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    Presentation topics:

    British Studies:

    1. Life, Material Remains, Culture and History of the British Isles before the Anglo-Saxons
    2. Medieval Britain from the Anglo-Saxons until the End of the Reign of Richard III (Architecture,
    Literature, Life and History)
    3. The Tudors and Renaissance in Britain (Life, History, Theatre, Art, Architecture and Literature)
    4. Britain in the 17th Century: The Stuarts, the Interregnum, Restoration, the Glorious Revolution and
    the Acts of Union (History, Life and Culture)
    5. The Age of Enlightenment and Augustan Literature (Philosophy, Culture and History)
    6. British Romanticism (Society, Literature and Culture)
    7. 19th Century Literature, Art, Architecture and Everyday Life in a Historical Context
    8. Modernism in British Literature, Architecture and Art; Life and History from the Turn-of-the
    Century until (but excluding) WW II
    9. Britain from World War II to the End of the Thatcher Era: History, Society and Culture
    10. Contemporary Britain: from the 1990s to Devolution, Brexit and Beyond: Life, Society and Culture
    11. Milestones of Irish History and Culture
    12. British Genre Fiction, Film and Popular Culture

    American Studies:

    1. The First Inhabitants – Native Americans (inter-cultural/intra-cultural differences, way of life, NA


    culture(s) and its expression), de-colonization and contemporary situation.
    2. Colonial North America (1607-1754) – permanent English-speaking colonies and life in them, early
    texts. American dream (development of the concept and its current state).
    3. Route to independence, the American Revolution (causes/events leading to/how it went/the First
    republic), National development and cultural expression of it, American identity then/now.4.
    Westward expansion – frontier, the Wild West, NA removal, Manifest Destiny, western folkways and
    cultural aspects/reflections.
    5. American slavery, African-Americans’ emancipation, cultural expressions, contemporary situation.
    6. The Civil War (causes/events leading to/how the conflict went/consequences).
    7. Industrial revolution, The Reconstruction, The Gilded Age, and the Progressive era – political,
    socio-economic and cultural aspects/reflections.
    8. The US and the WWI – political, socio-economic and cultural reflections.
    9. Aftermath of the Great War, and the 1920s –political, socio-economic and cultural
    aspects/reflections.
    10. The Great Depression and the New Deal – political, socio-economic and cultural
    aspects/reflections.
    11. The US and the WWII - political, socio-economic and cultural aspects/reflections.
    12. The 1950s (old values vs. new values), and the Cold War – political, socio-economic and cultural
    aspects/reflections.
    13. 1960s/70s, Counterculture and the Civil Rights Movement – political, socio-economic and cultural
    aspects/reflections.
    14. The 1980s/90s, Post-Cold War era, living in the information age, the Turn of the century –
    political, socio-economic and cultural aspects/reflections.
    15. The New Millennium – 9/11 and the War on terror, Great Recession, current events – political,
    socio-economic and cultural aspects/reflections

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