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Summer School - The Making of Europe: From Middle Ages to Modernity, 2022, Utrecht University, Netherlands

Publish Date: May 07, 2022

Deadline: Jul 01, 2022

Event Dates: from Jul 18, 2022 12:00 to Jul 29, 2022 12:00

Taking the beautiful city of Utrecht as a starting point, this course will offer you the opportunity to step into history. This historical journey, which illuminates Europe from the Middle Ages to the end of the 19th century, will help you to understand the many social, historical, religious and cultural factors that came to shape modern Europe.
The many museums, cathedrals and canals of Utrecht and Amsterdam that are included in the program, will offer you some of the most breath-taking highlights of European history and culture.
One of the time periods we will study is the Dutch Golden Age; the era roughly spanning the 17th century. In this era the Dutch became one of the world’s greatest maritime, economic and artistic world powers after rebelling against their Spanish rulers. To obtain an impression of the significance of this era in Dutch and European history you will visit several locations in Utrecht. This includes Utrecht’s Gothic Saint Martin’s Cathedral, the place where the Union of Utrecht was signed in 1579, signaling the Dutch hunger for independence; the wharfs and wealthy canal houses that still testify of the incredible economic success of Europe in the Golden Age; and the public parks and patrician houses, which attest to the rising bourgeoisie in the 19th century.
In this course you will have the opportunity to visit several historical museums in Utrecht, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the thirteenth-century royal palace in The Hague where the Dutch government is seated today. After these two weeks in Utrecht, you will be able to analyze and discuss the role of the Netherlands in the making of Europe and have a firm understanding of the main political, religious and cultural developments that took place in Europe in this time period. During these two weeks, you will definitely be able to ‘experience’ history!

Target audience
This course has been designed for students with an interest in the social, cultural and political developments taking place in Europe from the Middle Ages until the end of the 19th century.

Aim of the course
At the end of this course, you should be able to:

  • Describe and evaluate different theories and conceptualisations of the historic development of Europe, with specific attention for The Netherlands;
  • Show an understanding of various historic monuments and their relation to historic developments;
  • Demonstrate an understanding of political, socio-economic and cultural aspects of the European developments;
  • Demonstrate this critical knowledge and understanding in written and verbal form.

Study load
This course consists of 12 to 16 houres of lectures per week; appr. 10 houres of fieldtrips; self study.
Examination and grading: Students will be expected to hand in 3 minor written and oral tests. In addition they are graded for their attendance and participation. These assignments make up 30% of the final grade. 70% of the final grade consists of a written final exam testing all reading and lecture materials.

Course fee: €970
Housing cost: €350

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Disciplines

Arts

Culture

Development Studies

Economics

European Studies

History

Humanities

Political Sciences

Study Levels

BA

Undergraduate

Eligible Countries

International

Host Countries

Netherlands