Postgraduate Course: The Scottish Highlands, 1350-1850: Imagery, Violence and Romance (PGHC11120)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate (School of History and Classics) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course aims to draw together the research interests of three members of staff in the Scottish History Subject Area to present a thematic history of the Scottish Highlands over a period of 500 years. In the fourteenth century there was only an emerging perception of the Highlands as a distinctive area within Scotland. By the mid-nineteenth century such a perception was clear and largely founded on negative stereotypes. The course will review the issues of the place of the Highlands within Scotland and Britain; critically examine external perceptions of the region, its land, culture and people; and analyse the imagery which gave rise to these perceptions. Particular attention will be paid to scrutinising the enduring notion that the region was violent and backward, although the paradox of its centrality to romanticised views of Scotland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries will be noted. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Critical reading of secondary sources and the ability to handle certain primary sources in printed form. Reflection on the process of the development and manipulation of perceptions. Engagement with the medieval, early modern and late modern history of the themes identified in the course. The ability to place the issues examined in the course in a wider historical context. |
Assessment Information
| One 4000 word essay |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Stephen Boardman
Tel: (0131 6)50 4035
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Course secretary | Mr Nicholas Ovenden
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
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