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2012/13 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
HIST5815M The European Enlightenment
30 creditsClass Size: 14
Module manager: Dr SF Burrows
Email: s.f.burrows@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2012/13
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to:- discuss, evaluate and critically assess different definitions of enlightenment;
- show an advanced critical awareness of the historiography of the enlightenment;
- identify, analyse and assess the significance of the main streams of enlightenment thought;
- discuss the place of the enlightenment within social and cultural contexts.
Skills outcomes
Will develop the skills listed below:
- High-level skills in oral and written communication of complex ideas.
- Independence of mind and self-discipline and self-direction to work effectively under own initiative.
- Ability to locate, handle and synthesize large amounts of information.
- Ability to employ analytical, problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to engage constructively with the ideas of their peers, tutors and published sources.
- Empathy and active engagement with different cultural contexts.
Syllabus
This module will consider the enlightenment within its social and cultural contexts, paying special attention to recent historiographical trends. In particular students will be invited to consider recent work on the diffusion of ideas in the public sector and how it has affected our understanding of the impact and penetration of the enlightenment.
Individual seminars will explore topics such as:
- ways of conceiving the enlightenment;
- the enlightenment's social context;
- print and the public sphere;
- the enlightenment and religion;
- enlightenment and the state and counter-enlightenments.
Enlightenment attitudes to science, society, gender, and non-European societies will also be examined.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Seminar | 11 | 2.00 | 22.00 |
| Private study hours | 278.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 22.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300.00 | ||
Private study
Researching, preparing and writing assignments; undertaking set reading; and reading around the topic. 22Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Contributions to class discussions, assessed and/or non-assessed written exercises.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Essay | 3,000 word assessed essay to be submitted by 12 noon Monday of teaching week 10 | 50.00 |
| Essay | 3,000 word assessed essay to be submitted by 12 noon Monday of examination week 2 | 50.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 13/06/2013
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