Postgraduate taught 

Modern History MSc/PgDip

Gender, Politics And Power HIST5008

  • Academic Session: 2025-26
  • School: School of Humanities
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Either Semester 1 or Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

This course will introduce students to key theoretical frameworks and approaches in gender history, drawing on expertise from across the Gender History teaching team. Students will engage with theoretical readings from history and allied disciplines and consider how these might be applied in specific historical contexts with broad regional and chronological scope.

Timetable

10x 2hr seminars as scheduled on My Campus.

Excluded Courses

HIST5169: Gender History Concepts (DL)

HIST5196: Gender History Concepts

Co-requisites

None.

Assessment

Oral presentation (10 minutes with slides) -- 30%

Essay (3,500 words) -- 70%

Course Aims

The course aims to:

- introduce students to the key theoretical frameworks in gender history
- facilitate the application of these theoretical frameworks to specific historical sources and contexts across a broad time span.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ achieve a sound knowledge of key theoretical approaches in gender history and apply this understanding.

■ assess the strengths and limitations of particular theoretical views in relation to specific historical contexts and debates

■ apply advanced skills in the evaluation and presentation of historical material

■ apply theories of gender to the historical study of gender, politics and power

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.