For the first meeting of term, on Friday 4th May, we will be reading Reinhart Koselleck: please look at both the first and the last chapters of his Futures Past (Columbia Univ. Press, 2004).
“Modernity and the Planes of Historicity” & “‘Space of Experience’ and ‘Horizon of Expectation’: Two Historical Categories”.
The Philosophy of History 
Here is the link to E. P. Thompson’s article on ‘time’
Click to access Thompson.pdf
A more readable version can always by downloaded via login to birkbeck college ejournals service. publication details :
E. P. Thompson
TIME, WORK-DISCIPLINE, AND INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISM
Past and Present, 1967; 38: 56 – 97.