Module Specifications.
Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025
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Date posted: September 2024
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Description This is a team taught module that uses case studies from a wide range of geographical and chronological contexts to explore the uses of history in contemporary societies. Appeals to history have been used variously as a way of justifying political and social movements, military activities, state building and atrocities. Using these case studies will encourage students to think critically about the discipline of history and assess it not as a list of facts, but rather a range of powerful (and often inaccurate) narratives that have serious impacts on the world we live in. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Reflect critically on the ways in which societies use history to justify contemporary social and political actions and movements 2. Identify and discuss specific examples of the presentist use of history 3. Present reasoned written arguments about the ways in which history has been used as a justification for political actions 4. Demonstrate awareness of the ways in which history is deliberately misinterpreted in the present day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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