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 131-029 Jews in the Modern World: Out of the Ghetto, 1492-1900

Note

Formerly available as 131-213/313. Students who have completed 131-213/313 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Students who have already taken the first-year subject 131-121 'Jews in the Modern World' are unable to take this as a second/third-year subject.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr M Baker

Prerequisites

Usually 25 points of first year History, see Prerequisites.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

A study of the development of Jewish civilisation from antiquity to the present, focusing on the transformation of life in the modern period. The subject will consider the emergence of Jews from traditional ghetto society, and the variety of social, ideological and cultural forms in which the Jewish encounter with gentile society was expressed.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words.



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