UNSW Handbook Course - Barbarians, Peasants & Vampires: Eastern Europe in History & Imagination

Barbarians, Peasants & Vampires: Eastern Europe in History & Imagination - HIST3109


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of History
	Contact: Cove,Sally
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 12 units of credit at the HIST2000 level; Excluded: EURO3001
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)

Description

Examines imaginative representations of East European peoples through history, drawing on evidence from visual images, travel writing, and chronicles. Clarifies the connections between history, mythology, demonisation and romanticism in West European depictions of 'the East', and Eastern self-representation.

Learning Outcomes

Students will gain a comprehensive knowledge of significant issues and events in East European history and the history of East-West relations, particularly of the 19th and 20th century and will gain or expand on an appreciation and ability to apply both long-established and cutting-edge theoretical approaches to themes such as identity, memory, gender, representation and collectivity in history/historical discourse.

Assessment

Research Essay (3000 words) - 40%
Text Analysis (1500 words) - 20%
Seminar Paper - 20%
Participation - 20%

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