Essay plan (1,000 words)

1 - Written assignment (including essay) - 30

Essay (2,000 words)

2 - Written assignment (including essay) - 70

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Themes covered in this module will include imperial constitutions in the age of revolutions, humanitarianism and the slave trade, varieties of settler colonialism, commerce and informal imperialism, the complicity between international law and colonialism in Africa, imperial visions of world order between the world wars, international governance (UN) and the legacy of empires.

Feedback is provided in a number of ways throughout your module. This includes feedback you receive during teaching from both peers and lecturers and that provided for formative assessment. Following an assessment, you will be given your marks and feedback in line with the assessment regulations and policy. More information on the timing and type of feedback that will be provided for each assessment will be available from the module leader. <a href='https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations'>https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations</a>

This module will support the development of all the graduate attributes. Your module leader will provide you with information about how your learning, teaching and assessment activities support your development of these attributes. The graduate attributes are: - Always learning - Engaged in the world - Technical and digital - Connected Professional - Creating Impact

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Rage for Order. The British Empire and the Origins of International Law, 1800-1850 

The Transformation of the World. A Global History of the Nineteenth Century 

Post-Imperial Possibilities: Eurasia, Eurafrica, Afroasia 

No Enchanted Place. The End of Empire and the Origins of the United Nations

A Velvet Empire: French Informal Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century

IP2061 - Global History of Modern Empires

IP2061-PRD2-PER-ALV1

Acquisition of knowledge and understanding is promoted through a combination of lectures and interactive seminars with a strong emphasis on your personal contribution, including if appropriate in the form of student presentations and class exercises. This learning process is supported by the use of a wide range of information sources, from books and journal articles to online sources, official documents and audio-visual sources of information.
You are expected to undertake extensive reading and independent study in order to: (1) understand the topics covered in the course; (2) broaden and deepen your knowledge of the subject; (3) participate actively in the class discussions.

Global History of Modern Empires

Compare and contrast imperial and colonial systems globally.

Knowledge

Cultivate a practice of critical thinking, reflection and independent study.

Values and attitudes

Relate and analyse the history of modern imperialism.

Critically analyse and evaluate primary and secondary sources about European, Asian, and American empires.

Skills

Demonstrate respect for different opinions and perspectives.

Critically evaluate the role of empires in world history.

Engage constructively with the ideas of your peers and tutors.

Appraise the role of religion, race, class, and identity in the development of empires.

Discuss and critically evaluate historiographical debates in the history of empires.

Assess the role of decolonization in bringing down empires as political systems.

Use primary and secondary sources as evidence to support clear and well-structured arguments.

Develop curiosity about diverse human experiences and systems.

Describe the roles of the ‘metropole’ and ‘periphery’ in jointly constructing the operations of the colonial state.