FINAL HONOUR SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND JOINT SCHOOLS WITH HISTORY

CHOICE OF SPECIAL SUBJECT, 2015-16

To be completed by undergraduate
Name:
College:

Oliver Hedges
New College

Year of Final Examination:

2016

School (Please circle): History

Choice of Special Subject in order of preference:
You may list, in order of preference, up to two capped subjects with caps of less than twenty
four, and one subject capped at twenty four or more. You MUST list at least one subject with a
cap of twenty four or more. A list of Special Subjects and their caps is attached. You may also
place yourself on reserve lists for up to three additional capped subjects. There is, however, no
guarantee of a place on another capped subject as normally all subjects with smaller caps will
be filled by first-choice applicants. It is essential therefore that you include a Special Subject
with a cap of twenty four or more on your list and important that you choose it carefully
since it will be the subject you will have to study if you are unsuccessful in the ballot. Please
note that SS 12 The Dutch Golden Age, 1618-1672, SS 17 Church, State and English Society
1829-1854, SS 16 Debating Social Change in Britain & Ireland 1770-1825, SS 26 War &
Reconstruction: ideas, politics & social change 1945-67 are suspended in 2015-2016
Please consider your choices carefully and if in doubt, discuss them with your tutor. In the case of
subjects requiring language skills, its a good idea to look at some set texts to gauge the difficulty
involved before making your decision. Once places have been allocated, you will only be allowed
to change subject if you can provide written permission from the convenors, both of the subject
you wish to leave and the subject you wish to join. NO applications to change subject will be
considered after Friday of Week 8, Trinity Term.
Joint School Candidates only: If you decide that you do not wish to take a History Special
Subject, please return the form indicating that you are not taking one. AMH students
wishing to take an Ancient History Special Subject should make arrangements directly with
their college tutors and inform the Undergraduate office.
History Special Subject choices in order of preference: (please write the number AND the
name of your choices). Your choice listed as number (3) must be at least a cap of 24 or more.
1.

(4) Norman Conquest of England

2. (5) England in Crisis, 1374-1390

3. (3) Byzantium in the Age of Constantine Porphyrogenitus 913-959

RESERVE LIST. (Occasionally subjects with smaller caps do have a vacancy after main choice
places have been allocated. If you would like to be considered for such a place you may put
yourself on a reserve list for up to three more Special Subjects. Then, should you be
unsuccessful in your First and Second choices, in addition to being a reserve for those you
will be notified if places remain on these further three subjects, and asked if you wish to

take up a place.)

1.

..

2.

3.

Please return to Isabelle Moriceau, Undergraduate Office:

isabelle.moriceau@history.ox.ac.uk by Monday 16th February 2015 (Monday

of 5th week). LATE RETURN OF THE FORM WILL PREJUDICE YOUR CHANCES OF
BEING SELECTED FOR A LOW-CAPPED SUBJECT.

Special Subjects 2015-16

Subjects

Cap

St Augustine and the Last Days of Rome, 370-430

Francia in the Age of Clovis and Gregory of Tours

Byzantium in the Age of Constantine Porphyrogenitus 913-959

36

The Norman Conquest of England

England in Crisis, 1374-1390

16

Joan of Arc and her Age, 1419-1435

12

Painting and Culture in Ming China**

Politics, Art and Culture in the Italian Renaissance, Venice and Florence, c.
1475 1525**

24

Luther and the German Reformation

10

Government, Politics, and Society in England 1547-1558

24

11

The Crisis of the Reformation: Britain, France and the Netherlands 15601610

16

12

The Dutch Golden Age, c. 1618-1672**

13

The Scientific Movement in the Seventeenth Century

16

14

Revolution and Republic, 1647-1658

15

English Architecture 1660-1720**

24

16

Debating Social Change in Britain and Ireland, 1770-1825

Suspended
for 2015-16

Suspended
for 2015-16

Suspended
for 2015-16

17

Church, State, and English Society 1829-1854

18

Growing up in the middle-class family: Britain, 1830-70

16

19

Slavery and the Crisis of the Union 1854-1865

12

20

*Art and its Public in France, 1815-67**

21

Race, Religion and Resistance in the United States, from Jim Crow to Civil
Rights

22

23

*Terror and Forced Labour in Stalins Russia (new)

From Gandhi to the Green Revolution: India, Independence and Modernity
1939-69

16

24

*Nazi Germany, a racial order, 1933-45

25

*France from the Popular Front to the Liberation 1936-1944

16

26

War and Reconstruction: ideas, politics and social change 1939-45

27

Britain from the Bomb to the Beatles: gender, class, and social change,
1945-1967

28

The Northern Ireland Troubles 1965-1985

16

29

Britain in the Seventies

16

30

Neoliberalism and Postmodernism: Ideas, Politics and Culture in Europe

and North America, 1970-2000

12

31

Revolutions of 1989

Suspended
for 2015-16

* Some or all of these texts are set in a foreign language. Please see the Handbook for details.
** These Special Subjects are the only ones available to History of Art candidates.
Please Note: Subjects which have less than THREE takers in total will be deemed nonviable and will not run. (Does not apply to the foreign language subjects).

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