MO3057 The Age of Atlantic Revolutions

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

To be confirmed

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Module coordinator

Dr A D Edwards

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Module Staff

Dr Andrew Edwards

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Module description

In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a wave of revolutions swept the Atlantic world. They shook the empires that had controlled this area of the globe, launched bold new experiments in democratic politics, and challenged or overthrew existing political, social, cultural, religious, and racial hierarchies. They were accompanied by considerable violence. This module examines this remarkable episode in world history. It concentrates on the American, French, and Haitian revolutions, and devotes significant attention to issues of gender and violence, the overall global context, and theories of revolution. It introduces students both to some of the most important historical works and primary texts of the period.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2-hour seminar (x 10 weeks) and 1 office hour (x 11 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

20

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

280

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • By the end of the module, students will be able to improve their ability to write coherent, analytical arguments about complex subjects.
  • By the end of the module, students will be able to demonstrate an ability to analyze, present, and verbally debate arguments using a variety of primary and secondary source materials.
  • By the end of the module, students will be able to show a deep understanding of the debates over the nature of “revolution” in the modern world.
  • By the end of the module, students will be able to understand the way the American, French, and Haitian revolutions were related both as historical events and objects of scholarly inquiry.