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Undergraduate Course: The Armenian Genocide (HIST10097)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaHistory Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course examines the deportation and murder of approximately one million Armenian Christians by the government and armed forces of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. It will consider the long and short term causes and contexts of these events, and aspects of their legacy up to the present day, particularly the phenomenon of the ongoing denial of the genocide by successive Turkish governments.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements A pass or passes in 40 credits of first level historical courses or equivalent and a pass or passes in 40 credits of second level historical courses or equivalent.
Before enrolling students on this course, Directors are asked to contact the History Honours Admission Secretary to ensure that a place is available (Tel: 503783).
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students on the course should be able to place the murder of the Armenians within a number of larger contexts including: the collapse of the Ottoman Empire between 1774 and 1923; Muslim-Christian relations in the empire; the rise of nationalism amongst the subject peoples of the empire; the expulsion and emigration of Muslims from Europe and the Russian Empire into the Ottoman empire from the mid-nineteenth century; and the murder or deportation of non-Armenian Christians and Kurdish Muslims in the empire during WWI. They should be able to participate both orally and in writing in the historiographical debates. They should build upon the skills they have acquired in their previous two years to improve their awareness of the nature and use of various types of historical evidence; demonstrate the nature of history as argument by focusing on the debates between historians on key issues; increase their skills in research, writing and presentation of papers; increase their organisational, critical and communication skills.
Assessment Information
One essay of about 3000 words (one third of overall assessment); one two-hour examination paper (two-thirds of overall assessment).
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserProf Donald Bloxham
Tel: (0131 6)50 3757
Email: donald.bloxham@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Rozanne Luty
Tel: (0131 6)50 3783
Email: v1rluty@exseed.ed.ac.uk
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