Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Leigh Boucher
Contact via leigh.boucher@mq.edu.au
W6A 405
Thur 3-4
Seminar Leader
Mathew Radcliffe
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp or (3cp in HIST or MHIS or POL units)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit looks at the ways in which issues of war and peace are shaped by specific cultural and historical conditions that can only be understood in broader international context. While war can be viewed purely in terms of military strategy and through the lens of advancing armies, it also has wider social, economic and cultural meanings that situate men and women as historical actors in the formation of cultures and societies and the construction of new world orders. By looking at the many situations in which wars have been fought across the world under the banner of political cause, national freedom, dynastic and religious crusade, we ponder the ways in which war is the arena in which national and imperial memory has been forged. Our travels will take us to Britain, India, Germany, the United States of America, South Africa, Japan, Algeria, Vietnam, New Zealand and Australia to look at the role of war in the construction of historical memory. We also pay particular attention to the experiences of women in war, to the colonial context of much international conflict and to the moral questions that arise from notions such as winning and losing.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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In Class Tests | 20% | Throughout Semester |
Prelm Research Essay | 15% | 31 Aug, 5pm |
Research Essay | 35% | 16 Oct 5pm |
Take Home Paper | 30% | 16/11 5pm |
Due: Throughout Semester
Weighting: 20%
These will occur, unannounced, in 4 seminars across the semester and willl each consist of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Due: 31 Aug, 5pm
Weighting: 15%
In this task you will follow an intellectual conversation backwards (via a footnote) and forwards (via a citation search) from one supplied secondary source. You will demonstrate an understanding of the historical interpretations offered in each, and, consider how they relate to the topic of your research essay. A full assessment guide will be available via ilearn.
Due: 16 Oct 5pm
Weighting: 35%
In this task you will write an academic research paper answering one question from the list supplied, building on the feedback from your preliminary exercise and augmenting it with further research.
Due: 16/11 5pm
Weighting: 30%
The final piece of assessment for the class will be a 1500 word essay (or creative response) to a question posed in the final set of lectures. No additional research will be required. The specific task/question will be distributed in the final lecture.
This unit will work a little differently to units you may have completed before. Each week, students will need to complete 3 hours of prep work (a mixture of audio lectures and readings). On campus students will then participate in a 2 hour seminar that combines short lectures, small group work and critical discussion. External students will participate in an online forum that replicates these activities.
Please consult 'ilearn' for a detailed outline of lectures, tutorials and reading materials.
Week 1: Introduction – Historical Contingency, War and Peace
Week 2: The Military Revolution, Peace and Religious Dissent
Week 3: Nation Peace and War in the 18th C
Week 4: Imperial Conflicts and Rebellion
Week 5: Nation Peace and War in the 19th C
Week 6: WWI and the Invitation to Manliness
Week 7: The Affects of WWI
Week 8: WWII and Women
Week 9: Cold and Hot War
Week 10: Anti-colonial wars
Week 11: Reading Week
Week 12: Peacekeeping and Peacemaking
Week 13: Conclusion – Insecurity, Terror and the Language of War
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Extensions
If you face illness or serious misadventure, you should lodge a "Disruption to Studies" application via the Student Services desk, ground floor, W6A. If you have legitimate grounds to seek an extension or alternative form of assessment, this will only occur through this process. Please ensure you notify your seminar leader of your intention to do so. Late submissions will be penalised 2% of the available mark per day. There will be no extensions granted for the take home paper (on campus students).
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Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.
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We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
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Our graduates will have enquiring minds and a literate curiosity which will lead them to pursue knowledge for its own sake. They will continue to pursue learning in their careers and as they participate in the world. They will be capable of reflecting on their experiences and relationships with others and the environment, learning from them, and growing - personally, professionally and socially.
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Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
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Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
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As local citizens our graduates will be aware of indigenous perspectives and of the nation's historical context. They will be engaged with the challenges of contemporary society and with knowledge and ideas. We want our graduates to have respect for diversity, to be open-minded, sensitive to others and inclusive, and to be open to other cultures and perspectives: they should have a level of cultural literacy. Our graduates should be aware of disadvantage and social justice, and be willing to participate to help create a wiser and better society.
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We want our graduates to be aware of and have respect for self and others; to be able to work with others as a leader and a team player; to have a sense of connectedness with others and country; and to have a sense of mutual obligation. Our graduates should be informed and active participants in moving society towards sustainability.
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The unit structure has been redesigned in order to maximise student participation.
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23/07/2015 | In the initial unit guide, the submission date for the research essay was incorrectly set as 16 May, this has been corrected. |