Course unit details:
War, Culture and Conflict
Unit code | HIST61041 |
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Credit rating | 30 |
Unit level | FHEQ level 7 – master's degree or fourth year of an integrated master's degree |
Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
The course unit aims to provide an intellectual framework for the study of the cultural history of war. It focuses on the meanings and materiality of war as they affected people in a range of social and geographic settings and at particular historical moments.
Aims
The course unit aims to provide an intellectual framework for the study of the cultural history of war. It focuses on the meanings and materiality of war as they affected people in a range of social and geographic settings and at particular historical moments.
Teaching and learning methods
A series of workshops combining short lectures and student-led discussion and presentations, and including use of images, material objects, films and texts as appropriate.
Week by week guidance, including questions to address while reading, reading lists, PDFs and library links to essential reading. Written work will be submitted online via Turnitin on BB.
Knowledge and understanding
- Differentiate between military history and the cultural history of war;
- Understand the varied meanings of the collective memory of war;
- Be aware of and reflect on historical approaches to the impacts of war and of popular responses to violent conflict across time and across the globe.
Intellectual skills
- Participating in informed debate, and conducting independent research using both secondary material and archival sources, in relation to questions relating to war, culture and history;
- Formulating a research question based on scholarly literature at the forefront of the discipline and adopting an appropriate method for addressing and answering that question;
- Developing analytical skills which can be applied to primary or secondary material;
- Synthesizing in a meaningful and incisive manner a wealth of information gathered and analysed through independent research.
Practical skills
- Perform bibliographical searches, utilise databases, and identify texts, visual evidence and material objects relevant to the cultural history of war;
- Present complex ideas in coherent and accessible form in oral, visual and written format;
- Identify, analyse and apply a wide range of data;
- Formulate and design a range of proposals; identify appropriate intellectual, methodological and resource toolkit for successful completion of proposal;
- Manage a sustained programme of regular weekly work;
- Gain experience in problem solving, leadership and teamwork.
Transferable skills and personal qualities
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing about issues relating to the cultural and social impacts of violent conflict;
- Organise own learning through self-management and work to deadlines;
- Using ICT for research and presentation purposes;
- Demonstrate the ability to work in a group context and show initiative;
- Identify, analyse and apply a wide range of data to formulate and solve problems;
- Ability to bring analytical and research skills to bear on the formulation and design of proposals.
Employability skills
- Other
- The course unit encourages a broad range of skills including time management, communication and research skills. Students will have been able to demonstrate a capacity for independent research, for handling extensive and challenging material, and for analysing complex issues independently and in group situations. These are all transferable skills likely to qualify students for a range of employment opportunities.
Assessment methods
Assessment task | Formative or Summative | Weighting within unit (if summative) |
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Source Analysis | Summative | 30 |
Essay | Summative | 70 |
Feedback methods
Feedback method | Formative (for essay plan) or Summative |
Turnitin | Summative |
Recommended reading
Ashplant, T.G., Graham Dawson and Michael Roper,eds, The Politics of War, Memory and Commemoration, Routledge, 2000
Bourke, Joanna, An Intimate History of Killing. Face to Face Killing in 20th Century Warfare Granta, 1999
Evans M. and K. Lunn, eds, War and Memory in the Twentieth Century, Berg1997
Winter, Jay and Sivan, E., eds, War and Remembrance in the Twentieth Century, Cambridge, 1999
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours | |
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Seminars | 33 |
Independent study hours | |
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Independent study | 267 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Ana Carden-Coyne | Unit coordinator |
EWA OCHMAN | Unit coordinator |
Thomas Tunstall Allcock | Unit coordinator |