Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Online
Workshop
Module Offerings
6501SRCHEL-SEP-PAR
Aims
1. To apply historiographical themes in the study of decolonisation to a set of case-studies in the Southeast Asia region.
2. To examine the programme themes of 'nation, state and power', ‘structure and agency’ and 'culture, locale and identity' in relation to decolonisation in the developing world, and specifically in Southeast Asia.
3. To demonstrate variety and diversity in the experience of decolonization, particularly in Southeast Asia.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically evaluate and demonstrate specialist knowledge of historiographical approaches to the study of decolonisation, and apply these in a Southeast Asian context.
2.
Demonstrate historical skills in critical analysis of secondary and/or primary source material concerned with decolonisation
3.
With empathy and imagination, compare and contrast the decolonisation experience in at least two Southeast Asian countries.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Indigenous interpretations of decolonisation
Imperial interpretations of decolonisation
International interpretations of decolonisation
Indonesia
Vietnam
Malaya
Malaysia (including Singapore and Brunei)
Burma
The Philippines
East Timor
Additional Information:The first part of this module examines a number of approaches to the study of the swift and dramatic end of the European empires at the end of the Second World War. It critically assesses interpretations of decolonisation based upon three main factors: the emergence of anti-colonial nationalism, the policies of the imperial powers and global change in a superpower age. These historiographical approaches are subsequently applied and tested in a series of case studies from Southeast Asia - one of the world's most diverse and dynamic regions.