n/a
	116-233 French Cinema 1940/1968: Aesthetics and Ideology	1
	116-222 Poetics and Poetry	n/a
	116-230 En-Gendering Culture: Women and Representation in French Society	2
	116-234 French, Foreigners, and Aliens: Culture and Identity in Contemporary France	2
	116-243 The Word and the Image: Art, Music, Literature and Society in 19th and 20th Centuries France	n/a
	116-277 Paris: Capital of the Nineteenth Century (on site in Paris)	2
	116-287 Passions, powers, liberties: the culture of classical and enlightenment France	1
	126-473 Heinrich von Kleist's Prose Fiction	2
	126-474 From Kant to Habermas: a Cultural History of German Thought	2
	126-475 Germanic Languages	2
	126-476 The Austrian Novelist Joseph Roth	1
	126-477 Mastering the East German Past: Victims, Perpetrators of the Stasi	1
	126-468 The Origin of the Other Sex: Women and Images of the Female in the German Enlightenment	1
	126-469 Post-Holocaust Literature	1
	126-478 Text Linguistics of German	1
	131-212 The Birth of Industrial Society: Class and Conflict in Britain, 1780-1850	1
	131-242 From Great Exhibition To Great War: British Society 1850-1918	2
	131-243 Hitler's Germany	2
	131-244 Class, Gender and Revolution: France 1815-1919	2
	131-245 The Crises of Modern France: Society and Culture 1919-1995	n/a
	131-250 The Russian Revolution, 1890-1924	1
	131-249 Post-Revolutionary Soviet History: From the Revolution To Gorbachev	n/a
	131-266 Twentieth Century Britain	2
	131-267 The Rise and Fall of Imperial Germany 1848-1918	n/a
	116-313 Italian 3R: Research Project	n/a
	116-418 To Hell With Dante	1
	116-419 Dante 2	2
	116-463 Italian Neoclassicism and Romanticism	2
	116-465 The Sicilian Connection	n/a
	116-467 Modern Italian Theatre	1
	116-241 Italian Reading Course for Beginners	1
	150-272 The Modern Greek Language Controversy	n/a
	150-273 Modern Greek Theatre	n/a
	150-281 Reinventing Greece: Philhellenism and Greek Nationalism in Literature, Art and Architecture	n/a
	150-282 Mythologies: Literature, History and Society in Modern Greece	2
	150-283 Modern Greek Poetry	n/a
	150-284 Modern Greek Prose Fiction	1
	150-270 Modern Greek Folk Literature	n/a
	150-380 Special Study Research Project	1, repeated 2
	920-358 Spanish 3CW: Contemporary Women Writers of Spain	n/a
	920-256 Spanish 2SAP/3SAP: Spanish Study Abroad Program	Summer

Subjects which satisfy the language requirement

The following subjects must be taken at second and third year level, when available. Semester

116-114 French Part 1: Contemporary France I 1

116-115 French Part 1: Cultural Perspectives 2

116-173 Intermediate French I 1

116-174 Intermediate French II 2

116-201 French Part 2A, Unit 1 1

116-202 French Part 2A, Unit 2 2

116-205 Introduction To French Part 2C 1

116-206 French Part 2C 2

116-214 French Part 2: Language All year

116-302 French Part 3A All year

116-306 French Part 3C, Unit 1 1

116-307 French Part 3C, Unit 2 2

116-314 French Part 3: Language and Communication I 1

116-315 French Part 3 Language and Communication II 2

126-105 Advanced German First Year A 1

126-106 Advanced German First Year B 2

126-205 Advanced German Second Year A 1

126-206 Advanced German Second Year B 2

126-103 Intermediate German A 1

126-104 Intermediate German B 2

126-309 German Third Year A (Intermediate) 1

126-310 German Third Year B (Intermediate) 2

126-305 Advanced German Third Year A 1

126-306 Advanced German Third Year B 2

116-183 Italian Part 1: Contemporary Italian Society and Culture 1 1

116-184 Italian Part 1: Contemporary Italian Society and Culture 2 2

116-295 Italian Part 2: Advanced Italian Language and Culture 1 1

116-296 Italian Part 2: Advanced Italian Language and Culture 2 2

116-310 Italian Part 3 Language 1 (Compulsory) 1

116-311 Italian Part 3 Language 2 2

116-372 Italian Part 3A Language 1 (Compulsory) 1

150-163 Intermediate Modern Greek A 1

150-164 Intermediate Modern Greek B 2

150-165 Advanced Modern Greek 1 1

150-166 Advanced Modern Greek 2 2

150-185 Creative Writing in Modern Greek n/a

150-167 Formal Modern Greek n/a

150-168 Informal and Colloquial Modern Greek 1

150-171 Modern Greek Literary Translation n/a

126-116 Intermediate Russian A 1

126-117 Intermediate Russian B 2

126-259 Advanced Russian A 1

126-260 Advanced Russian B 2

126-231 Russian Linguistics A 1

126-232 Russian Linguistics B 2

126-252 Advanced Russian Syntax n/a

126-253 Advanced Russian Translation 1

920-118 Spanish 1A-1: Practical Spanish and Spanish and Latin American Culture 1

920-218 Spanish 2A-1: Practical Spanish and Spanish and Latin American Culture 1

920-257 Spanish 2/3LI: Spanish Linguistics 2

920-245 Introductory Portuguese 2P-1/3P-1 1

920-246 Introductory Portuguese 2P-2/3P-2 2

920-249 Advanced Portuguese 2PA-1/3PA-1 1

920-274 Advanced Portuguese 2PA-2/3PA-2 2

920-243 Catalan 2N-1/3N-1 1

920-244 Catalan 2N-2/3N-2 2

126-223 Intermediate Swedish A 1

126-224 Intermediate Swedish B 2

126-336 Advanced Swedish A 1

126-337 Advanced Swedish B 2

Subjects which satisfy the language requirement

The following subjects must be taken at second and third year level, when available.	Semester
	116-114 French Part 1: Contemporary France I	1
	116-115 French Part 1: Cultural Perspectives	2
	116-173 Intermediate French I	1
	116-174 Intermediate French II	2
	116-201 French Part 2A, Unit 1	1
	116-202 French Part 2A, Unit 2	2
	116-205 Introduction To French Part 2C	1
	116-206 French Part 2C	2
	116-214 French Part 2: Language	All year
	116-302 French Part 3A	All year
	116-306 French Part 3C, Unit 1	1
	116-307 French Part 3C, Unit 2	2
	116-314 French Part 3: Language and Communication I	1
	116-315 French Part 3 Language and Communication II	2
	126-105 Advanced German First Year A	1
	126-106 Advanced German First Year B	2
	126-205 Advanced German Second Year A	1
	126-206 Advanced German Second Year B	2
	126-103 Intermediate German A	1
	126-104 Intermediate German B	2
	126-309 German Third Year A (Intermediate)	1
	126-310 German Third Year B (Intermediate)	2
	126-305 Advanced German Third Year A	1
	126-306 Advanced German Third Year B	2
	116-183 Italian Part 1: Contemporary Italian Society and Culture 1	1
	116-184 Italian Part 1: Contemporary Italian Society and Culture 2	2
	116-295 Italian Part 2: Advanced Italian Language and Culture 1	1
	116-296 Italian Part 2: Advanced Italian Language and Culture 2	2
	116-310 Italian Part 3 Language 1 (Compulsory)	1
	116-311 Italian Part 3 Language 2	2
	116-372 Italian Part 3A Language 1 (Compulsory)	1
	150-163 Intermediate Modern Greek A	1
	150-164 Intermediate Modern Greek B	2
	150-165 Advanced Modern Greek 1	1
	150-166 Advanced Modern Greek 2	2
	150-185 Creative Writing in Modern Greek	n/a
	150-167 Formal Modern Greek	n/a
	150-168 Informal and Colloquial Modern Greek	1
	150-171 Modern Greek Literary Translation	n/a
	126-116 Intermediate Russian A	1
	126-117 Intermediate Russian B	2
	126-259 Advanced Russian A	1
	126-260 Advanced Russian B	2
	126-231 Russian Linguistics A	1
	126-232 Russian Linguistics B	2
	126-252 Advanced Russian Syntax	n/a
	126-253 Advanced Russian Translation	1
	920-118 Spanish 1A-1: Practical Spanish and Spanish and Latin American Culture	1
	920-218 Spanish 2A-1: Practical Spanish and Spanish and Latin American Culture	1
	920-257 Spanish 2/3LI: Spanish Linguistics	2
	920-245 Introductory Portuguese 2P-1/3P-1	1
	920-246 Introductory Portuguese 2P-2/3P-2	2
	920-249 Advanced Portuguese 2PA-1/3PA-1	1
	920-274 Advanced Portuguese 2PA-2/3PA-2	2
	920-243 Catalan 2N-1/3N-1	1
	920-244 Catalan 2N-2/3N-2	2
	126-223 Intermediate Swedish A	1
	126-224 Intermediate Swedish B	2
	126-336 Advanced Swedish A	1
	126-337 Advanced Swedish B	2

4. For more information

Assoc. Professor Tim Mehigan
Department of Germanic Studies and Russian
Babel Building
The University of Melbourne
Telephone: (03) 9344

Subject descriptions

166-110 The Making of Modern Europe: Managing Identity in Contemporary Europe
131-123 The Making of Modern Europe: Reason and the State

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