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As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
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Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Leigh Boucher
Annalise Humphris
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
40cp at 1000 level or above OR (10cp in HIST or MHIS or POL or POIR or MHIX or POIX 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 is an intellectual and cultural history of modern war and peace making. It explores the historical emergence of the categories and practices through which modern wars have been waged and peace has been forged, in particular, we examine how ideas about race, gender and nation have underpinned modern war-making and been challenged by them. The unit examines a major conflict each week, and then explores how peace has been differently made in its' wake. We begin with the French Revolutionary Wars and move through the 19th and 20th centuries, including the World Wars, the Cold War, and wars of decolonization. This will reveal when many of the ideas and practices that seem like common sense to our eyes took historical shape – such as the protection of civilians, real-time war reporting, the use of mass conscription, the widespread memorialisation of war-time loss as a nation-making project, and the use of propaganda. The story of modern war-making is often told through a focus on European nations and their conflicts with each other. However, this unit has a particular focus on how Europeans began to employ to a different set of rules and norms when waging wars with non-European peoples. The unit asks whether conventional stories about modern military strategy, practices and restraints are challenged when we put the experiences of non-Europeans in the frame? |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Research Essay | 45% | No | 9/11/2020 |
Reading Report | 20% | No | 21/9/2020 |
Weekly Quiz | 30% | No | In 3 batches through semester |
Essay progress report | 5% | No | 9/10/2020 |
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 56 hours
Due: 9/11/2020
Weighting: 45%
Research essay topics will be made available on ilearn by week 3 and will relate to the weekly topics covered in the unit. Students will conduct independent research to develop an historical interpretation and place this in an historiographic field. Workshops will be held in seminars to guide students through this major task. This assessment focuses on a deep knowledge of one topic covered in the unit.
Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 21/9/2020
Weighting: 20%
A short report about selected scholarship from the early weeks of the unit.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 2 hours
Due: In 3 batches through semester
Weighting: 30%
A quiz about the weekly readings and lectures, multiple choice and short answer.
Assessment Type 1: Plan
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: 9/10/2020
Weighting: 5%
A short report on progress towards the completion of the research essay.
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2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
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