Course Details in 2026/27 Session

Module Title	LH Special Subject: Egypt in Revolution. Modernity, Masculinity and Revolution in 20th Century Egypt A
School	History and Cultures
Department	History
Module Code	09 37120
Module Lead	Dr Lucie Ryzova
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites	LH Special Subject: Egypt in Revolution. Modernity, Masculinity and Revolution in 20th Century Egypt B - (09 37121)
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Seminar-30 hours Guided independent study-170 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	This module (and its co-requisite) will allow students to study a historical theme or area in great depth, drawing on both secondary sources (i.e. books and articles) and primary sources (documents, newspapers etc), both published and unpublished. The module will allow students to study an aspect of history in detail and gain a fuller understanding of how different types of source material inform the historical process. Module Summary: This module explores the social and cultural history of modern Egypt over the past century and half. Like anywhere in the world, also in Egypt modernity ushered into a period of unprecedented social change; yet, modernity also meant many things to many people. Historians have conventionally approached these changes through the “big picture” of colonialism, capitalism, the rise of the modern national state, the building of modern institutions and novel forms of politics. Using the lens of social and cultural history, we will approach these large processes “from below”. The triple focus on modernity, masculinity and revolution allows us to focus on how ordinary Egyptians not only experience the changing world, but how they actively worked to remake it; and how notions of class, gender and expectation were remade in the process. Beside more conventional historical sources (documents, speeches, the press), the module uses a broad range of less conventional primary material, including novels, films, photographs, and personal narratives.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: analyse and appraise key events and historical processes relevant to the subject under scrutiny; analyse and evaluate a wide range of relevant primary source material; critically evaluate the historiographical context and trends of the subject under exploration; summarise and evaluate the subject material with clarity and confidence, in writing.
Assessment	37120-02 : Individual presentation : Presentation (50%) 37120-03 : Essay : Coursework (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 1 x 2,000-word essay (50%) and 1 x 10-minute individual presentations (50%) Reassessment: Resubmission of failed component(s)
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