University of Oxford Faculty of History

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What Happened and Why: The Noticeboard

Michaelmas term 2011 and Hilary term 2012

Professor Kevin O'Rourke, All Souls College and History Faculty

Tutorial Presentations in 2010-2011


Michaelmas Term 2011	Group A	Group B
1. Time and Work-discipline
2. The New Poor Law
3. Did Victorian Britain Fail?
4. Industrial Relations
5. The Gift Economy and the Market Economy
6. The Open Fields
7. Atrocities and Massacres
8. Crime and Punishment
Hilary Term 2012
2. The Glorious Revolution
4. Families in the Industrial Revolution
6. Education and Social Stratification
8. Limits to Growth

Tutorial Groups in 2010-2011

Group A 9.00 – 10.45 Fridays 10.00 – 11.45 Fridays	Group B 11.15 – 1.00 Fridays – 3.45 Fridays

FYI

YouTube: Charles Tilly on the social science 'paradigm'
YouTube: The Scientific Method Made Easy
You Tube - a bit of fun: Get a Research Method

You Tube: The Secret Powers of Time

YouTube: Five Steps to Tyranny (excerpt)
Also see the Stamford Prison Experiment by Zimbardo:

http://www.prisonexp.org/
Last year the BBC interviewed Zimbardo. Unfortunately, the interview is no longer available. However, their site is interesting and includes links to the BBC's own Prison Experiment:http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/mindchangers/pip/8cowf/

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