The module will examine the history of the caliphate in the central Islamic lands from the death of Prophet Muhammad in 632 until the breakup of the political...

The Great Caliphs, 632-1000 CE (HIST0876)

The Great Caliphs, 632-1000 CE (HIST0862)

RUSSIA|RUSSIAN HISTORY|EUROPEAN HISTORY|EARLY MODERN HISTORY

This module is for half-year affiliate students only. Please see the 30-credit full-year version, HIST0488, for the full module description.

Please be aware...

History of Russia 1598-1856 A (HIST0489)

This module is for half-year affiliate students only. Please see the 30-credit full-year version, HIST0488, for the full module description.

Please be aware that you will only be covering half of the module content described in the full module description (content covered in Term 1 or Term 2, depending on your time with us).

If you require any further information, please contact the History Taught Programmes Team.

GLOBAL HEALTH|EVALUATION|RESEARCH PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING|EPIDEMIOLOGY

This module will cover the main theories and methods of evaluating health and development interventions. The simple question of whether an intervention...

This module explores the complex and contested knowledge practices at the heart of contemporary environmental science and politics, examining how social...

This module explores the complex and contested knowledge practices at the heart of contemporary environmental science and politics, examining how social scientists have contributed to understanding the processes of environmental knowledge production, consumption and articulation. The module explores issues like the relationship between nature, environment, and government; notions of waste and repair; urban environmental politics; and the dynamics of environmental knowledge controversies.

The course aims:

To introduce students to the social and geographical study of environmental knowledge
	To foster understanding of a range of contemporary approaches to the study of environmental knowledge like the risk society, co-production, expertise, actor-network theory,urban political ecology, local and indigenous knowledge, and techniques of counter-mapping and controversy mapping.
	To encourage critical understanding and reflection on a series of key issues in the study of environmental knowledge.