Class 1: Introduction; What is ‘Western’ History? Ancient Greece and the Ancient Hebrews

Class 2: Ancient Rome, from Republic to Empire

Readings:   

Plutarch, Life of Caesar, chapters 1, 2, 15-23, 32

Norman Davies, Europe, 149-160, 172-185, 192-206, “Crux”

note: with Davies, skip the capsules unless they are specifically mentioned. Read the capsules listed here, whether in the page-range or not.

Class 3: Early Medieval Europe

Readings:

Einhard – life of charlemagne 
St. Augustine, City of God, Book First, sections 7,8,9, 

Davies: Davies, 213-238, 251-258, 291-321, “Fiesta,” “Ghetto,” “Gothic,” 383-385, 409-423, “Vlad,”

note: these secondary readings are for both this class and the next one

Class 4: Late Medieval Europe

There will be a short test at the start of class. That test may include questions on the Boccacio and Anonimalle Chronicle readings. It will also cover the material of weeks 1-3, focusing on the primary source readings, the lectures, and the capsules from Davies.

Readings:

Boccacio     

Anonimalle Chronicle: English Peasants’ Revolt 1381 

Class 5: The Renaissance and the Reformation

Readings:

Luther, “95 Theses”

St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre eyewitness descriptions 

Davies, 469-523,

(Lunar New Year break) 

Class 6: The Scientific Revolution and the Seventeenth Century

Readings:

Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Book II Chapter 1 (all), Chapter 7 sections 87-89,  Chapter 7 sections 95-98, Chapter 9 section 123, Chapter 19 sections 222-223 

Davies, 545-558, 563-569

Class 7: Colonial and Revolutionary America

Bacon’s Declaration in the name of the people

selected Virginia laws on slavery – read December 1662-ACT XII. Negro womens children to serve according to the condition of the mother. and September 1663-ACT XVIII. An act prohibiting servants to go abroad without a lycence. and October 1669-ACT I. An act about the casuall killing of slaves.

Declaration of Independence

Davies, 577-582, 596-605

Class 8: The French Revolution and Napoleon

Declaration of the Rights of man

Robespierre on Political Morality

Davies, 605-609, 675-679, 693-757, “Gauche,” “Noyades,” “Guerrilla,”

Class 9: Test.

This test will cover the material of weeks 1-8, focusing on the primary source readings, the lectures, and the capsules from Davies.

Class 10. Industrialization

Engels, The Condition of the English Working Class 

Davies, 679-682, 759-782

 NOTE: There will not be class on 30 March

Class 11: Nineteenth-Century Europe

Readings:

Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil, selections:

http://fleursdumal.org/poem/156

http://fleursdumal.org/poem/215

http://fleursdumal.org/poem/202

http://fleursdumal.org/poem/321

Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto, Preface and Chapter 1

Davies, 812-821, “Famine,” 835-840, 842-848

Class 12: Nineteenth-century America

NOTE: your take-home exams are due this week.

Frederick Douglass, “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?”

The Declaration of Sentiments
(no secondary readings this week)

Class 13: Colonization
There will be a short test at the start of class. That test may include questions on the Kipling and Orwell readings. It will also cover the material of classes 10-12, focusing on the primary source readings, the lectures, and the capsules from Davies.

Kipling, The White Man’s Burden

Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant”

Tutorial: 25%

Tests: there will be a short test at the start of class during the 4th class worth 10% of your final grade, and one during the final class worth 15% of your final grade. There will also be a test during the 9th class which will be worth 30% of your final grade.

Take-home exam: due on 9 April. Due 9 April. Questions sent out on 19 March. 20% of your final grade. 

(updated at 17:22 on 19 Jan, 2018)
Dates: 23/2, 9/3, 23/3, 13/4
Groups: A&B –10:30-12:00 (FRI); C&D — 16:30-18:00 (FRI)

The course will offer 4 groups (2 groups for each time slot, around 18-20 students per group). Enrollment is open from 19 Jan to 22 Jan, 17:00 on BLACKBOARD. Students have to sign up for one group and attend ALL tutorials classes as it accounts for 25% of the final grade.
Change of groups is not accepted after enrollment.

More details will be announced.

請注意大學有關學術著作誠信的政策和規則，及適用於犯規事例的紀律指引和程序。詳情可瀏覽此處。

學生遞交作業時，必須連同已簽署的聲明一併提交，表示他們知道有關政策、規則、指引及程序。

• 如屬小組習作，則所有組員均須簽署聲明；所有組員 (不論有否簽署聲明及不論有否直接或間接撰寫有問題的內容) 均須負上集體責任及受到懲處。
• 如作業以電腦製作、內容以文字為主，並經由大學「維誠」系統 (VeriGuide) 提交者，學生將作業的電子檔案上載到系統後，便會獲得收據，收據上已列明有關聲明。
• 學生充分知悉到他們的作業可能會被人工智能內容檢測軟件審查，以確定其原創性。
• 學生充分知悉科目中採用人工智能工具的做法。在經允許下使用某些人工智能工具的情況下，學生已按照科目老師的指示明確註明出處和引文。

未有夾附簽署妥當的聲明的作業，老師將不予批閱。

學生只須提交作業的最終版本。

學生將作業或作業的一部份用於超過一個用途 (例如：同時符合兩科的要求) 而沒有作出聲明會被視為未有聲明重覆使用作業。 學生重覆使用其著作的措辭或某一、二句句子很常見，並可以接受，惟重覆使用全部內容則構成問題。在任何情況下，須先獲得相關老師同意方可提交作業。

由大學職員/老師製作的教學材料，包括課堂筆記、作業及考試題目等，其版權屬香港中文大學擁有；學生可從大學採用的網上教學系統 (例如Blackboard) 下載由大學職員/老師製作的教學材料供其學習使用；惟未經相關職員/老師事先同意下，不得分發/分享/複製這些材料予第三者。