In this module, students will study the formation of anti-imperial nationalism across the global south. The exact case studies covered will vary according to staff availability and research/teaching interests, but may include examples drawn from China, South Asia, Middle East and North Africa, and Latin America, from the late seventeenth century to the present day. Drawing on both classic and recent scholarship, the course introduces students to a wide variety of different historical and anthropological approaches in cultural, social, diplomatic, political, environmental, and postcolonial and subaltern studies, as well as exploring anti-imperial discourses of the mid-twentieth century. Throughout, students will learn about the multiple meanings and interpretations of classic European Enlightenment ideals, nationalism, anti-imperial thought, revolutions, race and nation, gender and nation, communism, third-worldism, subaltern thought, and the Global South.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Analyse and explain key events and historical processes relevant to the subject under scrutiny.
Analyse and explain reasons for and implications of these events and processes.
Identify the main scholarly views on the subject under investigation.
Work with an appropriate degree of learner independence to explain and analyse the material under scrutiny.
Communicate explanation and analysis of the subject clearly and effectively in writing.
