In this module, students will study the formation of anti-imperial nationalism, beginning with a focus on the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) and independence movements in Latin America and reaching to the Algerian Revolution (1954-1962), the Cuban Revolution (1959-), and anti-imperial discourses of the mid-twentieth century. 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. 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.
Assessment
Assessment Methods & Exceptions
Assessment:
If the module runs in Semester 1: 2 x 2500 word essays (50% each)
If the module runs in Semester 2: 1 x 4000 word Take Home Paper (100%)