To broaden students’ understanding of non-Western histories and to enable students to explore the connections between the global north and south, or Western and non-Western histories;

To help students understand the nature and impact of European colonialism on non-Western peoples, and their responses to this;

To enable students to a range of non-Western voices and perspectives;

To encourage students to critically engage with and critique concepts such as ‘nation’, ‘tradition’, ‘modernity’, ‘colonialism’, ‘race’, ‘culture’ and ‘East’ and ‘West.

(LO1) Identify and critically discuss Indian politics, society and culture between the 1880s and the end of colonial rule in 1947.

(LO2) Discuss the varied conceptions of the nation that came into being in colonial India as well as other beliefs and ideologies envisioning models of freedom outside the framework of the nation-state.

(LO3) Critically analyse the possibilities, challenges and drawbacks of nationalism not just in India but in the former colonial world and much closer to home.

(LO4) Read, analyse and reflect critically and contextually upon a range of primary and secondary materials, predominantly by Indian authors.

(LO5) Discuss and write about major theoretical, thematic and topical issues, in particular the relationship between colonialism and nationalism.

(S1) Confidence, independence of mind, responsibility, organisation and time-management.

(S2) The ability to work collaboratively and to participate in group discussion.

(S3) Gathering, analysing and organising information, including online and digital resources.

(S4) Structure, coherence, clarity and fluency of oral and written expression.

(S5) Global citizenship.

Weekly syllabus will be confirmed on CANVAS and in the module handbook.

The majority of teaching will be delivered face-to-face on campus. Online delivery will be used to complement the on-campus delivery and where technology affords a better learning experience.

The module will be taught through 11 hour-long lectures and 10 two-hour seminars. Lectures will provide an overview of British colonialism in India and the context in which Indian nationalism emerged and developed and will provide context about the various individuals whose writings students will be reading and the social, cultural and political genesis of their ideas. The seminars, on the other hand, will broaden students’ understanding through both a series of 20-minute ‘press conferences’ (which will begin in seminar 4), mini workshops on module assignments (in seminars 2, 3 and 10) and the evaluation of a set of required readings, which will consist predominantly of primary source material, as well as through general discussion and presentations.