Admission requirements
No pre-requirements.
Description
This course offers a comprehensive historical survey of South and Southeast Asia from the nineteenth century to the twentieth century. Key themes include: the character and dynamics of colonialism, colonial development of knowledge, the late-colonial economic structure, the emergence of nationalism, decolonization, including the partition of the British Raj.
Course objectives
This course offers participants a good survey of the facts and the historical debates concerning modern South and Southeast Asia. Participants are also trained in essay writing.
Timetable
See website
Mode of instruction
Lecture.
Assessment method
Written examination (60 %)
Brief essay (40 %)
The final mark is made up of the essay (40 %) and the written examination (60 %). Separate marks given for both, final mark is the weighted average. There is a resit for the examination and an opportunity to submit a revised essay but only if the final mark is fail.
Blackboard
Yes.
Reading list
A selection of chapters from:
Crispin Bates, Subalterns and Raj, South Asia since 1600 (London: Routledge, 2007).
M.C. Ricklefs and others, A new history of Southeast Asia (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Registration
Registration via uSis is mandatory.
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Registration Studeren à la carte
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