UNSW Handbook Course - The Modern Jewish Experience: Emancipation to the Holocaust

The Modern Jewish Experience: Emancipation to the Holocaust - JWST1000


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of History
	Contact: Kalman,Julie Anne
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Excluded: HIST1030
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)

Description

The progress towards emancipation of the Jews in the 18th and 19th centuries was driven not only by Enlightenment ideas of equality and tolerance, but also by highly pragmatic considerations. While initially, for the most part, enthusiastic objects of this process, European Jews grew increasingly aware of the conditions attached to it and of its real and potential dangers. Traces the history of emancipation, its achievements and failures, and the light it sheds on the development of European societies.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will have a global understanding of the different ways in which Jews responded to the challenges and possibilities presented by modernity, as well as the ways in which non-Jews dealt with the same issues. They will also have an understanding of the indefinite nature of historical research and the need to read critically. Students who actively participate in and successfully complete the course should:

Gain an overall understanding of the different ways in which Jews responded to the challenges and possibilities presented by modernity, as well as the ways in which non-Jews dealt with the same issues
Be able to demonstrate an understanding of what constitutes Judaism in the modern world
Grasp the relationship between the history of minorities and of majority cultures
Gain skills in research, analysis, independent and reflective thinking, and writing
Develop an awareness of the indefinite nature of historical research and the need to read critically.

Assessment

Short exercise (500 words) - 10%
Research essay (1500 words) - 40%
Reflective essay (2000 words) - 40%
Tutorial participation - 10%

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