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Catherine Danks

Senior Lecturer

Contact Details

Room: Geoffrey Manton Building (Room 420)
Telephone: 0161 247 1720
E-mail: c.j.danks@mmu.ac.uk

Responsibilities

Member of the Departmental Teaching and Learning Committee
Programme Leader of the BA Humanities and Social Studies (part-time mode)

Background

Appointments

  • 1990 Manchester Metropolitan University, Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer, Dept. of History and Economic History
  • 1989 Strathclyde University, Lecturer, Dept of Politics
  • 1988 Antioch University, British Studies Centre, London, Academic Assistant to the Director

Research Interests

Catherine Danks is a political historian in the Department of History. Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of soviet history and contemporary Russian politics. She has recently completed a study of Russian Soldiers' Mothers Committees and is currently working on 'Politics-Russia' for Pearson. She is also a founder member and treasurer of the Global Studies Association.

USSR and China, C20th History, Post-Communist Russia, Women's History Post Communist Russia, including the development of a civil society and human rights.

Current Projects

Russian anti-globalisation Russian historiography of the end of the USSR

National Recognitions / Responsibilities

On line Learning Development, Student Support and Dissemination:

  • Converted the unit Post War World, 1945-89 to be partially delivered using WebCT
  • Awarded an On Line Learning Fellowship by MMU, Summer term 1999
  • Demonstrated On-line learning materials and contributed to forum web site
    Online Learning forum, organised by MMU Educational Services, 22nd February 2000
  • Demonstrated On-line learning materials as part of the Departmental Staff Development programme
    Information and Comunication Technology Day, organised by Department of History and Economic History, MMU. Including contributions from Teeside University and UCL
    5th April 2000
  • Converted a component of the unit 'What is History?' to be delivered using WebCT
    Financial support from the Learning and Teaching Committee of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science MMU. Spring term 2000
  • Converted the unit Post Communist Russia to partial delivery using WebCT
    Summer 2001
  • Demonstrated On-line learning materials
    HAN Conference: Online Conferencing in the Arts and Humanities at De Montford University, Milton Keynes. 13th October 2001
  • Established a WebCT site for BA Humanities and Social Studies (Part time mode) students
    November 2001
  • Delivered a paper on my experience of developing online learning materials
    Seminar on Online Learning. Organised by the Senior Learning and Teaching Fellows in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, MMU. 17th April 2002

Higher Education

  • 1981 MA Soviet Government and Politics, Essex University
  • 1978 BA (Hons) Politics and Modern History, Manchester University

Affiliations

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