HIST102 Australia to 1890
10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week, usually 2 lectures and 1 tutorial.
This is a general survey of the history of Australia from the coming of the Aborigines and the Europeans, through to the 1880s. It includes study of prehistory, the penal system, pastoral expansion, race relations, the gold rushes, immigration, urbanisation, agricultural settlement, and the development of education, cultures, religion and identity.
HIST104 Indigenous Peoples in Settler Colonies
10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week of lecture/seminar sessions. Specific case studies will be focused on in weekly seminars.
This unit aims to establish a broad global and comparative framework for the study of the spread of settler societies and their interactions with indigenous peoples and cultures from ancient times to recent history. It seeks patterns of interaction and change particularly in Southern Africa, Oceania and the Americas, but with some reference to the Asian region. Case studies of Southern Africa, New Zealand and North America will be used for comparative understanding and argument. Issues of historical sources and ways of interpretation will be explored.
HIST105 Early Modern Europe
10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation 2 one-hour lectures per week and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
In addition there will be some videos scheduled outside normal teaching sessions which students may attend. (Videos which are directly relevant to a lecture topic may be scheduled for inclusion in a lecture or tutorial).
This unit covers major themes in European history from the Renaissance and Reformation (ca. 1500) through to the latter half of the Eighteenth Century (ca. 1789). Students will be introduced to major developments in Renaissance and Reformation Europe from the High Renaissance (1450-1500) and the age of the Reformation, Counter Reformation, religious wars the Thirty Years War, the Intellectual Revolution of the seventeenth century and Europe in the age of absolutism and the enlightenment.
HIST106 Australian Indigenous Peoples – Past and Present
10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation A variety of techniques will be used, including: guest lectures, lectures, tutorials, workshops, field trips, multi-media forms.
This unit is designed to offer students a greater understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, history and contemporary issues. The unit will focus on the diversity of Indigenous Australia with particular emphasis on the cultures and history of the region in which it is being taught, through involvement of, and consultation with, Indigenous community members in planning and implementation. Major themes will include: Traditional Cultures and Histories; Contemporary Cultures and Issues and Contributions of Indigenous People in the Making of Australia.
HIST107 Modern Australia
10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week, usually 2 lectures and 1 tutorial.
This is a general survey of Australian history from around the 1880s to the present. It includes study of the challenges of the 1890s, federation, White Australia and “the Australian Settlement”, the World Wars, depressions, political developments, social change and changing national identity, immigration and race issues, changes in international relations as well as cultural, religious and educational developments.
HIST200 Ancient Rome 133BC - AD14
10 cp
Prerequisites 1 History unit at introductory 100-level
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week of lectures and tutorials
This unit is a study of Roman social and political history from the Gracchi to the death of the first emperor, Augustus. Subject areas to be examined include the career of Pompey, the activities of the first and second triumvirates, the changing status of the Senate and non-Romans, the dictatorship of Julius Caesar, the civil war, the career of Octavian/Augustus and the changes brought about with the beginning of imperial rule.
HIST201 Global Approaches to Women’s History
10 cp
Prerequisites 1 History unit at introductory 100-level or 1 Gender Studies unit at introductory 100-level
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent of lectures and seminars.
This unit examines the changing historical experiences and status of women in a global and comparative framework from ancient to recent times. The unit aims to build a sense of women’s experience in different regions such as Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Specific case studies will be used among traditional and colonial societies in Africa and Asia and in ancient and medieval Europe as well as the effect of industrialisation on women in both America and Europe. Students will draw together a comparative feminist critique from these specific case studies.
HIST202 The Ancient Near East
10 cp
Prerequisites 1 History unit at introductory 100-level
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week of lectures and tutorials.
This unit introduces and analyses the social, cultural and religious institutions of a number of Near Eastern civilisations. Specific areas covered include Mesopotamia, the ‘cradle’ of civilisation, Assyrian imperialism, Persian administration and religion propaganda, and a number of issues and personalities associated with the Old and New Kingdoms of Ancient Egypt.
HIST204 Australian Family History
10 cp
Prerequisites Australian Studies major/minor: 1 Australian Studies unit at introductory 100-level
Gender Studies minor: 1 Gender Studies unit at introductory 100-level
Teaching Organisation Lectures, audio–visuals, seminars, tutorials. An excursion to Richmond Villa (Society of Australian Genealogists), the State Archives and/or the State Library.
This unit provides grounding in the principles of genealogy and genealogical research, personal names and their meanings and the basic elements of heraldry, with particular reference to Australia. Students will complete a major project on their own family.
HIST205 Australian Social History
10 cp
Prerequisites 1 History unit at introductory 100-level
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent of lectures and seminar–type tutorials.
This unit enables students to follow up survey units in Australian history by deeper study of specialised fields in social history, relating this to recent developments in Australian historiography. Topics may be chosen from urbanisation, gender relations, sport, Aboriginal history, immigration and war.
HIST206 Comparative History of Immigrant Peoples
10 cp
Prerequisites History major/minor: 1 History unit at introductory 100-level
Teaching Organisation 3 hours of lectures and tutorials per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
This unit involves a broad global and comparative exploration of the patterns of migration and the histories of immigrant peoples, especially in modern times. Case studies will be done to analyse the variety of diverse and similar patterns of migration, in particular the Jewish diaspora, the Atlantic slave trade and the making of Black America and the Chinese overseas in southeast Asia and the Pacific islands; drawing patterns of comparative understanding; exploring issues of historical sources and ways of interpretation.
HIST208 European Fascism 1870 – 1945
10 cp
Prerequisites 1 History unit at introductory 100-level
Teaching Organisation 1.5 hours lecture and 1.5 hours tutorial per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
Examines the phenomenon of European Fascism, which was a dominating force in European history from the mid-1920s through to 1945. It will also study centres of resistance to the Fascist regimes. The reappearance of various forms of European fascism in the post war years will also be considered. The unit will also study the historiography of European Fascism (ca 1930-1990), thus enabling students to enhance their skill in critical analysis of primary and secondary sources and historical methodology.
HIST209 Germany 1866-1945
10 cp
Prerequisites 1 History unit at introductory 100-level
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent of lectures and seminars.
This unit will trace the history of Germany commencing with the ascendancy of Prussia in the German Confederation and the subsequent unification of Germany under Bismarck in 1871. It will then focus on the domestic and foreign policies of Imperial Germany including its war aims during the Great War. It then examines Germany’s attempt to establish a Republic after the defeat of 1918. The dictatorship of Adolf Hitler will then be examined. Attention will be focused on the various historiographical debates concerning Nazi Germany including the more recent ones concerning the Holocaust.
HIST210 European Expansion 1500-1800
10 cp
Prerequisites 1 History unit at introductory 100-level
Teaching Organisation 3 hours of lectures and tutorials per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
This unit examines European expansion from 1500 to 1800 in the context of central developments in Europe in that period, including the various aspects of early Modern Europe which gave it the power to dominate much of the world at that time. It focuses on the impact of European colonisation and contact with societies in Asia and the Americas. The unit will conclude with an examination of the American War of Independence and its implications for the British Empire in particular and America’s relationship with Europe in general.
