Modern History

Depth studies

Core studies

National studies

International studies in peace and conflict

Depth studies

The trans-Atlantic slave trade

The Reign of Terror in France 1792-95

The social consequences of industrialisation in Britain in the early 19th century

The decline and fall of the Romanov dynasty

Yankees and Confederates in the American states in the mid 19th century

Bismarck and the unification of the German states

The Paris Commune 1871

Emmeline Pankhurst and the Suffragette Movement

The 1916 Easter Rebellion in Ireland and its consequences

Bodyline bowling and the 1932-33 Anglo-Australian test series

The failure of the League of Nations

The Civil Rights Movement in the USA in the 1950s and 1960s

The struggle for indigenous rights in Canada in the late 20th century

Post-Communist Russia

The Indian Mutiny

The Meiji Restoration: nature and impact

The Boxer Rebellion in China

The making of South Africa 1890-1910

The Netherlands East Indies in the early 20th century

The creation of Israel 1945-1948

Decolonisation in Indochina 1945-1954

Nuclear testing in the Pacific 1950s to 1960s

The Cuban Revolution and its impact in Latin America

Allende, Pinochet and the 1973 military coup in Chile

Ayatollah Khomeini and Muslim Fundamentalism

Aung San Suu Kyi and the pro-democracy movement in Burma

Tibet's fight for survival in the modern world

The Chinese government and Tiananmen Square

Core studies

The world at the beginning of the 20th century

World War I and its aftermath 1914-1921

National studies

National studies

Individuals

USA 1898-1941

William Randolph Hearst
J. Edgar Hoover

Japan 1904-1941

Emperor Hirohito
Kita Ikki

China 1911-1949

Sun Yixian
Zhu De

Russia/Soviet Union 1917-1945

Alexdra Kollontai
Leon Trotsky

Germany 1918-1945

Leni Riefenstahl
Albert Speer

India 1919-1947

Jawaharlal Nehru
M.A. Jinnah

Australia in the world 1946-1996

Herbert Evatt
Malcolm Fraser

Indonesia 1950-1998

Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Sukarno

International studies in peace and conflict

Conflict in the Pacific 1937-1951

The Cold War 1945-1991

The United Nations as peacekeeper 1946-1999

Conflict in South Africa 1947-1994

Arab-Israel conflict 1948-1996

Conflict in Indochina 1954-1979

Anglo-Irish realtions 1968-1998