L1 Bloc 2 Social and ethnic identity and conflict

This class will be on Friday mornings and starts in a couple of weeks' time. It is open to anyone in the Faculté de Lettres, but is given and tested in English.

	Main theme(s)
Week 1	Introduction to the course : definitions, stereotypes, identities. Social divisions in Britain  today.
Week 2	Northern Ireland : community and conflict
Week 3	National identities in Scotland and Wales
Week 4	History of immigration and multiculturalism Part 1 : Jewish and Irish immigrants 1850-1940
Week 5	Part 2 : Caribbean immigrants, Indians and Pakistanis 1945- 2000. History of racism and antiracism.
Week 6	DST
Week 7	Part 3 : Immigration, racism and multiculturalism in Britain today. Eastern European immigrants, hybrid identities.
Week 8	History of identity and conflicts at work before 1945. Taff Vale, the General strike, the hungry thirties.
Week 9	Identities and conflicts at work after 1945. The post-war boom, Thatcher and Blair; working in Britain in the 21st century.
Week 10	Being a woman in Britain part one : women’s movements 1900-2010, progress and limits in Britain today.
Week 11	Being a woman in Britain, part two
Week 12	History of gay identities in Britain : before and after legalization, political movements and cultural representations in Britain today.
Week 13	Examen