HIST 323 — Colonial and Modern India Studies
History · University of Ghana
This unique programme is designed to enable students both to develop an understanding of Indian history from the 18th to the 21st century and to study areas of special interest. ‗Colonial and Modern Indian Studies‘ aims to provide an opportunity to understand the emergence of contemporary modern India in the context of India‘s colonial past. The course will provide an interdisciplinary approach to Indian society through critical historical studies. Covering over 300 years of Indian history since 1700, the course will examine the history of India to understand how colonialism shaped, changed, and brought together over time modern India. Concepts such as caste, gender, power, and nationalism and their importance in contemporary Indian society will be examined. In short, this course is aimed to introduce students to the emergence of modernity on Indian subcontinent and its various historical dimensions.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- HIST 311 — History of Ghana up to 1800
- HIST 313 — History of Africa up to 1500
- HIST 315 — The Black Diaspora
- HIST 317 — Economic History of West Africa: 1700 to 1890
- HIST 319 — Aspects of Early Modern European History
- HIST 321 — Islam and Christianity in Africa
- HIST 326 — History of Africa up to 1800
- HIST 332 — The History of Western Medicine in Ghana
- HIST 334 — Women in History
- HIST 336 — History of Pan-Africanism
- HIST 111 — Earliest Civilizations
- HIST 112 — Selected Topics in World History
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).