HI4319 Making Colonial Subjects: South Asia, 1750-1947

Module Organiser: Prof. Mridu Rai
Duration: Hilary term
Contact hours: 2 hours per week
Weighting: 10 ECTS
Assessment: 20% essay, 80% examination

This module investigates the various instruments through which British colonial rule established itself in India. It will assess the role played by new legal, cultural, political and social categories of race, caste, religion and gender, as well as the role of new disciplines and surveying activities, put in place under the aegis of colonial rule, in making Indians available for imperial control. In addition, the module seeks to explore the Indian role both in the making and the unmaking of British colonialism..

Leaning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

• Analyse key political, social and intellectual developments associated with colonialism in south Asia
• Identify and locate relevant secondary literature
• Engage with relevant theoretical and critical approaches to the history of Empire and colonialism in south Asia
• Apply different techniques of evaluation and interpretation to relevant primary sources
• Critique relevant historiography in the light of study of primary sources
• Present and discuss analysis of questions relating to the history of colonialism in south Asia
• Analyse the impact of Empire on the Indian sub-continent