JMMZ092 BRITISH LIBERALISM IN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT

Charles University, Prague

Summer Term 2016

Course Lecturer: Dr Alan Butt Philip (University of Bath)

Lecture and Seminar times:

Session 1:

Wednesday March 8th (12:30-13:50 and 15:30-16.50);

Thursday March 9th (9:00-11:30 and 13:30-16:00)

Session 2:

Wednesday April 6th (12:30-13:50 and 15:30-16.50)

Thursday April 7th (9:00-11:30 and 13:30-16:00)

Location: Rytířská 31, Room 201

6 ECTS

Requirements

1) Essay 1.800 words (choose one among several topics proposed by the lecturer). To be sent to jan.vaska@fsv.cuni.cz by 31 May 2016 (80 per cent of overall mark)

2) Class attendance and active participation in seminars (20 per cent).

Programme:

Session 1

Class 1: Wednesday 9 March, 12:30 - 13.50

Lecture 1: The origins of the Liberal tradition in the UK.

Class 2: Wednesday 9 March, 15:30 - 16:50

Lecture 2: The formation of the Liberal Party

Seminar 1: Church and State: British Liberalism compared with other European Liberals

Class 3: Thursday 10 March, 9:00 - 11:30

Lecture 3: John Stuart Mill and social liberalism

Seminar 2: Free Trade and Ireland

Seminar 3: Liberalism, Nationalism and Internationalism

Class 4: Thursday 10 March, 13:30 - 16.00

Lecture 4: Liberals and Labour

Seminar 4: Keynes, Lloyd George and the New Liberalism

Session 2

Class 5: Wednesday 6 April, 12:30 - 13.50

Lecture 5: The Liberal Party after 1945

Class 6: Wednesday 6 April, 15:30 - 16:50

Seminar 5: William Beveridge and the Welfare State

Class 7: Thursday 7 April, 9:00 -1 1.30

Lecture 6: Liberals and Social Democrats from 1980 to 2010

Seminar 6: Post-1945 Liberals and European integration

Class 6: Thursday 7 April, 13:30 - 16:00

Lecture 7: Liberal Democrats in Coalition and afterwards

Seminar 7: What did the Liberal Democrats achieve in government? Can they survive?

Seminar 8: The debacle over Tuition fees

Contact:

For any questions feel free to contact the course administrator at FSV, Jan Váška (IMS, Department of European Studies), at jan.vaska@fsv.cuni.cz