From Empire to Europe

Would you bet on it?

When I listened to the news today I was a bit surprised when I heard that the British were betting on the Brexit. Of course one could have assumed that the British would do something like that, as gambling seems to be a popular sport in Great Britain. They bet on everything, sports in…

Effect of the silence after the Brexit

Brexit- I have to admit, I kind of “feared” that it would come to this result, but I still hoped that it would have been like in the Scottish referendum, when in public everyone was talking about „Yes “, but the result then turned out to be „No “.

You never stop learning

I always liked the Cultural Studies (CS) courses at university. However, I have to admit that the British CS courses always interested me more than the American CS courses. I think it is because of the different histories- I simply find British history more interesting. I had the chance…

Will the Brexit add a new value to Britain’s Diaspora?

Time has passed by quickly

During this semester, we dealt with the history and in particular with the decline of the British Empire. In order to approach this topic, different methods were used: foreshadowing, a chronological approach and drawing a link to the current situation.

Reflections about the Course

I really loved this course — while we studied a lot of British history over the course of our studies, there was never enough time to take a closer look at the downfall of the empire! I did grin when I saw others’ posts about waking up early — I had the same problem, and at…

Reflection Post

This is my last Medium post in the From Empire to Europe platform as the semester has come to an end. During the course of the semester, many striking political events and developments occurred in the United Kingdom. At the beginning of the semester, people were beginning to debate if the British…

The last Blog entry!

We had the luck that there was such an important referendum, which will change the course of Britain in the future. Therefore, it was really interesting to get important information on that referendum, as well as the opinions from the other students were interesting for me.

A Timeline of a Historical Semester

April 27th 2016: