MEDIEVAL HISTORY|MATERIAL CULTURE|LONDON|MIDDLE AGES|MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

This module explores medieval history through the study of material culture, both artefacts in museum collections (such as the British Museum and the Wellcome)...

Medieval History in London Collections (HIST0288)

This module explores medieval history through the study of material culture, both artefacts in museum collections (such as the British Museum and the Wellcome) and surviving medieval buildings in London (such as St Bartholomew the Great). Taking a thematic approach, it considers the principal social, political and cultural characteristics of the late Middle Ages (c.1000-1500).

Art History and Visual Cultures|History of Art

This course offers an overview of technologies used to create artworks and cultural objects, from early modernity to the present. These might include but will...

Introduction to Media and Technologies (HART0148)

This course offers an overview of technologies used to create artworks and cultural objects, from early modernity to the present. These might include but will not be limited to print technologies, still and moving image--photography, video, televised media - and mechanical and electronic projection devices. From paints, prints, daguerreotypes and celluloid strips through electromagnetic signals to bit steams, you will be introduced to the materiality of communication. Challenging the traditional genealogies of media, we will explore the media’s material histories, affordances, and the limits of their use. This class provides a foundation for a profound understanding of the methods and materials used by the makers, at different times and in a multitude of locations, and under consideration of social and technological contexts.

This course aims to develop students’ critical engagement with the ways in which gender and generation both influence, and are influenced by, experiences...

Gender, Generation and Forced Migration (GEOG0129)

This course aims to develop students’ critical engagement with the ways in which gender and generation both influence, and are influenced by, experiences of forced migration across a range of geographical contexts. The module will include topics from the following: feminist and gendered approaches to the study of forced migration; gendered causes and experiences of forced migration; safety and danger in refugee camps; children and forced migration; men, masculinities and forced migration; the role of ‘the personal’ and ‘the political’ in refugee status determination; gendered representations of asylum-seekers and refugees; gender, trafficking and border control; and gender and durable solutions. The policy implications of gendered analyses of forced migration will be highlighted throughout.

The course aims:

To develop students’ understanding of the historical development of feminist and gendered critiques of and contributions to Refugee and Forced Migration Studies as a field of academic study and practice, especially since the 1970s
	To understand the heterogeneity of lived experiences of displacement, including in contexts of individual, family- based and mass displacement; in the global South and global North; and in spaces including refugee camps and urban contexts.
	To understand the gendered implications of different ways of representing and responding to forced migration
	To evaluate the advantages and limitations of feminist and gendered ‘lenses’ in academia, policy and practice, including vis-à-vis developing a “special” or “particular” focus on women, children, and LGBTI persons.
	To engage critically with key debates regarding the gendered underpinning and implications of concepts such as protection, vulnerability, risk, agency, structure, consent
	To engage critically with stakeholders’ stated aims of promoting social change, female empowerment, gender equality etc.