Year: Second
Part of the year: Half Year 1
Module Leader: Dr Gary Moses
Assessments:
Keywords:
modern history; nineteenth century; Victorian studies; cultural history; age of equipoise; popular culture; social relations; leisure and sport; juvenile delinquency
Description:
Conflict and Cultures examines an important period in modern English history and introduces students to a range of interpretations of the nature of English society in the years 1850-1880. Much of this period has been interpreted as an ‘Age of Equipoise’: a time of relative equilibrium in society, culture, and politics after decades of turbulence and disorder. The module will critically engage with this notion and, in doing so, offer you the opportunity to develop a rigorous understanding of these years and their interpretation by social historians. The module will build on your experiences at level 1 history and encourage you to more deeply engage with historical debate and handle sources of greater detail and complexity. The formative and summative assessments will focus on helping you to develop your academic skills in areas such as: interpreting primary sources and advancing research skills; critically evaluating historian’s interpretations and utilising them in arguments; academic writing and presentation; debating with your peers; understanding the relationship between history and other academic disciplines. Topics studied include: Mid-Victorian England: An Age of Equipoise?; Philanthropy and Moral Reform; Religion and the Rise of Respectable Society; The Rise of Sport and Leisure; Youth and Moral Panic; Class Formation and Class Relations; Women, Work and Controversy; Perceptions of the Urban Poor; Drink, Opium, and the Victorians.
Prerequisites: N/A
Useful Information:
Modern History, nineteenth century; Victorian studies; cultural history.
Indicative Reading:
C. Emsley, Crime and Society in England, 1750-1914 (2010).
K.T. Hoppen, The Mid-Victorian Generation 1846-1886 (1998).
M. Hewitt, (ed.), The Victorian World (2012).
S. Steinbach, Understanding The Victorians (2016).
D. Taylor, Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1750-1914 (1998).
Teaching methods/structure:
Lectures with interactive elements; seminar workshops; lecture workshops; interpreting and contextualising primary sources; interpreting and debating historiography; independent reading and research; developing historical analysis and interpretation.
Should you require to look at the full module specification please contact the School Admin Team at AAHSchool.admin@ntu.ac.uk
Contact details for further queries (module leader):
Dr Gary Moses MAE 314
Tel: 0115 848 3076
Email: gary.moses@ntu.ac.uk