A Detailed Study of a Selected Topic (ARCL0047)

The dissertation is a 10,000-word piece of written-up research based on fieldwork, museum work, laboratory work, other forms of analytical work, or library/archive work (or any combination of these). The written account of your dissertation research is different from an essay - you are expected to outline aims and objectives, methods and results. You are expected to apply your own critical judgment to your chosen research area and discuss your own ideas alongside the published ideas of others working in the same field. You will be guided in your choice of topic, in your programme of fieldwork or data collection, and in the writing up of your results by your Dissertation Supervisor, the Third Year Tutor, and the Dissertation Handbook. The 'Dissertation Timetable' provides an important framework for pacing your work and for having regular meetings with your Dissertation Supervisor and the Third Year Tutor.

Further information is available here https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/study/undergraduate/courses/detailed-study-selected-topic-dissertation

This module is for half-year affiliate students only. Please see the 30-credit full-year version, HIST0075, for the full module description.

Please be aware...

India and the Global Economy, 1500-Present Affiliate (HIST0681)

This module is for half-year affiliate students only. Please see the 30-credit full-year version, HIST0075, 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.

The fall of China&#039;s last imperial dynasty in 1911 ushered in a period of political instability, fragmentation, and social discontent. This module explores...

War, Rebellion, and Social Discontent in Modern China (HIST0073)

The fall of China's last imperial dynasty in 1911 ushered in a period of political instability, fragmentation, and social discontent. This module explores the themes of war, revolution, and social discontent in the first half of twentieth-century China. Challenging conceptual assumptions of what constitutes 'modern China', students will be encouraged to think broadly about key concepts pertaining to modernity, state-society relations, civil society, regional fragmentation, rural-urban divide, and the impact of war on society and people. The module will consider this period through an examination of: competing ideas of political governance and contestation, nation-building, the changing role of intellectuals, the rise of militarism, shifting gender relations and familial dynamics, the formation of ideology, the emergence of new social groups, the role of peasants, the social impact of war, and the flowering of urban and popular culture. Students will also be encouraged to draw upon their existing historical knowledge to explore comparisons and parallels between China and other parts of the world.