HI7125 India & Ireland: Partners or Adversaries in the British Empire 1800-1947?
Module Coordinator: Professor Mridu Rai
Duration: Hilary Term
Contact Hours: 2 hours per week
ECTS: 10
Assessment: Students will complete the equivalent of two essays of c.3,500 words. The first essay or equivalent assignments will be preliminary work. The second essay will carry the mark for the module.
This module will investigate the many layers that made both ruling and subjugated groups in the context of the British Empire. In doing so, it will treat neither Indians or the Irish nor the British as monolithic categories. Working through various instruments of imperial control – political, social, cultural and economic – it will investigate the mechanics through which power was both exerted and contested. An important question the module will address is whether imperial encounters might fruitfully be seen in integrative contexts.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
- identify key political, social, economic and cultural events and developments relating to Ireland and India in this period
- place this knowledge in the context of a broader knowledge and understanding of imperial developments
- formulate research questions for the purposes of essay writing and oral presentations
- assess the various historiographical approaches and methodologies applied the this area of Irish and imperial history
- engage critically and in-depth with primary texts and secondary literature
- complete an intensive, self-motivated study of a relevant historical problem, with high quality research organization and presentation