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School of History · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course develops a critical understanding of diverse historiographical approaches in the discipline of history. It provides students with an in-depth appreciation of contemporary historiography in order to develop skills in both critical analysis and problem-based research design. The course will be team-taught by the School of History in seminar format to promote a community of researchers and scholars.
Class Participation
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 5
Source Review: 750 words
Learning outcomes 3
Research Essay - draft version): 2000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 3, 4
Research Essay : 5000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
130 hours of total student learning time comprising: Either a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 1 x 2-hour reading seminar and 1 x 1-hour workshop per week b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing. Or a) 36 contact hours during the first 6 weeks of semester: 2 x 2-hour reading seminar and 2 x 1-hour workshop per week b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
An e-brick consisting of primary material and scholarly essays will be compiled and made available on WATTLE. Preliminary Reading Weekly readings will combine historical documents and recent scholarship. An example would be: Darwin, C., The Descent of Man [1871], in Watson (ed.), Darwin the Indelible Stamp (Philadelphia: Running Press, 2005), pp.732-60. Spencer, H. ‘Progress: Its law and causes’, Westminster Review, 67 (April 1857). Hawkins, M. Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860-1945: Nature as Model & Nature as Threat (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), pp.21-58.