History

The Early Modern World

Module code: V1227
Level 4
30 credits in autumn semester
Teaching method: Seminar, Lecture
Assessment modes: Portfolio

Between 1500-1800, individuals in different world regions experienced significant change in their daily lives. Developments in politics, religion, culture and the economy altered the fabric of society. This was a period of excitement and discovery, but it was also an era of conflict and disorder.

Across the globe, people acquired new means to explore, understand and shape the world around them, through new breakthroughs in science and medicine, and original forms of expression in art and culture. However, the expansion of colonialism and chattel slavery complicated this progress.

On this module, you’ll:

• engage with the latest scholarship and different primary sources
• develop academic and transferable skills in research, criticial thinking and writing
• gain in-depth knowledge and understanding of this formative period in world history.

Module learning outcomes

• Deploy valid and relevant historical evidence from the period 1500-1800 in order to craft persuasive and structured arguments.
• Critically engage with historical debates on early modern European and world history, using diverse primary source material.
• Effectively utilize feedback and self-reflection in order to evaluate and enhance academic work.
• Demonstrate transferable skills around the identifying, sifting and synthesizing of historical information and presenting this information in a variety of written forms.
• Apply the study of early modern history to real-world history and heritage contexts through fieldwork.