University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 9

Semester: 1

Availability restrictions: Before taking this module the student should have satisfied the entry requirements for Honours History or Modern History

Planned timetable: Seminar: 11:00 - 13:00, Friday

Holocaust denial was widespread when the wartime genocide of Jews and Roma took place, and during the early Cold War. Later, acknowledgement of what had happened arose in the West in the 1970s and 80s, but denial continued behind the Iron Curtain until the fall of communism. In reunited Europe Holocaust remembrance has become the moral foundation of the continent’s politics. Yet, with the departure of the last Holocaust survivors, denial creeps back into public life. Following the preparatory discussion of theory and terminology, the module probes into preselected cases of Holocaust denial from across Europe during the past eight decades.

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 2-hour seminars (X11 weeks), 1-hour surgery hour (office hour) (X11)

Scheduled learning hours: 20

Guided independent study hours: 280

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 60% coursework, 40% examination

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 40%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 60%

Re-assessment: 100% coursework

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr T D Kamusella
Module teaching staff: Dr Tomasz Kamusella
Module coordinator email tdk2@st-andrews.ac.uk

Intended learning outcomes

• By the end of the module, students will gain comparative knowledge about the Holocaust, Holocaust remembrance and denial across Europe.
• By the end of the module, students will be able to discuss about the Holocaust, Holocaust remembrance and denial across Europe from different disciplinary and national (state-specific) perspectives.
• By the end of the module, students will improve their transferrable skill of researching and writing analytical essays.
• By the end of the module, students will improve their transferrable skill of preparing and delivering oral presentations.