link Source: www.futurelearn.com
date_range Starts on June 22, 2015
event_note Ends on June 25, 2015
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assignment Level : Introductory
label History
chat_bubble_outline Language : English
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timer 15 hours in total

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This course reassesses the legacy of the Paris Peace Conference (1919) and how it sought to create a new world order.

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The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 ended a Great War, but it also designed the post-war future. In 1919, world leaders assembled in Paris redrew the map of the world, partitioned and created countries, and ushered in a new era of international relations. The naivety of the peace-makers of 1919 has been justly criticised. However, in setting up a permanent ‘world organisation’, the League of Nations, they changed the management of world affairs forever. Produced in collaboration with the BBC, this three-week course will let you retrace the steps of those who took those momentous decisions almost a century ago, and to get a sense for the consequences of their decisions. You’ll have a chance to assess how, over the past century, world organisations (first the League of Nations, then the United Nations) have become a forum for international cooperation. And you’ll be encouraged to debate many of the issues that have vexed international politics since then. To find our more, read Christian J. Tams’s post for our blog: “From Islamic State to Ebola: how 1919’s Paris Peace Conference still shapes world affairs.” This course is part of a series designed in partnership with the BBC to commemorate the war. World War 1: Aviation Comes of Age (University of Birmingham) World War 1: Changing Faces of Heroism (University of Leeds) World War 1: Trauma and Memory (The Open University) You may also be interested in: World War 1: A History in 100 Stories (Monash University)
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Instructors

  • Christian J. Tams
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Futurelearn

FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.

It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.

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