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School of Culture History and Language · ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
This course examines the impact of India’s history up to 1757 on Contemporary India. Studies focus on the development of the Indus cultures, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism; Islam in South Asia; and European and British colonialism in India. As well as tracing major historical and political events, you will have the opportunity to study social and cultural developments that accompanied and contributed to the development of South Asia. Along with this we will analyze how changing conceptions of South Asia’s past shape contemporary debates about culture, regional identities, political ideologies, and the idea of India. This course encourages students to develop critical reading skills and abilities to write structured arguments to convey ideas through: class-based peer-to-peer discussions, making presentations and discussing the contents of each-other's presentations, writing literature reviews and structured academic essays.
Participation in tutorial discussions
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Class Presentation (10 minutes)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Two Critical Discussion of Set Texts (500 words each)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Mid semester Essay (1000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Final Essay (2000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
A total of 130 hours made up of 36 hours in-class time (12*3 hours) plus 94 hours independent study (7-8 hours per week) Other Information This is a co-taught course. Any cap on enrolments in one course applies to both courses combined.
The texts will be given in Wattle. They consist of multiple scholarly readings and additional news media pieces and film clips. There is no set textbook.