Note: this Literature Seminar only spans one semester: students may take the course in either the first or the second semester
Time Table
Semester I and II, see timetables.
Method of Instruction
Tutorials; attendance is compulsory (see the rules and regulations of the Department of History, art. 2).
Course objectives
Students acquire a profound understanding of the most recent scholarly discussions in the early-modern and modern history of Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa and the Atlantic.
Required reading
David Eltis, The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000).
J.H. Elliott, Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006).
Anthony Reid, Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 1450-1680, 2 vols (New Haven and London, 1988-1993).
John Iliffe, Honour in African History (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005).
Catherine B. Asher and Cynthia Talbot, India before Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2006).
Examination
Students are expected to submit short essays and one oral presentation.
Information
With the coordinator: Dr. J.J.L. Gommans
Enrolment
For the Spring Semester, please use this form to apply.