HIS-20090 - Company and Crown in India 1818-1928: the cultural history of the Raj
Coordinator: Shalini Sharma Room: CBB1.060 Tel: +44 1782 7 33206
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Level: Level 5
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733147

Programme/Approved Electives for 2022/23

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Yes

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

N/A

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2022/23

Who were the people who shaped and were shaped by the British Raj or British India? This module is about the people that lived through that experience , their lives and their encounters and their beliefs and identities. We will look at how British India became a place of opportunity, opening up career prospects for different types of Indian and British people and a site of political possibility where different types of nations and nationalism were envisaged. We will explore both biography and environment: looking at these themes through the life stories of Indians and British, and through the spaces that the Indians and British built together. The colonial encounter was based on inequality, but also collaboration and Indian ways of life and Indian people shaped British identity and policy in the east in almost every aspect of the encounter. By examining these formative moments this module will help us understand better the making and, eventually, the breaking, of the culture of the Raj.

Aims
To examine the experience of Indian and British people during the consolidation of British rule; to calibrate the responses of Indian people to British administration, justice, and military action; to characterise the range of British interventions in India, in political, social, economic and cultural terms; to evaluate the scope for meaningful contact between communities of British and Indian people.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/his-20090/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

recognise and account for the different levels of relationships between Indians and the British in nineteenth century India
: 1,2
explain the different forms of cultural production at work in the Raj and their varied nature (on a spectrum from collaborative/affectionate to conflicting/violent): 1,2
read critically and identify key issues for seminar discussion and essay writing: 1,2
deploy effective and relevant arguments in written and oral forms: 1,2
analyze different kinds primary evidence that relate to the history of nineteenth century India: 1,2
demonstrate sound knowledge of key concepts and historical debates on colonial India beyond recorded lecture content: 1,2
apply research to write effective argument based responses to timed examination questions that are based on key historical debates of the British Raj: 2

Study hours

12 hours = lectures
24 hours = seminars/workshops
2 hours = timed, unseen exam
54 hours = seminar preparation /reading
28 hours = portfolio commentary research, writing and preparation
30 hours = examination revision

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Portfolio weighted 50%
Two 500-word commentaries, one on a primary source and one on a colonial biography.
Two 500-word commentaries. The first will be on a reading of a primary source on the imperial encounter and the second a biography of `an imperial subject', Indian or British. These portfolio commentaries, combined with the exam, will give students the opportunity to read and analyse primary, secondary and biographical literature. Students will also be given the choice of whether to submit the encounter or biography first so that they can tackle each item at their own pace.

2: Unseen Exam weighted 50%
28-hour unseen exam
A 28 hour take home examination where students are invited to tackle one essay questions from a list of eight.