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MHIS367: Gender and Empire
This unit provides students with a higher level of analysis of themes encountered in Australian history, world/global history and European history. Focusing on the historical construction of gender (masculinities and femininities) in a range of colonial sites and episodes from the 18th to the 20th centuries, students explore the intersections of gender with race, class, sexuality, religion, politics and culture. Topics range from slavery and convicts, to missionary evangelism, sport, explorers and anti-colonial nationalist movements in places including Australia, the West Indies, Canada, New Zealand and Africa. Students conduct research in primary sources (including the database Empire Online), and become thoroughly immersed in the relevant scholarly literature of this dynamic field. Coursework primarily consists of a major research essay undertaken throughout the semester.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
| When Offered: | TBD - To be determined |
| Staff Contact(s): | Professor Angela Woollacott |
| Prerequisites: |
30cp or (6cp in HIST or MHIS or POL units at 200 level, including 3cp in HIST or MHIS) |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCW(s): | HIST367 |
| Unit Designation(s): | |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Modern History, Politics, International Relations and Security |
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