This module explores the system of slavery established in the United States and the lived experience of those enslaved by it.
Full information about this module-- including the video lectures and seminar readings-- can be found on the module website.
Please click on the link:
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/students/modules/hi2c9/
While Historiography I
introduced students to key methodological and theoretical approaches in
history writing from the Enlightenment to roughly the 1990s,
Historiography II explores such themes from the 1990s to the present.
However, unlike Historiography I, the 9 lectures/seminars do not proceed
chronologically. Instead, each week focuses on a different important
theme/theory/methodology which is currently hotly debated among academic
historians. Each lecture is therefore presented by a member of staff
specialised in the week’s theme. While each lecture will start off with a
brief introduction into the historiography of the subject, the bulk of
it will concentrate on the individual lecturer’s methodological and
theoretical approach. Historiography II aims to offer students a clear
idea of what is currently exciting and important in Anglo-American
academic history writing. It will develop students’ abilities in study,
research, and oral and written communication, through a programme of
seminars, lectures and essay work. Students are encouraged to link their
studies in Historiography II with their other second- and third-year
modules. Historiographical knowledge will help students to choose a
dissertation topic and supervisor in year 3.
“Folklore expresses fundamental human needs, desires, and anxieties which are often not revealed through other means” (Simon J. Bronner). It allows people to create traditions, share knowledge, and give meaning to everyday life. The folklore of the British Isles has always been in a constant process of regeneration. The old and the new, the oral, the textual, and the visual have mixed and mingled. Folklore has moved from the countryside to towns and cities and now to the Internet as digital communication encourages new forms of vernacular expression.
The module focuses on folklore beliefs, practices, and representations from prehistory to the present. Topics include: the ritual year; birth, marriage, and death; the supernatural; place; work and play; urban legends and cyberlore. The module considers similarities and differences between England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland and it also encourages you to reflect on the broader global framework.