March Student Lectures 2010

AUSTRALIAN HISTORY PROGRAM
10.00-11.00: Lecture One
The Port Phillip District
Dr Richard Broome, La Trobe University
Port Phillip and especially gold rush Victoria developed a strong sense of itself as a new world society. This lecture will look at the origin of these ideas and how they were played out in various social and political actions for democratic and land reform, the eight-hour day movement and the question of who was to own Victoria.

11.00-12.00: Lecture Two
Nation, Race and Citizen
Geraldine Carrodus, Sacré Coeur
In this session, Geraldine will provide an overview of the key knowledge required and approaches to School Assessed Coursework tasks for Area of Study 2, Nation, Race and Citizen.

RENAISSANCE ITALY PROGRAM
10.00-11.00: Lecture One
The Renaissance on the Italian Peninsula
Anne McIIroy, Genazzano FCJ College
This presentation will look at the connections and relationships between Unit 3 Outcome 1 and the rest of the Renaissance Italy course. We will survey the diffferent aspects of this Outcome and how they link together and how they form the basis of what will be studied for the rest of the year.

11.00-12.00: Lecture Two
Renaissance Florence
Dr Peter Howard, Monash University
This session will explore the major changes and continuities in the organisation, distribution and use of power in Renaissance Florence from the time of the Ordinances of Justice through the various crises of the next two centuries, culminating in the return to power of the Medici in 1513. The lecture will take account of recent shifts in the way in which historians think about Florentine politics and society, and will use visual and 'oral' culture as evidence.

REVOLUTIONS PROGRAM
1.30-2.30:
Lecture One – Choice of one:

A. America – Area of Study 1
Lauren Perfect, Haileybury College
The session will trace the course of the revolution from the end of French and Indian War in 1763 to the Declaration of Independence in July 1776. We will explore the key ideals underpinning the revolution, the leaders and groups that espoused these ideals and the major revolutionary events that defined the period.

B. France – Area of Study 1
Professor Peter McPhee, The University of Melbourne
This presentation will consider the nature of the Old Regime and of the crisis of legitimacy that undermined it, with an emphasis on the 1780s.

C. Russia – Area of Study 1
Richard Malone, Caulfield Grammar
This session explores the prominent ideas, leaders and movements that combined to result in the abdication of the tsar and later the overthrow of the Provisional Government by Lenin's Bolshevik Party. The key question asked is 'Why did the Russian Revolution occur?' A variety of engaging images and media will be used to investigate these issues.

D. China – Area of Study 1
Debra Szabatura, Methodist Ladies’ College
In this session, Debra will outline the events of the Chinese Revolution from 1898 to 1949 (100 Days Reform to the Triumph of Mao).

2.30-3.30:
Lecture Two – Choice of one:
A. America – Area of Study 2
Michael Ots, Koonung Secondary College
This lecture will focus upon an examination of how the historical setting of the American Revolution reflected both a shared commitment to ideas of liberty and freedom as well as a desire to create a new society that reflected a balanced social order. Key questions to be considered include ‘What challenges were there in the creation of a new society?’, ‘What were the changes and continuities in the new society?’ and ‘To what extent were the revolutionaries’ ideals realised?’

B. France – Area of Study 2
Michael Bucklow, Loreto Mandeville Hall
This presentation will explore the extent to which revolutionary change was achieved in the new society created in France between 1789-1795. How did crises, including religious reform, military conflict, the abolition of the monarchy, and the Terror affect the outcome/s of the revolution? To what extent were the ideals of the revolution realised? How have historians interpreted this period?

C. Russia – Area of Study 2
Richard Malone, Caulfield Grammar
This session explores the reforms, crises and responses of the new Bolshevik Government in the new society. The key question asked is 'How successful was the new government in transforming society?' A variety of engaging images and media will be used to investigate these issues.

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
10.00-11.00: Lecture One
Weimar Germany and Hitler’s Rise to Power
Julian Jefferys, Wesley College
In this session the reasons behind the successes and failures of Weimar Germany will be explored along with the key factors that were behind Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and his subsequent consolidation of power.

11.00-12.00: Lecture Two
Nazi Germany
Julian Jefferys, Wesley College
Julian will explore the social, political and economic structures of Nazi Germany along with the successes and failures of each structure. An overview of Nazi foreign policy will also be included.

1.30-2.30 Lecture Three
Causes of World War One
Dr Barbara Keys, The University of Melbourne
The issue of how to explain the outbreak of World War One in August 1914 and how to apportion responsibility is, 95 years later, still not definitively settled. This session will provide a brief historiographical survey of the major interpretations and then focus on identifying the structural (long-term), conjunctural (short-term) and contingent factors which need to be taken into account in order to fashion a coherent explanation of the causes of the war.

2.30-3.30
Lecture Four
Peacemaking, Peacekeeping – International Relations 1918-1936
Dr Barbara Keys, The University of Melbourne
After the bloodiest war in European history ended in November 1918, statesmen turned their attention to creating what Harold Nicholson, one of the British delegates to the Versailles negotiations, termed ‘a new order in Europe’. Nicholson believed that the task was to achieve ‘not Peace only, but Eternal Peace’. This session will survey the course of international relations from Versailles to the reoccupation of the Rhineland in 1936 in order to explain why the utopian hopes of men like Nicholson ended up being bitterly frustrated.

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