Conférence donnée en français à Paris le 24 novembre 2022
Lien YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7sIAOl_Fjk&t=16s
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Wednesday, December 07, 2022
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Les salles
Tuesday compréhension agrégation 16h L311
Wed thème m2/agrégation 9h A402
L3 Cook 10h30 A208
M2 séminaire 1970s 15h A402
Thurs
11h M1 MEEF L311
13h L3 Cultures populaires staps 2
notez bien que pour tous ces cours sauf la compréhension orale, il y a également cours la semaine prochaine
Monday, December 05, 2022
Thème agrégation/M2
I'm afraid there will be quite a delay in correcting the translations of those of you who sent them in this week. I am snowed under with L3 scripts to correct.
Agrégation - compréhension orale/thème oral
You will find here an MP3 recording of the first part of last week's class. This is the part where I give important recommendations about how to do the compréhension orale part.
Fascinating linguistic news
A public vote for the word or expression of the year in the UK!
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/05/goblin-mode-new-oxford-word-of-the-year
L3 Popular culture Homework assignment on visual art
Here is a list of the assignments I have received (one person got permission to have a few days extra).
M1 seminar historiography and memory of the First World War
If you need to revise for your January examination, and in particular if you missed one of the classes, you will find a series of my videos on my YouTube channels. Each video is around half an hour long. The name of the YouTube channel is "The History Fellow". Here is a link to the first video, from where it is fairly straightforward to find the others:
Sunday, December 04, 2022
Seminar Great Britain in the 1970s
A couple of people were absent at one or other of the sessions, so you will find here MP3 recordings of week 2 and week 3.
*Note that at the beginning of the week 2 seminar, I explain in detail how the seminar will be marked - that is to say what you have to do to prepare and write your "mini-dossier". If you are not sure, listen carefully.
You will find here the powerpoint I showed - not much text, mostly pictures.
File names
I have successfully organized all the files I have received. However, for your future teachers and employers, just a detail - do not send in files named "exercise" "assignment" etc. Name your file "Jean Dupont devoir maison" or something which makes it different frm the other files being received around the same time
Saturday, December 03, 2022
M1 MEEF DM
These are the assignments I recived (plus one person who got etxra days for a good reason). if your name is not here, don't panic but do send me an email - it'll probably be in my spam folder or something.
edit: I also have the work of Gladys Rouzeau
Devoirs maison L3 et MEEF M1
Les notes seront données en cours, mais en cas de justificatif médical, on pourrait prendre rendez-vous un autre jour.
Friday, December 02, 2022
Strikes in Britain
You may have seen in the news information about nurses and rail workers going on strike in Britain. But laws about legal strikes are very different, and more restrictive, in Britain than in France. This article explains some key points:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/02/could-britain-be-facing-a-general-strike-this-winter
Thursday, December 01, 2022
M2 seminar: Britain in the 1970s
Two things which came up.
Woodwork
There are still secondary schools which include woodwork classes. Here is one organization which encourages them
https://www.bwf.org.uk/education/timber-futures/schools-wow-i-made-that/
Gay rights
The beginnings of the gay rights and gay pride mobilizations were not understood by most of the Left in Britain. Almost all gays had stayed hidden from the public before the 1967 law.
In the 1970s Left groups gradually realized the importance of the question. This 1978 article by the founder of the Socialist Workers Party was one important moment.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/cliff/works/1978/08/gays.htm
In 1981 the AIDS virus was discovered. Homophobia was making the death toll much higher, and slowly governmental authorities realized this. For a number of reasons, the terrible AIDS epidemic encouraged different sections of the population to abandon some of their homophobia.
Homework assignments MEEF 1 and L3
The homework assignments are beginning to arrive. I will list here soon the ones I have received, in case there should be any emailing problems.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Thème oral agrégation interne
Important information in these extracts from a recent jury report.
On the question of translating “ordonnances”, I saw that the jury report did not recommend this, but translating “prescriptions” is quite correct: see this extract from the museum website:
agrégation interne
I contacted the rectorat yesterday because many people had not received their « convocations ». They told me that there had been a mistake, but that these messages would finally be sent out yesterday. Hope it all happened in time and that many of you will be in L311 at 4 for comprehension fun.
Ireland England and Ulster
Vernon Bogdanor is a well know political analyst, who I have described elsewhere as « conservative but fair-minded ». He has recently produced this lecture on Ireland which I recommend for those who want to understand some of the main dynamics of the colonization and decolonization in this country.
Monday, November 28, 2022
Examen janvier séminaire WW1 M1
Il y aura (problème de calendrier) deux examens séparés.
Les quelques étudiants de MEEF qui ont suivi le séminaire Première Guerre auront l'examen le mercredi 11 janvier de 15h à 18h salle A402
Les autres étudiants, de LES auront l'examen le mardi 10 janvier de 10h à 13h.
Sunday, November 27, 2022
Agrégation interne 30 novembre 9h à 11h salle A506 Didactique
Je ne suis pas certain que l'information ait bien circulé.
(Cours donc en même temps que les cours de thème cette semaine).
Tuesday and Wednesday classes
Tuesday we have our first agrégation class on oral comprehension and improvised translation ("thème oral"). It is tailored for agrégation interne people, but the externes are welcome. It is in room L311.
On Wednesday translation is in A402 at 9.
James Cook is in A208 at 10.30.
and the 1970s seminar is in A402 at 3.
Saturday, November 26, 2022
M1 MEEF civilisation britannique: Jewish immigration and Irish immigration
The Jewish and the Irish communities in the UK are groups it is important to know something about.
The Jewish community in Britain like in other countries, is very varied, but this series looks at one group of Jews, in Manchester
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1JLv5txMw4&t=1s
This documentary, made in the 1980s and entitled "The Irish in England" tells an interesting part of the history of Irish people in the UK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYgdQG_orwk&t=3s
L3 Cultures populaires
As you know there is no class this week. We have two classes left: on the 8th and on the 15th of December.
I hope your homework assignments are going well. I think everyone understands the new system now - if your homework assignment does not get more than ten, you may take a second chance exam in January. Concerning the first semester, nothing happens in June.
You will find here the video of my paper on antiracist songs, which we saw only half of in class. My paper begins after about 21 minutes of this video seminar. It is 20 minutes long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa3ov7b6edQ&t=1408s
This paper, in French, looks at another question of how to study popular music : what is the meaning of different activities connected to popular music? In this paper, we look at the activity of singing along at a concert.
https://webtv.univ-rouen.fr/permalink/v125ac8706595jkpm1ck/iframe/#start=11
Finally, this article, “What has popular music ever done for us?” looks at 1970s music in Britain, and why people needed it.
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01966875/document
And you will find here the recordings of important parts of the two classes we have had on popular music:
http://www.jcmullen.fr/1122popmusic1.mp3
http://www.jcmullen.fr/1122popmusic2.mp3
Lecture: a Hundred Years of the BBC
A hundred years of the BBC! If anyone wants to listen to the (50 minute) history lecture I gave on this subject in English in Lisbon last month, you will find the Mp3 audio file here : http://www.jcmullen.fr/1122lisbonfinal.mp3
The accompanying PowerPoint is here http://www.jcmullen.fr/1122lisbonfinal.pdf
The talk was actually entitled "The BBC, Public Service, and Science Programming" and strolled over the entire hundred years asking "Who was it good for?"
Mise à jour Emploi du temps agrégation deuxième semestre
Il y a eu 4 ou 5 rajouts/ correction. La dernière version sera toujours disponible ici
http://www.jcmullen.fr/edtsemestre2.pdf
Entr'aide : étudiants dans le besoin
L'hiver arrive et certain e s des étudiant e s de Rouen n'ont pas ce qu'il faut pour vivre décemment. Si vous en faites partie, n'oubliez pas qu'un peu d'aide est disponible. Si vous avez l'argent qu'il vous faut, n'hésitez pas à aider un peu en répondant à l'appel ci-dessous (du service de médecine préventive).
Bonjour à toutes et tous,
Le Service Universitaire de Médecine Préventive et de Promotion de
la Santé propose pour les étudiants en situation de précarité une
boutique santé sociale. Cette boutique leur permet d’obtenir des
produits d’hygiènes ainsi que des vêtements, gratuitement et sans
conditions d’évaluations.
Aujourd’hui, nous faisons appel à votre générosité, pour un appel
aux dons. En effet, nous sommes à la recherche de vêtements
chauds (pulls, manteaux, bonnets, gants, écharpes,
chaussettes etc) et couettes, couvertures, draps pour
passer le froid de l’hiver qui approche. Les couettes, couvertures
seront soumis à un lavage par l’association : les papillons
blancs. Nos besoins en produits d’hygiènes sont également
très importants et seront les bienvenus (dentifrice, brosse à
dents, papier toilette, gel douche, shampoing, serviettes
hygiéniques, déodorant, essuie-tout, mouchoirs, lessive etc).
Si vous souhaitez participer à cette action de solidarité, vous
pouvez venir déposer vos dons au service de médecine préventive le
lundi 05/12 vendredi 09/12 de 9h à 17h. Le service est situé
au 1er étage de la Maison de l’Université à Mont Saint Aignan.
Nous tenons encore une fois à vous remercier pour votre
générosité depuis tant d’années, permettant le bon
fonctionnement de cette boutique santé sociale, apportant de
l’aide à de nombreux étudiants.
Si besoin d’informations supplémentaires, vous pouvez contacter
Ludovic Duchaud, coordinateur des projets de santé au SUMPPS, à
l’adresse suivante : ludovic.duchaud1@univ-rouen.fr.
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Cours culture populaire
Today’s class will be shorter, and there is no class next week as I am at a conference in Strasbourg on popular music.
I will put on here links to a video class I gave a couple of years back.
Saturday, November 19, 2022
M2 séminaire
Here is the document I mentioned
Your "mini-dossier" will be due on the 15th January.
Your subject must be approved by me before you begin.
Emploi du temps agrégation deuxième semestre
Vous trouverez ici l'emploi du temps du deuxième semestre. Il reste une quinzaine d'heures de cours à placer, mais vous pouvez déjà avoir une première visibilité. La version mise à jour se trouvera toujours à cette adresse
http://www.jcmullen.fr/edtsemestre2.pdf
Seminar M2: Sir Laurence Olivier
I have found the source of the confusion about Laurence Olivier. He was knighted in 1947, and so became "Sir Laurence Olivier". What happened in 1970 was that he received a peerage - he became "Lord Laurence Olivier". On both occasions, he was one of the very first actors to receive the honour, and his case therefore stands as a symbol of the increasing legitimacy of the performing arts in the eyes of the Establishment.
["Whenever asked if he should be addressed as Sir Laurence or Lord Olivier, the actor invariably replied, “Call me Larry." (Encylcopedia Britannica).]
Friday, November 18, 2022
Racism and antiracism in the United Kingdom since 1958 Podcast/cours MEEF M1
You will find here the MP3 recording of our class on racism and antiracism over the last sixty years or so.
And here is the PowerPoint which accompanied the class.
Salles pour cours MEEF civi GB
Le 24/ 11 nous serons dans la L310
Le 01/12 il n'y a pas de cours
Le 08/12 nous serons dans la L311
Pour le 15/12 je vous tiendrai au courant
Monday, November 14, 2022
Nelson Mandela
We are hard-working people, us university professors, and I am busy preparing classes for next semester (L3 orals). One of the speeches we will be studying will be by Nelson Mandela. I came across this BBC documentary, which I highly recommend.
Friday, November 11, 2022
Podcast UK modern art since 1945/ Cours de L3 - deuxième cours sur l'art moderne
You will find here a recording of the class on modern art since 1945, the Young British Artists, the Turner Prize etc.
And you will find here the PowerPoint which accompanied it.
The UK Education System in 2022, Podcast/ Cours L2,L3 The UK education system
You will find here a recording of my lecture on the UK education system today. It lasts just over an hour and a half.
And you will find the PowerPoint which illustrated it.
Podcast Multiculuralism and migration in the UK/ cours MEEF Master 1 thématique CAPES/ Rencontre avec d'autres cultures 1
You will find here the powerpoint we used in class.
And the MP3 recording of the general introduction section of the class, which took around one hour.
Thursday, November 10, 2022
L3 Popular culture and high culture – visual art.
L3 Popular culture and high culture – visual art.
To help with your homework assignment, perhaps, here are similar classes of mine, about visual art. They are the classes I gave at a distance during the pandemic, and are generally similar to the classes I am giving this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BDzpNXtH4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh4FbURIIQs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F94xDP203X0
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