Pioneers of Cultural Communication: India and Japan, 1880-1930 (U04429)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-4-U04429

This is a course in comparative cultural history, exploring two major areas of cultural communication between Asia and Europe ? religion/philosophy and medicine/mental health ? through the lives and writings of a small handful of Japanese, Indian, and European pioneers. Students will explore the personal, intellectual, and local socio-political dynamics which influenced cultural communication, and will be encouraged to draw, from primary source material, general themes and principles which apply in both contexts.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : A pass in a third level historical course or equivalent.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

History, (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) 50 minutes per week for 22 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	09:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students should be able to:
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of Indian and Japanese cultural history in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, particularly where religion, philosophy, medicine, and mental health are concerned.
- Utilise comparative inter-disciplinary techniques of analysis, in the service of investigating complex social and cultural issues.
- Analyse and discuss ? in classroom debates but particularly in essays and examination ? the content of diverse primary sources, together with the practical limits associated with their use in the study of cultural history.
- Demonstrate enhanced verbal reasoning skills both in a small group and classroom context, particularly where the careful choice of illustrative primary and secondary reading material is concerned.
- Employ professional sensitivity and nuance in dealing with difficult issues such as religious conversion and mental health.
- Assess historical questions by drawing out and evaluating general themes for comparison across contexts.

Assessment Information

The course will require two 3000 word essays and two two-hour examinations. Students can expect written feedback and individual consultation on their work.