| Semester 2, 2020 Online | |
| Short Description: | Women's European History Mast |
| Units : | 2 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of Humanities & Communication |
| Student contribution band : | Band 1 |
| ASCED code : | 090305 - History |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
Staffing
Examiner:
Requisites
Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MARA or MSTA or BAHN.
Enrolment is not permitted in HIS8005 if HIS4004 or HIS8004 have been previously completed.
Other requisites
Students will require access to e-mail and have internet access to UConnect for this course.
Rationale
This Honours and Masters course offers an advanced level of enquiry into the history and historiography of women鈥檚 emancipation from the social construction of gender. Students engage in History discipline practices of archival research and theoretical approaches, informed by feminist and postcolonial studies, to strengthen their expertise in both critical analysis and knowledge, relevant for their theses.
Synopsis
Students will examine and explore how women, who were traditionally silenced in official and other kinds of records, articulated and demonstrated political influence and power across a variety of Europe's cultural and social contexts throughout history, shaping transnational and global landscapes by the turn of the twentieth century. Students will investigate how women and men contested biblical, classical and medical teachings about gender differences, with an emphasis on the Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, revolutions, and suffrage movements as facilitators for women's freedom. Archival and other research, together with feminist and postcolonial perspectives, critical analysis, and historiographical interpretations enable students to communicate advanced levels of historical thinking and practice.
Objectives
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- conceptualise and synthesise complex theoretical and specialised scholarly knowledge in relation to gender and European histories as well as historiography;
- articulate an informed and critical awareness of relevant political, social, cultural and economic issues arising from the study of early and modern European history;
- demonstrate conceptual and critical analytical skills, and reflection, through the investigation and interpretation of primary and secondary source materials;
- communicate effectively in appropriate spoken and written language and by using scholarly conventions relevant to the discipline;
- express viewpoints with care, coherence and clarity in weekly seminars, assignments, and the final examination.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Foundations of gender relations, values and change: Introduction to gender in European history; The Mary Magdalen controversy: mothers, virgins and whores; Power relations: medieval nuns, female scholars and peasant women | 25.00 |
| 2. | Contesting attitudes during the Renaissance and Reformation: Narrating roles: diatribes against women and dissenting voices; Breaking with tradition: Joan of Arc and Christine de Pizan; Witchcrazes and witch hunts: gendered experience; What Renaissance?: The Republic of Letters and Protestantism | 35.00 |
| 3. | From decadence to enlightenment and revolution: Gender in the court; Dangerous Liaisons; The salonieres and the Enlightenment; Revolutionaries and nation-builders; Working class women | 35.00 |
| 4. | Women of the world: The Suffrage Movement up to 1900 | 5.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2020&sem=02&subject1=HIS8005)
Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)
Reference materials
Student workload expectations
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Directed 精东传媒app | 26.00 |
| Independent 精东传媒app | 304.00 |
Assessment details
| Description | Marks out of | Wtg (%) | Due Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORAL PRESENTATION | 100 | 15 | 24 Jul 2020 | (see note 1) |
| CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS | 100 | 30 | 25 Sep 2020 | |
| ESSAY | 100 | 30 | 19 Oct 2020 | |
| ONLINE EXAM | 100 | 25 | End S2 | (see note 2) |
Notes
- The oral presentation/short paper is based on an analysis of two primary sources relating to topics between weeks 3 and 9, and presented in oral and written format, with the paper due two weeks after the scheduled seminar. Students must choose a seminar topic by the end of Week 2.
- This will be an online exam. Students will be provided further instruction regarding the exam by their course examiner via 精东传媒appDesk. The examination date will be available via UConnect when the Alternate Assessment Schedule has been released.
Important assessment information
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Attendance requirements:
There are no attendance requirements for this course. However, it is the students鈥� responsibility to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. -
Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are: To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item.
Requirements after S2, 2020:
To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item. -
Penalties for late submission of required work:
Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4) -
Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are: To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.
Requirements after S2, 2020:
To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course. -
Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative items for the course. -
Examination information:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are: An Open Examination is one in which candidates may have access to any printed or written material and a calculator during the examination.
Requirements after S2, 2020:
Candidates are allowed to bring only writing and drawing instruments into a closed examination. -
Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are: The details regarding deferred/supplementary examinations will be communicated at a later date.
Requirements after S2, 2020:
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