This course relates the collision of two worlds and the dawn of a new nation.
On their arrival, the British claimed the country as their own through the law of terra nullius (meaning land belonging to no-one) giving the local Indigenous people no rights to a treaty or any ownership of their land. By 1795 colonists had claimed the land of the Cadigal clan and neighbouring Aboriginal language groups, disrupting them from their own countries.
The history of Australia will be discussed through the relationship between the aboriginal people and the colonists, from the arrival of the first British in 1788 until the appointment of Linda Burney, the first Aboriginal woman elected to the House of Representatives in 2016.
- Teacher: Demaubus Thierry
- Teacher: Demaubus Thierry
The history of Australia will be discussed through the relationship between the aboriginal people and the colonists, from the arrival of the first British in 1788 until the appointment of Linda Burney, the first Aboriginal woman elected to the House of Representatives in 2016.
The course will examine the first European encounters with Australia and its Indigenous people while colonization of the land by the British in the late eighteenth century reveals how the realities of a convict society shaped the nation’s development.
It will focus in particular on the role that indigenous people played in indigenous and settler societies, but also in the economy, education, women's emancipation and activism until the beginning of the 20th century, from colonization to independence.
- Teacher: Demaubus Thierry
As a continuation on literature and thème (translation from French into English), this course focuses on French literature and its English translation. The aim is not only to improve your English, but also to gain an understanding of key translation problems and to develop some of the skills required to solve them. Your progress will be assessed with assigned translation homework and a final examination.
- Teacher: Bigler Amanda