2. How did the experience of movement shape people’s identities in the post-colonial world?
3. According to Edward Said, ‘the Orient was almost a European invention’. To what extent do you agree?
4. Why did knowledge matter to imperial projects?
5. How important was language to empire?
6. Was Western medicine a justification for imperial rule?
7. With reference to specific examples, how useful are photographs to understanding imperialism?
8. Were all anti-colonial debates about nationalism?
9. Did imperialism end with decolonisation?
10. What is post-colonialism?

3000-word essay

1. In the colonial context, why is language the crucial element connecting power and knowledge? Ground your answer in the analysis of a specific historical context.
2. 'The Indian peasant was both the Indian nationalist movement’s greatest strength, as well as its greatest weakness.’ Discuss.
3. ‘Stick it to the man!’ Discuss in relationship to one historical example from the history of anti-colonial nationalism. [Long essays should address more than, or multiple aspects of, one example]
4. Why did the ‘woman question’ matter in colonial India?
5. Medicine was ‘a tool of empire’. Was it?
6. What do loyalists tell us about the nature of citizenship in the British Empire in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries?
7. To what extent did the Ottoman Empire resemble other forms of imperialism in the modern world?
8. How significant was the Sykes-Picot Agreement in shaping the modern Middle East?
9. '"The New Qing History” transformed the historiography of modern China.' Discuss.
10. Was violence a necessary part of decolonisation?
11. To what extent did oil and empire play a role in shaping political possibilities for democracy in post-colonial Iran?
12. What does it mean to ‘decolonise the mind’?
13. To what extent was independence possible in the Cold War world?
14. Should the history of India after 1947 be viewed as a ‘success’ for democracy?
15. To what extent did imperialism become popular with the British public during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
16. How relevant is Empire in contemporary British society?
17. To what extent were post-colonial migrants to Europe coming home?
18. What, if anything, distinguishes American from European imperialism?
19. Should we view post-colonial international development as a success or failure?
20. What is the relationship between empire and twentieth century humanitarianism?
21. What has ‘post-colonialism’ as an approach added to our understanding of imperial history?