The History of Asian Medicine aims to provide knowledge of the background and development of key concepts and practices in the history of Chinese medicine, with a secondary focus on the history of Tibetan and Indian medicine and their interrelatedness. It will describe the transmission of these Asian medical systems and traditions to Europe and the reception of traditional medicines in the modern world. The course will give a broad historical perspective, while at the same time focussing on the social, cultural and political contexts of key times of medical innovation.

Sources for Greek History offers an introduction to some of the main sources for archaic and classical Greek history, and to Greek ways of representing the...

Sources for Greek History offers an introduction to some of the main sources for archaic and classical Greek history, and to Greek ways of representing the past.  It tackles not only the major historical narratives - incorporating both oral traditions about the recent and distant past, written records, and eyewitness accounts - but also the key sources for our understanding of the politics, society, and culture of ancient Greece.  The latter include inscriptions, comedies, and law court speeches, as well as epic and didactic poetry.  The aim is to show what the peculiarities, strengths, and weaknesses of each of these sources are, and how these shape our knowledge of Greek social and political history.

Data, Politics and Society provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the politics and ethics of using large-scale, primarily human-generated, data, drawing...

ORIENTALISM|GÉRÔME|DELACROIX|ANDRÉ GIDE|ALBERT CAMUS|ASSIA DJEBAR|PONTECORVO|FRANTZ FANON

In this module, we shall examine the representation of women in Orientalist paintings by Gérôme and Delacroix, in the ‘erotic’ post...

In this module, we shall examine the representation of women in Orientalist paintings by Gérôme and Delacroix, in the ‘erotic’ post cards compiled by Malek Alloula in Le Harem colonial, in literary texts by André Gide, Albert Camus and Assia Djebar, in the filmic narrative of Pontecorvo, as well as in the theoretical and critical works of Frantz Fanon, Pierre Bourdieu and Tahar Ben Jelloun. By focusing on these visual and textual narratives the aim of this option is to probe and problematise the intersections of gender, race and sexuality. 

 

Primary Texts 

 

André Gide, L’immoraliste. 

Albert Camus, L’Étranger. 

Albert Camus, ‘La Femme adultère’ 

Malek Alloula, Le Harem colonial. 

Gillo Pontecorvo, La Bataille d’Alger 

Assia Djebar, Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement. 

Assia Djebar, L'amour, la fantasia 

Frantz Fanon, L’An cinq de la révolution algérienne. 

 

Coursework: Students will be required to give presentations in class. Satisfactory attendance at classes is a prerequisite for entry into the assessment process. 