Week
|
Lecture
|
Seminar
|
Term 1
|
1 |
Week 1: Introduction |
Seminar 1 |
2 |
Week 2: British Rule in India 1757-1947: An Overview |
Seminar 2 |
3 |
Anti-Colonialism and Indian Politics |
Seminar 3 |
4 |
Gandhi and Indian Nationalism |
Seminar 4 |
5 |
The Revolutionary Left in Colonial India |
Seminar 5 |
6 |
Reading Week |
7 |
Lower-Caste Assertions in Colonial India |
Seminar 6 |
8 |
Hindu Nationalism Before Independence |
Seminar 7 |
9 |
Post-Colonial Democracy, 1947-77: ‘Nehruvian Socialism’ and Its Aftermath |
Seminar 8 |
10 |
Post-Colonial Democracy, 1977- |
Seminar 9 |
Term 2
|
1 |
Gandhi’s Political Thought |
Seminar 10 |
2 |
The Hindu Right: The Case of Savarkar |
Seminar 11 |
3 |
The Hindu Right from Independence to the 1990s |
Seminar 12 |
4 |
Contemporary Hindutva |
Seminar 13 |
5 |
Indian Communism After Independence: The Parliamentary Path |
Seminar 14 |
6 |
Reading Week |
7 |
Indian Communism After Independence: The Insurgent Path |
Seminar 15 |
8 |
The Dalit Movement: Ambedkar’s Trajectory |
Seminar 16 |
9 |
Caste and Post-Colonial Democracy: A Paradox? |
Seminar 17 |
10 |
Dalit Assertions since the 1970s |
Seminar 18 |
Term 3
|
1 |
Contemporary Intersections: The Triumph of the Hindu Right? |
Seminar 19 |
2 |
Contemporary Intersections: The Student and Dalit Upsurges of 2016 |
Seminar 20 |
3 |
Conclusion |
Seminar 21 |
4 |
Exam Revision |
To be organised by seminar tutor |