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Dr Gerard Oram

Tiwtor mewn Rhyfel a Chymdeithas, History

g.c.oram@abertawe.ac.uk

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James Callaghan
Campws Singleton

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Trosolwg

Mae Dr Gerard Oram yn hanesydd modern ac yn Gyfarwyddwr rhaglenni Rhyfel a Chymdeithas ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe. Mae'n arbenigo yn effaith rhyfel ar gymdeithas a diwylliant.

Llyfrau

Death Sentences passed by military courts of the British army 1914 -  24 (Francis Boutle, Llundain, 1998).
Worthless Men: race, eugenics and the death penalty in the British army during the First World War (Francis Boutle, Llundain, 1998).
Military Executions during World War 1 (Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2003).
Conflict and Legality: Policing Mid-Twentieth Century Europe (fel golygydd) (Francis Boutle, Llundain, 2003).

Erthyglau mewn Cyfnodolion a Adolygir

 ‘“The administration of discipline by the English is very rigid”: British Military Law and the Death Penalty (1868 – 1918)’ yn Crime, Histoire et Sociétés/Crime, History and Societies, Cyfrol 5, Rhif 1, 2001, tt. 93-110.
Pious Perjury: Morale and Discipline in the British Force in Italy 1917-18’ yn War in History, Cyfrol 9, Rhif 4, 2002, tt. 412-430.

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Ymchwil

Mae ei ddiddordebau ymchwil yn cynnwys y berthynas rhwng gwrthdaro a strwythurau cyfreithiol ac yn aml mae ei ymagwedd yn cyfuno ymchwil hanesyddol â throseddeg. Mae wedi gweithredu fel ymgynghorydd i'r BBC ar gyfer y prosiect World War One at Home.

Goruchwyliaeth

“Born across the water but reared under the flag”: The Americanization of Welsh cultural and national identity in the Union Army during the American Civil War, 1861-1865 (cyfredol)

PhD

Goruchwyliwr arall: Dr David Anderson
The Manipulation of Thinking and the Collapse of Conscience during the Period of the Third Reich (cyfredol)

PhD

Goruchwyliwr arall: Dr Paddy Mcqueen
Militarisation of society in Northern Ireland with a particular focus on education.«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /» «br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /» New: Militarisation and Education in Northern Ireland.«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /» «br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /» New: Militarisation and Education in Northern Ireland. (cyfredol)

MA

Goruchwyliwr arall: Dr Eugene Miakinkov
Reclaiming the Narrative: Arab Voices on the 1936-39 Revolt in Mandate Palestine (cyfredol)

MA

Goruchwyliwr arall: Dr Tomás Irish

Modiwlau a Addysgir

AM-100 American History and Politics

This module examines the history and politics of the United States from the American Revolution to the present. Major topics include the American Constitution and the structure of government, conservatism and liberalism, race and ethnicity, the American Dream, reform initiatives, the civil rights movement, immigration, voting rights, and the United States as a superpower.
HIH121 Europe of Extremes, 1789-1989

The nineteenth century saw the rise of a western European civilization, characterized, as Eric Hobsbawm has noted, by capitalist economics, liberal politics, and the dominance of a middle class that celebrated morality and science. In the twentieth century this civilization faced unprecedented challenges from new political ideologies, and from a working class demanding the right to govern in its own name. The result was an eruption of violence not seen on the continent for centuries; in its wake, the Cold War divided the Europe with an Iron Curtain, and saw the continent become the client of two world superpowers ¿ the USA and the Soviet Union. This team-taught module relies on the specialist knowledge of its tutors to examine economic, political and social themes in the history of nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe.
HIH124 Britain and the World, 1800 to 2000

This module will provide an overview of the history of British politics, society, culture, and the economy from c. 1800 to the present, from a national and international perspective. The lectures and seminars for this module will give students the opportunity to engage closely with events, processes, and people - both male and female, from diverse ethnic backgrounds - who contributed to the making of the modern British state and society, and who defined Britain¿s relationship with the wider world. We will discuss the transformative impact of warfare, Empire and colonialism, industrial and technological change. We will also consider the significance of race, class, and gender, and how they relate to national sentiment and social and political emancipation movements in Britain and beyond.
HIH288 Ruin and Renewal: Europe, 1918-1968

Europe¿s history in the twentieth century was marked by the catastrophic impact of two world wars. How did it recover from the cataclysms which have led some historians to label it a `dark continent¿? This module critically examines how the continent sought to rebuild in the aftermath of these conflicts by focusing on reconstruction in the aftermath of the first and second world wars. The period in question was punctuated by the outbreak of war between 1939 and 1945 and so the module does not tell a story of linear progress. Reconstruction is defined here as the process not only through which physical infrastructure was rebuilt, but also the broader ways through which states, institutions, and attitudes were reshaped in the aftermath of conflict. The module draws upon approaches from cultural, social, and political history in order to explore these developments. The module will focus on key cross-cutting themes which are evident in both periods of reconstruction, such as international cooperation, the politics of state building, rights, gender, and economics, and will encourage students to draw broad comparisons between countries and also across the periods in question.
HIH3300 History Dissertation

The History dissertation is a free-standing, 40-credit module that runs across both semesters of Level Three. Candidates conduct research upon a subject of their choice, devised in consultation with a member of staff teaching for the degrees in History, and concerning a topic that falls within staff research and teaching interests.
WS-201 The First World War

To what extent (if at all) did the First World War transform modern societies? This module engages with this key question by examining the totality of the First World War ¿ a conflict viewed by many as the first `total war¿ - and its impact on the modern world. The causes, course and consequences of the conflict are explored though a range of approaches: military, political, economic, social, cultural, technological, moral and legal.
WS-300 War and Society Research Portfolio

The Research Portfolio is a collection of written pieces based upon research undertaken, up to 4000 words, in preparation for the dissertation.
WS-301 War and Society Dissertation

The dissertation is a free standing module in any area of the students choice within the teaching and resource competence of the programme.
WS-306 Overlord: War, Societies, and the Battle for Normandy, 1944.

This module provides students with an examination of the allied invasion of Normandy in the summer of 1944. The module uses the Normandy case-study to address a wide range of military, political and social themes appropriate to war studies and/or war and society. It begins with a discussion of the strategic situation in Europe in early 1944. It then discusses gender issues and the effect of the war on the British civilian population. A subsequent week looks at the civilian casualties among the French population and the role of the resistance. The military dimensions of the campaign are analyzed in terms of the use of amphibious warfare, airborne operations and the use of technologies to overcome specific military and logistic problems. The campaign is then looked at from the perspective of the German defenders, before he module concludes with an examination of the military break-out and the historical and cultural significance of the campaign.
WS-M94 War, Technology and Society

From the late Eighteenth century onwards the relationship between war and society was changed by two permanent revolutions in France and America. Industrialisation, coupled with the growth of centralised nation states dramatically modified the conduct of large scale warfare. In this module students will seek to understand the impact of industrialisation, nationalism, technology and ideology on warfare. The course will follow the development of industrialised mass warfare from the Napoleonic period, through to the era of the 'total warfare' of WWI and WW2 and the limited conflict of the Cold War/nuclear era.
WS-M95 War, Identity and Society

This module is the companion module to WS-M94. It takes a pluri-disciplinary approach to understanding the impacts of war on society and vice-versa. The module evaluates the ways in which conflict changes and reshapes society and analyses the problems of war, its representations and its social outcomes. 'War' in thus not viewed solely in terms of military history, but rather through a broader context of changing social, economic and cultural trends both as a motor for change and as part of those broader changes. The module is taught over a ten week period. The weekly two hour sessions include at least an hour of seminar style `teaching¿, to make sure that there is ample time for discussions, questions, student presentations, etc. Hence, it is expected of all students to read the compulsory reading for each session beforehand, so that meaningful discussions can take place. .
WSMD00 Dissertation (War and Society)

Supervised research dissertation on a topic chosen by students after consultation with academic staff.

Dr Gerard Oram

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Goruchwyliaeth

“Born across the water but reared under the flag”: The Americanization of Welsh cultural and national identity in the Union Army during the American Civil War, 1861-1865 (cyfredol)

The Manipulation of Thinking and the Collapse of Conscience during the Period of the Third Reich (cyfredol)

Reclaiming the Narrative: Arab Voices on the 1936-39 Revolt in Mandate Palestine (cyfredol)

Modiwlau a Addysgir

AM-100 American History and Politics

HIH121 Europe of Extremes, 1789-1989

HIH124 Britain and the World, 1800 to 2000

HIH288 Ruin and Renewal: Europe, 1918-1968

HIH3300 History Dissertation

WS-201 The First World War

WS-300 War and Society Research Portfolio

WS-301 War and Society Dissertation

WS-306 Overlord: War, Societies, and the Battle for Normandy, 1944.

WS-M94 War, Technology and Society

WS-M95 War, Identity and Society

WSMD00 Dissertation (War and Society)