This 30 CATS module is a core requirement for first-year single-honours History students.

This module aims to provide students with:

• Knowledge of the different ways in which Europe and the Early Modern Period more generally were conceived in the past and by historians.
• Knowledge of key terminology from the period and historiography of the period.
• Encourage students to reflect upon notions of European identity in the past and present, and how historical concepts of ‘Europe’ and ‘Europeans’ form contemporary ideas about these concepts.

• Understanding the encounters between Europeans and non-Europeans, and the relationships between them.

• Development of skills in using library resources (including short loan, journals, electronic, and online resources), seminar communication (listening and talking), seminar preparation and managing own learning, and group work.
• Application of knowledge and skills that have been learnt to the analysis of historiographical debates.