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World Historians - MHPG912
This unit examines changing visions of the nature and purpose of world history. Students will look at how historians have approached telling their various world histories, and how world history has been taught in the institutional context. Topics include the nature of world history and world historical writing, Euro and American-centrism, globalisation, word systems theory, 'big history', and gendered and environmental approaches to world history.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | X1 - External study; Offered in Session 1 (On-campus dates: None) |
| Staff Contact(s): | Professor David Christian |
| Prerequisites: |
(12cp in MHIS or AHST or POL units at 300 level) or (admission to MA in History or MA in Modern History or PGDipArts in Modern History or PGCertArts in Modern History) |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations Faculty of Arts |
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