2009 Course Handbook
HIST253: War and Peace in World History
This unit places the study of war and peace in a broader global context by analysing specific case studies from Europe, Asia, the Americas, Australia and Africa in both ancient and modern contexts. While issues of war and peace are often perceived through the lens of national history or through specific military strategies, this unit explores the contested meanings of warfare from different cultural perspectives. As an historical landscape for the study of global and imperial exchange, war can also act as an arena for the performance of identity, for the construction of memory and for the resistance or compliance of the colonized. We also ponder the role of war and peace in the construction of masculinity and femininity where notions of gender and sexuality were significant factors.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
| When Offered: |
D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year (On Campus session: No session) |
| Staff Contact: | Professor Angela Woollacott, Dr Adrian Carton |
| Prerequisites: | 12cp |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCWs: | HIST252 |
| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Modern History, Politics, International Relations and Security |
Timetable Information
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