Postgraduate Course: Empire and Nation: the Scottish Experience, 1650-1850 (PGHC11217)
Course Outline
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School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Postgraduate (School of History and Classics) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course relates to the organiser's current work on Scotland and Empire. Already one of two volumes has been published (Scotland's Empire, 1600-1815, 2003) and a second, Imperial Scots: Nation and Empire since 1815, is in progress.
The course engages with key aspects in imperial historiography from a Scottish perspective. In addition, it not only looks outward - the conventional approach in imperial history - but inwards through an examination of the impact of empire on Scottish identity, politics, economy and culture.
Topics to be considered include:
- Ulster: Scotland's First Colony?
- Colonising the East India Company
- Scotland and Slavery
- Imperial Emigrants
- The Scottish Enlightenment and the American Revolution
- Empire and the Industrial Revolution
- Empire, Culture and Identity
- Scottish Militarism
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Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 10:00 - 12:00 |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
First Class Friday 25th September, 1000, Room B3, 17 Buccleuch Place. |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will enhance their skills in the reading and analysis of secondary literature and appropriate primary sources. They will also:
- Gain a further understanding of historical processes by examining the relationship between homeland (metropole) and global empire and vice versa.
- Explore the historiographical debate both on empire in the appropriate period and also the Scottish imperial experience.
- Develop insight into the 'new Atlantic History'.
- Examine, where appropriate, the comparative experience of the other nations of the British Isles in the imperial project.
- Develop their analytical skills through researching and writing a 4,000-word essay on a topic to be agreed with the course organiser.
- Take responsibility for their own learning and develop their capacity for independent thought.
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Assessment Information
| One essay of 3000 words. |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Thomas Devine
Tel: (0131 6)50 4029
Email: t.m.devine@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mr Nicholas Ovenden
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Niko.Ovenden@ed.ac.uk |
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