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HISTORY

This page is designed to support the History teaching and research interests of the School of History and Politics at the University of Adelaide by  providing guides to print and electronic resources.There is a set of specific guides for subjects taught in 2009:

First Year

Upper Level

Honours and Postgraduate

Historiography

If your topic is not covered or you want historical information at a general level, use either of these guides:

History at its broadest

Australian History,
a guide to resources, including South Australia

You can also search for guides by country and theme.
There is also a brief introductory guide for Year 12 students.

For any further help in finding or using these resources please come in to see or contact your Research Librarians for History and Politics,
Margaret Hosking, ph. 83033706
Peter Newnham, ph. 83131062

Subjects taught in 2009

FIRST YEAR

Europe, Empire
and the World
1492-1914

Indigenous culture and History (Winter school)

Twentieth Century
-a world in turmoil

UPPER LEVEL

America, Asia, and the Cold War

Fascism and National Socialism

Food and drink in world history

Heresy and Witchcraft in Medieval Europe

History of the Indigenous Peoples of Australia:
Part B Aboriginal people in Twentieth
Century Australia

Is America in decline? (Winter school)

Medieval Europe: the Crusades to the Black Death

Migrants, refugees and the making of modern Australia

Modern America: from Blues to Hip Hop

Origins of modern America

Portraiture and Power

Pursuit of Happiness

Uniting the Kingdoms Britain 1534-1707

HONOURS AND
POSTGRADUATE

Honours History

Le Cordon Bleu Graduate studies in Gastronomy

Certificate in Food Writing

Graduate Studies in Art History

Graduate Program in Curatorial and Museum Studies

Guides by country and theme

(includes some historical topics taught in other disciplines)

ASIA

America, Asia, and the Cold War

Islam, Army and the State: Indonesia since 1954

Studies in Asian Art

Studies in Southeast Asian art

Studies in Japanese Art

see also the Resource guides for
Asian Studies

EUROPE

Medieval Europe: the Crusades to the Black Death

Early Modern Europe

Ethnic cleansing and Genocide in Modern Europe

Europe at War 1792-1919

Fascism and National Socialism

Heresy and Witchcraft in Medieval Europe

Modern France

Pursuit of Happiness

Reel History: World War II in Film

Studies in European Art

War and revolution in Germany and Central Europe: 1914-1990

RUSSIA

Imperial Russia

Russia in crisis and revolution:
from Lenin to Putin

UNITED STATES

America, Asia, and the Cold War

Is America really in decline?

Modern America: from Blues to Hip Hop

Origins of modern America

Slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic world

 

AUSTRALIA

Australia and the world in the Twentieth Century

Community and Conflict: Australia from 1788-1901

Migrants, refugees and the making of modern Australia

History of the Indigenous Peoples of Australia:
Part A(South Australia1836-1911)
Part B Aboriginal people in Twentieth Century Australia

Life Stories: Australia 1850-1980

Studies in
Australian Art

Studies in Australian Indigenous Art

Women in Australian History

GREAT BRITAIN

Uniting the Kingdoms Britain 1534-1707

Ruling the Waves: Imperial Britain 1698-1901

INDIGENOUS and COLONIAL

Studies in Australian Indigenous Art

History of the Indigenous Peoples of Australia:
Part A (South Australia 1836-1911)
Part B Aboriginal people in Twentieth Century Australia

Aboriginal peoples and the colonial world

Colonial identity and the legacies of Empire

Slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic world

Page last updated
August 2009
Margaret Hosking