Tutor information
Carl Wade
Carl Wade originally studied history at Jesus College, Cambridge. He has written and taught courses for OUDCE since 2004 in modern European and German history.
Courses
Sir Winston Churchill, regarded as one of Britain's greatest statesmen, still provokes controversy and debate. The aim of this course is to study his life in detail, assess his successes and failures and to gain some insights into the complex personality.
Austria was the centre of German Europe for centuries. The ruler of Austria was was the Holy Roman Emperor of German Europe. How did this change between 1800 and 1918? What indeed was the process which caused this change?
The Industrial Revolution was a seismic economic, social and political transformation. This course examines the development of these changes which spread throughout Europe between 1800 and 1914. It will establish its long-term impact on the world today.
This course will examine the history of three dynamic nineteenth century cities. London was the world’s greatest trading centre, Paris was the heart of a new Napoleonic European Empire, Berlin became the capital of Europe’s most powerful industrial state.