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History

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 currently taught:

FIRST YEAR SECOND/THIRD YEAR 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 Librarian for History, ph. 83033706
Margaret Hosking (Mon, Tues, Wed am)
or her assistant, Peter Jacobs (Wed pm, Thurs am, Fri am)

Subjects taught in 2008

FIRST YEAR

Europe, Empire
and the World
1492-1914

Twentieth Century
-a world in turmoil

SECOND/THIRD YEAR

Aboriginal peoples and the colonial world

Australia and the world in the Twentieth Century

Early Modern Europe

Ethnic cleansing and Genocide in Modern Europe

History of the Indigenous Peoples of Australia:
Part A (South Australia 1836-1911)

Imperial Russia

Islam, Army and the State: Indonesia since 1954

Medieval Europe: the Crusades to the Black Death

Modern France

Painters of modern life

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

 

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

Southeast Asian past

Studies in Asian Art

Studies in Southeast Asian art

Studies in Japanese Art

see also the Resource guides for Asian Studies

EUROPE

Heresy and Witchcraft in Medieval Europe

Medieval Europe: the Crusades to the Black Death

Early Modern Europe

Europe at War 1792-1919

Modern France

Ethnic cleansing and Genocide in Modern Europe

Fascism and National Socialism

Reel History: World War II in Film

Studies in European Art

RUSSIA

Imperial Russia

Russia in crisis and revolution:
from Lenin to Putin

UNITED STATES

America, Asia, and the Cold War

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

From White Australia to Woomera:
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
Ausgust 2008
Margaret Hosking