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

 

Assessment

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

• Assignment 2: Primary source analysis using one of the approaches of the module (30%)

• Assignment 3: Primary source analysis using two of the approaches. Sources must differ from those treated in the previous essay (60%)