Aims

By the end of this module students will have:

• developed their ability to assess critically historical analysis and argument, past and present
• gained an understanding of the development of the academic study of history throughout the world since the mid-eighteenth century to the 1990s
• gained an awareness of recent and contemporary debates in the theory and practice of historical writing
• gained insight into current methodologies, theories, and concepts, currently in use within the historical discipline
• gained insight into how historical arguments have been and are made
• become aware of historiographical traditions outside the West

 

Assessment

• Assignment 1: Oral participation/engagement (10%)

• Assignment 2: Short Essay (30%)

• Assignment 3: Long Essay (60%)