Postgraduate Course: War and Identities in Twentieth Century Britain and Ireland (PGHC11339)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This MSc option adopts a social and cultural perspective on the impact of war on British and Irish society, taking a detailed look at the interplay between national, ethnic, class and gender identities at times of conflict. It focuses primarily on the twentieth century. |
| Course description |
Particular attention is paid to the connections between national identities and the memory of war: the ways in which different wars have been narrated, remembered and commemorated. The course also adopts an inter-disciplinary approach drawing upon oral sources, film, literature, art and photography.
The topics covered are:
The South African War (1899-1902): citizenship and identities
"Taffy, Jock and Tommy" - the First World War in Wales, Scotland and England
1916 - The memory of war in Ulster and Eire
Racism and riots - wartime violence in the Great War
Wartime masculinities and gender identities
The People's War? Constructions of Britishness in the Second World War
The Emergency - Irish Neutrality 1939-45
'Race War' - the black presence in Second World War Britain
Communities of allegiance - an Italian Scottish case study
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate in seminar participation and coursework a detailed and critical command of the body of knowledge concerning the impact of war on society and its role in the social and cultural history of twentieth century Britain and/or Ireland
- Demonstrate in seminar participation and coursework an advanced understanding of the significant historiographical trends which have emerged addressing war, memory and the construction of national identities
- Demonstrate the ability to develop and sustain original scholarly arguments in oral and written form [in seminar discussions, presentations, and coursework] by independently formulating appropriate questions and utilising relevant evidence considered in the course
- Demonstrate [in seminar discussions, presentations, and coursework] originality and independence of mind and initiative; intellectual integrity and maturity; an ability to evaluate the work of others, including peers; and a considerable degree of autonomy
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Reading List
M. Cragoe and C. Williams (eds), Wales and War: Society, Politics and Religion in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2007), Introduction, pp. 1-14
Martin Francis '"The domestication of the male" Recent research on nineteenth and twentieth-century British masculinity' Historical Journal, 45, 3 (2002), pp. 637- 652
N. Hayes and J. Hill (eds), 'Millions Like Us?' British Culture in the Second World War (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1999)
Keith Jeffery, Ireland and the Great War (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000)
B. Korte and R. Schneider (eds) War and the Cultural Construction of Identities in Britain (Amsterdam: Rodopi BV, 2002)
K. Kumar, The Making of English National Identity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003)
K Lunn, Reconsidering 'Britishness': The Construction and Significance of National Identity in Twentieth-Century Britain in B Jenkins and S Sofos (eds) Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe (London: Routledge 1996), pp. 83- 100
Panikos Panayi, The enemy in our midst: Germans in Britain during the First World War (1991).
K. Robbins, Great Britain. Identities, Institutions and the Idea of Britishness (Harlow: Addison Wesley, 1998)
A. D. Smith National Identity (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1991)
Penny Summerfield, Reconstructing Women's Wartime Lives (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2008
P. Ward, Britishness Since 1870 (London: Routledge, 2004)
R. Weight, Patriots: National Identity in Britain 1940-2000 (London, Macmillan, 2002). |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | War Identities 20th Century Britain Ireland |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Wendy Ugolini
Tel: (0131 6)50 3766
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Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
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