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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of History, Classics and Archaeology : Postgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology)

Postgraduate Course: The Scottish Highlands, 1350-1850: Imagery, Violence and Romance (PGHC11120)

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 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaPostgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe course aims to draw together the research interests of three members of staff in the Scottish History Subject Area to present a thematic history of the Scottish Highlands over a period of 500 years. In the fourteenth century there was only an emerging perception of the Highlands as a distinctive area within Scotland. By the mid-nineteenth century such a perception was clear and largely founded on negative stereotypes. The course will review the issues of the place of the Highlands within Scotland and Britain; critically examine external perceptions of the region, its land, culture and people; and analyse the imagery which gave rise to these perceptions. Particular attention will be paid to scrutinising the enduring notion that the region was violent and backward, although the paradox of its centrality to romanticised views of Scotland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries will be noted.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
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
Critical reading of secondary sources and the ability to handle certain primary sources in printed form. Reflection on the process of the development and manipulation of perceptions. Engagement with the medieval, early modern and late modern history of the themes identified in the course. The ability to place the issues examined in the course in a wider historical context.
Assessment Information
One 4000 word essay
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Stephen Boardman
Tel: (0131 6)50 4035
Email: Steve.Boardman@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Nicholas Ovenden
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Niko.Ovenden@ed.ac.uk
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