Lectures, Seminars & Readings
Timetable
Times & rooms
Lectures are held weekly on Tuesday in the Humanities building, H0.58 between 9.00 and 10.00am.
Seminars are held according to the schedule set out below.
Seminar group A meets on Tuesdays 2-3pm, in the Humanities
building, H0.44.
Seminar group B meets on Tuesdays 3-4pm, in the Humanities building, H3.03.
Seminar group C meets on Tuesdays 4-5pm, in the Humanities building, H0.44.
Term 1
Lecture |
Seminar |
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Week 1 |
5/10 | No lecture or seminar in week 1 | |
Week 2 |
12/10 | Introduction (lecture notes) |
Introduction |
Week 3 |
19/10 | The Swahili Coast (lecture notes) |
The Swahili Coast |
Week 4 |
26/10 | States & Stateless Societies (lecture notes) |
Authority & Identity in the 19th Century |
Week 5 |
2/11 | The Colonial Conquest (lecture notes) |
Scramble or Conquest? |
Week 6 |
9/11 | Reading week | |
Week 7 |
16/11 | The Maji Maji Rebellion (lecture notes) |
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Week 8 |
23/11 | World War I |
The Maji Maji Rebellion |
Week 9 |
30/11 | The Civilising Mission (lecture notes) |
The Civilising Mission |
Week 10 |
7/12 | The Invention of Ethnicity (lecture notes) |
The Invention of Ethnicity |
Term 2
Lecture |
Seminar |
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Week 1 |
11/1 | Race and Colonialism (lecture notes) |
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Week 2 |
18/1 | World War II (lecture notes) |
Race & Colonialism |
Week 3 |
25/1 | The Second Colonial Occupation (lecture notes) |
Development & Colonialism |
Week 4 |
1/2 | The Mau Mau Rebellion (lecture notes) |
The Mau Mau Rebellion |
Week 5 |
8/2 | Revolution in Zanzibar & Rwanda (lecture notes) |
Legacies of Colonialism |
Week 6 |
15/2 | Reading Week | |
Week 7 |
22/2 | African Socialism & Neo-Colonialism (lecture notes) |
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Week 8 |
1/3 | The Cold War in Eastern Africa (lecture notes) |
Development & Post-Colonialism |
Week 9 |
8/3 | Military Rule in Uganda (lecture notes) |
The State in Crisis I: The 1970s |
Week 10 |
15/3 | Democratisation & Structural Adjustment (lecture notes) |
Term 3
Lecture |
Seminar |
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Week 1 |
26/4 | No lecture (term starts on Wednesday) | No seminar |
Week 2 |
3/5 | The HIV/AIDS Pandemic (lecture notes) |
The State in Crisis II: The 1980s & 1990s |
Week 3 |
10/5 | The Rwandan Genocide (lecture notes) |
The Rwandan Genocide |
Week 4 |
17/5 | Conclusion (lecture notes) |
Conclusion |