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On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Explore in detail the connections between the key themes interrogated throughout the course and the phenomenon of famine as it effected nineteenth century Ireland
- Develop an awareness of comparative approaches to history.
- Develop a working knowledge of the relevant key debates in international famine studies, and of the historiography of the Great Famine in particular.
- Critically engage with a variety of primary and secondary material.
- Contribute regularly and in a meaningful way to class discussion.
- Write scholarly essays to the standard of a final year student of history.
The module addresses such topics as:
- The political economy of famine
- Vulnerability, entitlement and scarcity
- Land, environment and ecology
- Disease, health and medicine
- Relief, charity and humanitarianism
- Technologies of famine
- War, violence and revolution
- Displacement, dispersal and migration
- Gender and sexuality
- Representation: art, literature and media
- Memory, folklore and commemoration
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 10 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 20 |
Specified Learning Activities | 95 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 95 |
Total | 220 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Essay: a 4000 word research essay with full scholarly apparatus (footnotes, bibliography etc.) | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Attendance: Students are expected to complete readings, familiarise themselves with set texts, and contribute in an informed fashion to discussion in weekly seminars. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Presentation: Students will deliver a 20 minute presentation exploring a weekly topic on a theme of their choosing. A 1500 written version of the presentation drawing on primary and secondary sources is required | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
- Feedback will be given on an individual basis to students on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment. - Feedback on continuous assessment will be delivered both individually and to the class verbally and in writing throughout the semester. - Feedback on end-of-semester essay will be delivered individually and to the class on drafts and essay plans before final submission, and by appointment after submission and grading has taken place.
Name | Role |
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Mr Peter Hession | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |