Modern South Asian and Indian Ocean History and Historiography
HIST 2693
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Description
This seminar is designed as a graduate level examination of trends and debates in historical research and writing on modern South Asia and the Indian Ocean. Topics include different modes of representing the past, culture and power in colonial and nationalist history and historiography, methods and schools of history, the inter-regional and global connections of the subcontinent, and varieties of post-colonial historical writing. Readings include major historical works in this field.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
History
Course Component
Seminar
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Social Sciences
Course Level
Primarily for Graduate Students
