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SOURCES OF CULTURAL HISTORY

Code: HIST520

Credits: 30

Semester: Semester 2

This module explores ‘Sources in Cultural History’ by introducing students to a broad range of sources associated with the study of cultural history, including aspects of oral history, visual culture, film and the mass media, and written texts. In weekly two-hour seminars we will explore a variety of key texts that engage with a number of different primary sources, developing a critical awareness of the interpretive problems and possibilities associated with certain source materials. Seminars are based on roundtable discussion, in conjunction with informal, mini-lectures and group work, designed to explore ongoing historiographical and theoretical debates over approaches to and interpretations of primary sources.