Week I
January 31 – February 2
The
course, its requirements, how to study etc.
Definitions: What is “empire”? What is the difference between “empire”, “colonialism” and “imperialism”? Can a country be imperialist without having an empire? Use web and library sources to research the various elements that historians and others have argued compose an Empire.
The empire of the seas. What was the role of the sea and
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/passages/h8-222-e.html
Encounters in the
Empire and Food.
Empire is not just a matter of navies, battles and international
rivalries. It also comes to be deeply
interwoven with the daily life of people in
Use the web and the library to research this question.
Making Englishment out of Indians. What methods did the British intend to make Indians into replicas of themselves in the early nineteenth century?
John Stuart Mill, “On Colonization.”
The British diaspora in the nineteenth century.
How and why did self government begin to come to the white settler
colonies in the nineteenth century? And
why was it more evident in some places like
Week 9 March
28 – March 30
Sex and Empire. How was racial exclusion imposed?
Ann Stoler, “Sexual Affronts and Racial
Frontiers” in Ann Stoler and Frederick Cooper, Tensions of Empire (
Week 10
April 4 – April 6
Robinson, Gallagher and Denny,
Week 11 April 11
– April 13
Exam Discussion
Women and Empire. What was the social role of women in maintaining and running the Empire?
Margaret Strobel,
Simon Dagut, “Gender, Women’s History and
the Construction of Social Distance: Middle Class women in later nineteenth
century South
Colonial Nationalism. Different ways of
confronting the Empire. Gandhi in
Gandhi,
Yesterday
and Today: What are the lessons in
the history of the
Krishan Kumar,
Is there anything else you want to know? Preparation for exam.