This module introduces students to key concepts in international history, specifically related to the study of international history in the modern era. The module will help students to transcend narrow or regional studies of history and remove some of the limitations inherent in such an approach. The module will consider the problems of definition, the historical background and evolution of the concept and finally the application of the concepts by historians over time.

The essay will assess the student’s ability to think conceptually about the past at an international level. [1-4]

The participation grade ensures you get credit for the work you do on the weekly discussion board. The more you engage, the higher your participation grade will be [meets learning outcomes 1,2,3]

The main focus will be on self-instruction, within a tightly structured framework and relying largely (but not exclusively) on materials supplied. Week by week you will work through self-instructional course materials (delivered via blackboard) which provides a framework and focus for reading key texts and papers and undertaking specific tasks as set. This work will be undertaken on an individual basis but at various points you will be expected to interact and share material with other students in your learning group and your tutor (via blackboard).

1.DEMONSTRATE A SYSTEMATIC UNDERSTANDING OF KNOWLEDGE WHICH IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF INTERNATIONAL HISTORY.

Knowledge & Understanding

2.DEMONSTRATE A CRITICAL AWARENESS AND EVALUATION OF CURRENT RESEARCH, ADVANCED SCHOLARSHIP AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL HISTORY AND THE CONCEPTS USED WITHIN THAT DISCIPLINE.

Analysis

3. DEMONSTRATE ORIGINALITY IN THE APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE, TOGETHER WITH A PRACTICAL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ESTABLISHED AND METHODICAL APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL HISTORY ARE USED TO CREATE AND INTERPRET KNOWLEDGE.

Application

4. DEMONSTRATE AN ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE RESEARCH, HISTORICAL INTERPRETATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS TO SPECIALIST AND NON-SPECIALIST AUDIENCES.

Communication

A computer for accessing Blackboard, websites and electronic journals. Course texts and course pack.

Marie-Janine Calic, The Great Cauldron: A History of Southeastern Europe, 2019
Andrea E. Duffy, Nomad’s Land: Pastoralism and French Environmental Policy in the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean World, 2019
Ethan Shagan, The Birth of Modern Belief: Faith and Judgment from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, 2018
John Hutchinson, Nationalism and War, 2017
Arndt Brendecke, The Empirical Empire: Spanish Colonial Rule and the Politics of Knowledge, 2016
James R. Akerman, Decolonizing the Map: Cartography from Colony to Nation, 2017