History

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D23-AA-SPC+1020 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Year and Campus:	2010

Coordinator

Dr Catherine Kovesi
School of Historical Studies
Email: c.kovesi@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre
arts-gradstudies@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:	see course overview
Objectives:	Students who complete the postgraduate diploma should: demonstrate a sound understanding of the main developments in past and contemporary historical theory; understand the issues involved in debates about historical knowledge; become acquainted with the contemporary debates about the relationship of historical theory to other areas of social enquiry.
Structure & Available Subjects:	The Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires: Thesis 12,000 words (37.5 points) Electives (62.5 points) Total 100 points - subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.
Subject Options:	Thesis subject Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: HIST40028 History Thesis Semester 1, Semester 2 18.75 Elective subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: HIST40006 Major Issues in Roman History Semester 1 12.50 HIST40008 Memory and Violence in Ireland Semester 1 12.50 INTS90004 Cosmopolitanism: Beyond Multiculturalism Semester 1 12.50 HIST90023 The Writing of Australian History Semester 1 12.50 HIST40032 American Publics Semester 1 12.50 HIST40030 History for Historians Semester 1 12.50 CULS40010 Secret Life of Things: Material Culture Semester 1 12.50 HIST40031 Famine in Historical Perspective Semester 1 12.50 131-422 Asia in Paradigms of World History Not offered in 2010 12.50 HIST40027 New Histories of Australian Politics Semester 2 12.50 HIST90014 Gender: Representations and Histories Semester 2 12.50 AUST90007 Imaging Australian Spaces Semester 2 12.50 HIST90029 Fascist Europe Semester 2 12.50 HIST90028 Medieval Manuscripts & Early Print August 12.50 HIST90025 Postcolonial and Indigenous Histories Semester 2 12.50 HIST90027 Middle Eastern Wars: Jihad & Resistance Semester 2 12.50 HIST90026 History, Memory and Violence in Asia Semester 2 12.50 HIST90024 International History Semester 2 12.50 131-412 Jews and Money: Myth and Historiography Not offered in 2010 12.50 131-463 World War Two in Asia and the Pacific Not offered in 2010 12.50 131-553 International Relations from 1945 Not offered in 2010 12.50 102-497 A Century of Australian Social Policy Not offered in 2010 12.50 131-704 The Medieval and Renaissance Body Not offered in 2010 12.50 131-702 History Practice: Materials and Methods Not offered in 2010 12.50 131-406 Aspects of Stalinism Not offered in 2010 12.50 131-419 The Troubles in Northern Ireland 1968-98 Not offered in 2010 12.50 131-454 Art, Family & Politics: The Renaissance Not offered in 2010 12.50
Links to further information:	http://www.historical-studies.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s):	Postgraduate Diploma in Arts

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