The Comparative and Transnational History of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany

HIST31522 The Comparative and Transnational History of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany 20 Semester 2 Undergraduate Level 3 Christian Goeschel Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Last part of a Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0 This course compares Nazi Germany to Fascist Italy. It concentrates on the origins, experiences and impacts of both regimes. The course also explores transnational links between both regimes. Each session explores a key theme concerning the origins and development of fascism, the nature of the regimes; resistance and repression; society; class; gender; foreign policy; racial policy and Nazism and Fascism in memory and historiography.  This course compares Nazi Germany to Fascist Italy. It concentrates on the origins, experiences and impacts of both regimes. The course also explores transnational links between both regimes. Each session explores a key theme concerning the origins and development of fascism, the nature of the regimes; resistance and repression; society; class; gender; foreign policy; racial policy and Nazism and Fascism in memory and historiography.  1. This course will introduce students to a critical engagement with the comparative and transnational history of the world’s first and most significant fascist dictatorships and explore the usefulness of this approach.2. The course will provide students with a critical understanding of the key debates in the historiographies of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany and introduce them to some key primary sources (which will be made available in English).3. Students will also learn how to think critically about the (political) motives, methods and processes of research in this area. Manifest knowledge and understanding of:<ul> <li>The history of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.</li> <li>The history of the complex relationship of both regimes with each other.</li> <li>The advantages and challenges of comparative and transnational history.</li> <li>The history of fascism as a political ideology of the interwar period.</li> <li>Post-war memories of the Fascist-Nazi relationship</li></ul> <ul> <li>Students will develop a critical understanding of the historiography of Italy and Germany under fascism.</li> <li>They will develop skills to evaluate both visual and textual primary sources and discuss their relevance in their historical context.</li> <li>Students will learn how to engage with comparative and transnational history.</li></ul> <ul> <li style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 13px;">The ability to articulate a response to various primary and secondary sources as well as to comments by other students.</li> <li style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 13px;">Writing concisely and presenting an own argument.</li></ul> <ol role="list" start="1"> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Calibri" data-leveltext="%1." data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":0,"335559684":-1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769242":[65533,0],"469777803":"left","469777804":"%1.","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="21" role="listitem">Essay writing and presenting a written argument under time pressure in a closed on-campus exam. </li></ol><ol role="list" start="2"> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font="Calibri" data-leveltext="%1." data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":0,"335559684":-1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769242":[65533,0],"469777803":"left","469777804":"%1.","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="21" role="listitem"> The organisation of research into a coherent argument. </li></ol><ol role="list" start="3"> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-font="Calibri" data-leveltext="%1." data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":0,"335559684":-1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769242":[65533,0],"469777803":"left","469777804":"%1.","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="21" role="listitem">Seminar participation and the ability to articulate a response to various primary and secondary sources as well as to comments by other students.    </li></ol> Other The course provides expert training in analysis and critical reasoning and the range of forms of written assessment develop important transferable skills in communication and presentation; argument and debate; teamwork; research and time management. Weekly topics may include:1. Introduction.2. Origins of Fascism in Italy and Germany3. The Rise to Power of Fascism and Nazism.  4. State and Party in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.  5. Propaganda and Culture.6. READING WEEK – no seminar, independent research for course essay7. Coercion and Consent.  8. Society and Everyday Life9. Foreign Policy.  10. Racism and Imperialism.  11. Italy and Germany in the Second World War.  12. Nazism and Fascism in History and Memory and Exam Revision   1 x 3-hour seminar per week and 1 x course unit office hour per week. All the support materials for the course will be on Canvas, and the essay will be submitted and returned via this medium. Further weekly meeting times will be scheduled with the lecturer for drop-in sessions.    0 Other 100% <figure class="table"><table class="Table" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:1.0pt solid windowtext;margin-left:7px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:199.75pt;" width="221">Assessment task</td><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:none;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:solid;border-width:1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:85.5pt;" width="107">Formative or Summative</td><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:none;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:solid;border-width:1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:105.3pt;" width="127">Weighting within unit (if summative)</td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:199.75pt;" width="221">Essay plan (peer reviewed)</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-top-style:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:85.5pt;" width="107">Formative</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-top-style:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:105.3pt;" width="127">0%</td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:199.75pt;" width="221">Essay</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-top-style:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:85.5pt;" width="107">Summative</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-top-style:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:105.3pt;" width="127">30 %</td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:199.75pt;" width="221">unseen exam</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-top-style:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:85.5pt;" width="107">Summative</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-top-style:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:105.3pt;" width="127">70 %</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:662px;" width="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; width:241.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" valign="top" width="321">Feedback method </td> <td style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; width:9.0cm; border-left:none; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" valign="top" width="340">Formative or Summative</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; width:241.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" valign="top" width="321">Oral feedback in seminars and office hours (one-to-one feedback)</td> <td style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; width:9.0cm; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" valign="top" width="340">Formative</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; width:241.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" valign="top" width="321">Written feedback via Turnitin the essay and in writing for exam</td> <td style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; width:9.0cm; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" valign="top" width="340">Summative</td> </tr> </tbody></table>  N Alexander J. De Grand, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany (2nd edn., London, 2004)Paul Baxa, ‘Capturing the Fascist Moment: Hitler’s Visit to Italy in 1938 and the Radicalisation of Fascist Italy’, Journal of Contemporary History, 42 (2007), 227-42.R. Bessel (ed.), Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (Cambridge, 1995)Christian Goeschel, ‘A Parallel History? Rethinking the Relationship between Italy and Germany, c. 1860-1945’, Journal of Modern History 88 (2016), 610-32.Christian Goeschel, Mussolini and Hitler: The Forging of the Fascist Alliance (New Haven, 2018).M. Knox, To the Threshold of Power, 1922/33: Origins and Dynamics of the Fascist and National Socialist Dictatorships (Cambridge, 2007) Seminars 33 0 167