COURSE STRUCTURE - Christ University Structure...COURSE STRUCTURE Introduction to the Programme. The Department of History offers a three year undergraduate programme in History as

COURSE STRUCTURE

Introduction to the Programme.

The Department of History offers a three year undergraduate programme in History as part of a triple major, along with Economics and Political Science .A student is required to study one History paper in each of the first four semesters .In the Fifth and Sixth semesters there are two papers per semester, thus making it a total of eight papers spread across three years. There is also a provision for students to opt for an additional elective in the sixth semester which is research based dissertation writing for hundred marks carrying three credits.

Programme Objectives:

The predominant concern of the programme is to orient the students to articulate history in a conceptual mode, where in ideas; debates and ideological affiliations are understood and inferred in an analytical manner.

I SEMESTER

Course Code Title Hours Marks Credits

HIS 131 Modern India 5 100 4

II SEMESTER


HIS 231 Contemporary India from 1947 to

2000

5 100 4

III SEMESTER


HIS 331 Post Colonial Asia 1945 to 2000 5 100 4

IV SEMESTER


HIS 431 Research and Writing 5 100 4

V SEMESTER


HIS 531 Conceptual Approaches to Ancient and

Medieval India

4 100 4

HIS 532 Indian Architectural Identities 4 100 4

VI SEMESTER


HIS 631 Post War Discourses 1945 - 2000 4 100 4

HIS 632 Historiography – Concepts, Schools

and Debates.

4 100 4

HIS 641 Additional Elective - Dissertation 100 3

Assessment

Pattern

CIA

ESE

50% 50%

Courses Outline: There are eight papers in History spread across three years carrying a total of thirty two credits. Each year is categorized into two semesters, thus making the entire programme a six semester’s course. While the first four semesters have five lecture hours per week, the last two semesters have eight hours a week. Sixth semester also has a choice based additional elective. The courses are a combination of empirical, skill and thought based papers such as Contemporary India, Research and Writing, Post Colonial Asia, Indian architectural Identities and Historiography. Detailed Course Description. Course Code: HIS 131- MODERN INDIA 75Hrs Course Description - The main objective of this paper is to examine the history of the Indian subcontinent when it was a British colony. The idea is to understand and trace the emergence of modern India from 19th century onwards. The emphasis in understanding is on concepts, ideas and movements rather than events. Course Learning Outcome : It provides a background in understanding the history of Post independent India specifically in the context of the Colonial past.

Unit 1 19th C India 17 Hours Level of Knowledge: Conceptual

a) Introduction to Colonialism, Mercantilism, Imperialism. b) British revenue policies – The Permanent Zamindari Settlement.

The Mahalwari System – The Ryatwari System – Ruralization & disintegration of Village Economy.

c) Commercialization of agriculture & Deindustrialization. Unit 2 Resistance to Colonization 15 Hours Level of Knowledge: Basic

a) Civil Rebellions & Tribal Uprisings - Bengal, East India & South India. b) Revolt of 1857 – Historiographical writings – Nature, Course & impact. c) The Development of Famine Policy – Famines during Colonial India –Strachey

Commission of 1880 – MacDonnell Commission – Bengal Famine of 1942-43. Unit 3 Formation of National Identity 17 Hours Level of Knowledge: Analytical

a) Cultural Encounters and Social change – English education Woods Dispatch, Orientalist Vs Anglicist, Development of Vernacular Education, Wardha Scheme of Basic Education.

b) Press and its impact – Early History of Press in India – Print Nationalism c) Social reforms in Modern India – Phule, Narayan Guru, Periyar and Ambedkar

Unit 4 Towards Freedom 26 Hours Level of Knowledge: Critical

a) Growth of National Consciousness – The Indian National Congress, Myth and Reality – Economic Nationalism and Swadeshi – The Congress from 1885 to 1919 –The Ghadr Movement.

b) Gandhiji and anti colonial struggles –1919 – 1922, 1930-1934, 1942 – The Cabinet mission plan – The Mountbatten plan 1947.

c) The left movements in India – Telangana Movement – Trade Union Movement – I world war, Left awakening and organized Trade Unionism – Impact of II World War.

Self Study Topics.

1) Civil Rebellions in South India 2) MacDonnell Commission – Bengal famine of 1942-43 3) Early History of Press in India – Phule, Narayan Guru, Periyar and Ambedkar. 4) The Ghadr Movement – Impact of Second World War

Essential Reading:

1. Bipan Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee K.N.Panikkar, Sucheta Mahajan – India’s Struggle for Independence – Penguin Books, New Delhi – 1989.

2. B.L.Groover, Alka Mehta – A new look at Modern Indian History (From 1707 to the Modern Times) - S.Chand & Company – 2010.

3. Sumit Sarkar - Modern India, 1885-1947, Macmillan India 2002 Recommended Readings:

1. B.R.Tomlinson - The Economy of Modern India 2. K.N.Panikkar - Culture, Ideology, Hegemony: Intellectuals and Social Conscious in

Colonial India, Tulika Books, Delhi, 1998. 3. Irfan Habib - Indian Economy, 1858-1914, A people’s History of India, Vol.28, Tulika

Books, Delhi 2006. 4. Aparna Basu - The Growth of Education and Political Development in India 1898-1920,

Oxford University Press, Delhi 1974.

5. A.R.Desai - Peasant Struggles in India, Oxford University Press, Delhi 1979. 6. K.N. Panikkar(ed) - National Left Movements in India Vikas, New Delhi 1980 7. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya - Development of Modern Indian thought & the Social Sciences 8. Peter Heels - Nationalism, Terrorism, Communalism, Essays in Modern Indian History –

Oxford University Press 2000 9. Bidyuk Chakraborthy, Rajendra Kumar Pandey - Modern Indian political thought: text

and context, Sage publications 2009. 10. Donald Anthony Low - Congress and the Raj; facts of Indian Struggle 1947-47 – Oxford

University Press 2004. 11. Mridula Mukherjee - Peasants in India’s non-violent revolution; practice and theory,

Sage publications 2004. 12. Rakesh Batabyal - Communalism in Bengal; from famine to Noakhali, 1943-47, Sage

Publications 2005. 13. Herman Kulke - A history of India – Routledge 1998 14. Burton Stein - History of India Oxford University Press 1998. 15. Erwin Neumayer & Christine Schelberger - Bharatmata; India’s Freedom movement in

Popular art – Oxford University Press 2008 16. Sekhar Bandyopadhyay - From Plassey to Partition; a history of modern India – Orient

Longman 2004. Visual Texts :

1. Richard Attenborough – Gandhi. 2. Ketan Mehta – Sardar 3. Ketan Mehta – Mangal Pandey – The rising. 4. Ketan Mehta – Mirch Masala 5. Ashutosh Gowrikar – Lagaan. 6. Bhagat Singh – The rising.

Examination and Assessments:

Continuous Internal Assessment - 100 marks.

CIA 1 – Project Work/ Exhibition on History and the Self - 20 marks CIA 2 Mid Semester Examinations 50 marks CIA 3 Critical writing on Cinema and History 20 marks Attendance 10 marks.

Total 100 marks

Visual text as CIA

- End Semester Exams 100 marks

Question paper pattern for mid semester Examination.

Section A – Essay 2 out of 4 15x 2 = 30 Section B – Short Essay 2 out of 4 10 x 2 = 20 Total 50 Question paper pattern for end semester examination.

Section A – Essay 2 out of 4 15 x 2 = 30 Section B – Short Notes 6 out of 8 10 x 6 = 60 Section C – Objective type 5 out of 8 2 x 5 = 10 Total 100 A 10 hour orientation course on “Cinematic medium and historical narratives” for students composed of 1) Issues of Language 2) Representation 3) Dichotomies.

Detailed Course Description. Course Code: HIS 231– Contemporary India from 1947 to 2000 75Hrs Course Description:- The main objective of this paper is to understand the formation of national identity in India in the post colonial period. The attempt here is to trace the emergence of social, political, economic, literary ideologies that together formulated the historical identity of the nation. Course Learning Outcome: This course assists in placing many of the issues of Contemporary India in a balanced perspective by providing the historical background of their origin. Unit I India Independent upto 1964 20 Hours Level of Knowledge: Basic

a) The Legacy of National movement – 1950 Constitution – Historiographical trends, the Subalterns – Lohia.

b) Integration & Consolidation of National Identities – Linguistic, Tribals, Regions (Hyderabad, Kashmir & Junagadh).

c) Nehruvian Socialism – Planning & Public sector – Agriculture and Industries in the first three five year plans – Foreign Policy, Non-alignment – India & the World- The Korean war, Crisis at Congo, Relations with USA and USSR.

Unit 2 Independent India from 1965 to 1977 21 Hours Level of Knowledge: Analytical

a) Period of Transition – 1964 to 1969, Internal Conflicts in the Congress. b) Politics & political parties from 1969 to 1977 – Issues of Legitimacy, Administration and

popular Anti – Government movement. Turmoil in Congress Hegemony, The Bangladesh Crisis, Sampooran Kranti, Emergency.

c) Political Formulations form 1977 to 2000 - Technology Missions – Social Turmoil – Foreign Policy initiatives

Unit 3 Regional Identities 18 Hours Level of Knowledge: Conceptual

a) Assertions of Regions - Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. b) Regional Identities – West Bengal & Assam. c) Crisis of National Unity – Punjab.

Unit 4 Reforms & Movements 16 Hours Level of Knowledge: Critical

a) Land Reforms – Zamindari Abolition & Tenancy reforms – Land ceiling & Bhoodan Movement – Green revolution.

b) Agrarian struggle since independence – Telangana peasant struggle – Naxalite Peasant movement – Srikakulam struggle

c) New Farmers movement with special reference to Karnataka

Contemporary Indian Identities CIA Themes 1) Cinema – Issues of Diaspora, inter and intra. 2) Literature – Concerns of Linguistic identities and sub nationalism in Hindi, Kannada, and English and Urdu writings.

3) Media and communications – Media in Free India Issues of Patronage, Prioritization and Publicity.

Self Study Topics. 1) Agriculture and Industries in the first three five year Plans. 2) Non- Alignment, India and the world. 3) Zamindari abolition and Tenancy reforms, Green Revolution, Telangana Peasant struggle.

Essential Reading:

1. Paul R.Brass - The politics of India since Independence – Cambridge University Press, 1993

2. Bipan Chandra (Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee) - India after independence 1947 – 2000, Penguin publication 1999

Recommended Readings:

1. Chandi Lahiri - Since freedom, New Central Book Agency 1994 2. Selig S.Harison Paul H.Kriesberg & Dennis Kun (ed) - India & Pakistan the first fifty

years, Cambridge University Press 1999 3. C.P.Srivastava - Lal Bahadur Shastri, Oxford University Press, 1995 4. Arun Shourie - Mrs Gandhi’s Second Reign, Vikas publishing, 1983 5. S.Gopal - Nehru an Anthology, Oxford University Press 1980 6. K.M. George - Modern India & Literature an Anthology Fiction Vol.2 Sahitya Academy

1993 7. P.N.Dhar - Indira Gandhi, the Emergency and Indian Democracy Oxford University

Press 2001

8. Tapan Raychaudhari - Perceptions, emotions, sensibilities; essays on India’s Colonial & Post colonial experiences – Oxford University Press 1999

9. Preben Kaarsholm, Menaka Bisvasa -City flicks; Indian Cinema & the urban experience Seagull books 2004

10. Brian Z Tamanaha - On the rule of Law, history, politics, theory Cambridge University Press 2004

11. Mushirul Hasan - The Partition Omnibus – Oxford University Press 2002 12. Sudarshan Ranjan - Jayaprakash Narayan; Prophet of People’s Power National Book

Trust, New Delhi 2002 13. Sugata Bose, Ayesha Jalal - Modern South Asian History, Culture, political Economy –

Routledge, New York 2004 14. Saurab Dube - Postcolonial passage, contemporary history writing on India Oxford

University Press 2005 15. Priya Jaikumar - Cinema at the end of empire, a politics of transition in Britain & India –

Duke University Press 2006 16. Madhubala Sinha - Encyclopedia of Kannada Literature Anmol Publications 2009 17. G.S.Amura - Adhunika Kannada Vimarshe Swapna Book house 2008

The last module is inter domain as and will be articulated by visiting/guest faculty. Hence the reading list will be formulated by them, which will have broad linkages as specified in the curriculum. Examination and Assessments: Continuous Internal Assessment 100 marks CIA 1 Activity on Contemporary Indian Identity 20 marks CIA 2 Mid Semester Examinations 50 marks CIA 3 Literature Review/Fiction Reading 20 marks Attendance 10 marks. Total 100 marks

End Semester Exams 100 marks

Question paper pattern for mid semester Examination. Section A – Essay 2 out of 4 15x 2 = 30 Section B – Short Essay 2 out of 4 10 x 2 = 20 Total 50 Question paper pattern for end semester examination. Pattern of End Semester Exam Question paper

- Section A – Essay 2 out of 4 15 x 2 = 30 - Section B – Short Notes 6 out of 8 10 x 6 = 60 - Section C – Objective type 5 out of 8 02x 5 = 10 - Total 100

Detailed Course Description.

Course Code: HIS-331 – Post Colonial Asia 1945 to 2000 75Hrs

Course Description: Post 1990’s, the focus of World’s attention has turned towards Asia. The balance of power has shifted from Euro-American territory to strengthened economies of South-East Asia. There is a change in practice of politics & economics in West & Central Asia. Development, Political Structure, Cultural Identity are all issues that are being articulated from regional perspective, thus contesting the western notions about them. Hence it becomes imperative to engage with these issues from a historical background. This paper attempts to

(1) Understand Asia from a post colonial world. (2) Trace the various binaries of positions & opinions in the process of constructing nations

& national identities.

Course Learning Outcome: The study of this course helps the student to trace the emergence of Asia as an important player in international relations through oil politics and liberalized economies. Unit 1 Near East 22 Hrs Level of Knowledge: Empirical

a) China – Mao and the communist victory – China & the super powers – New initiatives– Xinjiang & Tibet.

b) Japan- post war Japan- From 1960 to 2000 c) Neutralism & Realignments

Unit 2 South East, South & Central Asia 13 Hrs Level of Knowledge: Conceptual

a) Myanmar – Indonesia – The Indo–China Peninsula b) Srilanka – Ethnic and nationalist conflicts c) Afghanistan – Cold war and post cold war developments - Central Asia, Decolonization

& after Unit 3 West Asia 21 Hrs Level of Knowledge: Critical

a) Formation of Israel –Arab-Israeli frictions- The wars of Suez, Six days & Yom Kippur. b) Destruction of Lebanon- Israel’s invasion – civil war – Camp David c) Palestinian state & Israel’s dilemma

Unit 4 Arab World 19 Hrs Level of Knowledge: Basic

a) Oil & Nationalism – The shah & the ayatollah b) Saddam Hussein – Kuwait & the Gulf war c) The Arabian Peninsula – The Saudi Kingdom – The Southern Fringe – The Kurds

Self study Topics 1) Neutralism. 2) Realignments. Essential reading 1. Peter Calvocoressi - World Politics 1945-2000, Person Education, 2006 2. Norman Lowe - Mastering Modern World History – Macmillam, 1997 Recommended Reading 1. Immannel C.Y Tsu -The rise of Modern China- OUP 1983 2. Ainslie T. Embree & Carol Gluck -Asia in Western & World History – Spring Books, 2004 3. Aylett.J F - The Cold War & After-Hodder & Stoughton, 1996 4. Mansfiled P - A History of the Middle East-Penguin, 1992 5. Lynch.M - China: From Empire to People’s Republic-Hodder & Stoughton, 1996 6. Albert Hourani, Philip Khoury & Mary C. Wilson (ed)- The Modern Middle East – I.B. Tauris -2004 7. Harold Vinaike - A History of the Far East in Modern Times – Kalyani Publishers -1996 Examination and Assessment Continuous Internal Assessment 100 marks CIA 1 Activity/Presentation/Exhibition 20 marks CIA 2 Mid Semester Examinations 50 marks CIA 3 Literature Review 20 marks Attendance 10 marks. Total 100 marks


Question paper pattern for mid semester Examination. Section A – Essay 2 out of 4 15x 2 = 30 Section B – Short Essay 2 out of 4 10 x 2 = 20 Total 50

Question paper pattern for end semester examination. Pattern of End Semester Exam Question paper

- Section A – Essay 2 out of 4 15 x 2 = 30 - Section B – Short Notes 6 out of 8 10 x 6 = 60 - Section C – Objective type 5 out of 8 02x 5 = 10

Total 100

Detailed Course Description. Course Code: HIS 431 Research & Writing 75 Hrs Course Description: Knowledge of how History is & has to be written is as important a component as studying the discipline. Issues that are contested, problems of ideological orientation as well as the structure in writing history are areas that are relevant for a better understanding of the Discourse. As an extension this whole process translates well into understanding ‘Writing’ as a creative & intellectual activity that requires a certain extent of academic rigor for greater validation. This paper attempts to

1) Understand the primacy of research as a vital component of academic activity. 2) Explore the various nuances of writing as a thought & as an activity

Course Learning Outcome: This course trains the learner in the technique of data collection, field study and in writing skills. Unit 1 The Scope of History 23 Hrs Level of Knowledge: Analytical

a) What is History? – Uses of History b) History & National myth – Ideology, Sources & History c) History & Sociology, Psychoanalysis, Literature

Unit 2 Historical Method 17 Hrs Level of Knowledge: Basic

a) Preliminary Operations – Research – Types, Requisites & Stages of Research b) Sources – Written and Unwritten Sources, Categorisation of Sources c) Historians & Sources – Using the Sources

Unit 3 Analytical Operations 19 Hrs Level of Knowledge: Conceptual

a) Hermeneutics & Heuristics b) Positive Interpretative Criticism c) Negative Interpretative Criticism – Errors of Good faith & Errors of Accuracy

Unit 4 Synthetic Operations 16 Hrs Level of Knowledge: Empirical

a) Synthesizing – Negative Reasoning – Positive Reasoning

b) Concluding operations – Framing the Questions c) Exposition

Self Study Topics a)History and Sociology, literature. Essential Reading 1. Jeremy Black and Donald D Macraild - Studying History Macmillan – 2000 2. Peter Lambert and Phillipp Schofield - Making History: An Introduction to the history and practices of a discipline- Routledge 2008 3. B. Sheik Ali - History its theory & method Macmillan 2000 Recommended Reading 1. E.H Carr - What is History? Macmillan 1983 2. R.G. Collingwood - The Idea of History – Oxford University Press 3. R.J. Evans - In defense of History – Granta 1997 4. P. Loewenberg - Psychohistory in M. Kammen (ed) The Past Before Us: Contemporary Historical Writing in the United States – Cornell University Press – 1980 5. M.C. Lemon - Philosophy of History – (Chapter 12) Rutledge -2008 6. A. Tucker - Our Knowledge of the Past: A philosophy of Historiography (Chapter 3) – Cambridge University Press, 2004 7. Mark Day - The Philosophy of History (Part 1 chapters 1,2 & 3) – Viva Continuum -2008 8. Alan Bullock & Stephen Trombley (ed) - The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought – Harper Collins – 2000 Examination and Assessments: Continuous Internal Assessment 100 marks CIA 1 Analysis of Writings in the Media 20 marks CIA 2 Mid Semester Examinations 50 marks CIA 3 Literature Review 20 marks Attendance 10 marks. Total 100 marks


Question paper pattern for mid semester Examination. Section A – Essay 2 out of 4 15x 2 = 30 Section B – Short Essay 2 out of 4 10 x 2 = 20 Total 50

Question paper pattern for end semester examination. Pattern of End Semester Exam Question paper

- Section A – Essay 2 out of 4 15 x 2 = 30 - Section B – Short Notes 6 out of 8 10 x 6 = 60 - Section C – Objective type 5 out of 8 02x 5 = 10 - Total 100

Detailed Course Description. Course Code HIS-531-Conceptual Approaches to Ancient and Medieval India 60 Hrs Course Description: The post colonial emphasis on the study of ancient and medieval India has

been on interpretation and theorization of events. Several trajectories have emerged in the

articulation of issues, events and ideas of this period. The paper highlights some of these

approaches.

Course Learning Outcome: The student will be able to trace the process of transformation of

India from ancient past leading to the present. Origin of language based regions, financial

institutions, urbanization will enable the student to analyze the political, cultural and social

issues in contemporary India from a historical perspective.

Unit 1 Ancient Cultures 16 hours

Level of Knowledge: Analytical

a) Issues related to the writing of Indian History – Orientalism, Utilitarianism – William Jones

and James Mill.

b) From agricultural communities to urban configurations – The Harappan State, Society and

Commerce – Decline.

c) Vedic culture – Eastward movement, Mahajanapadas – Kingship and Paramountcy – Social

differentiation – Second Urbanization – Buddhism, Jainism and Women in the Heterodoxies.

Text : A History of India by Burton Stein.

Unit 2 Early Political Structures 16 hours

Level of Knowledge: Basic

a) The Greek intervention and its impact-The origins of early state - The Mauryan State and

Ashoka – From Mauryas to Guptas.

b) The Gupta classical pattern – State and Community – Social mobility – Merchant guilds

– Literature.

c) From Guptas to Harsha – Harsha, his neighbours and the Samantas – the question of

centralization.

Text : A History of India by Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund.

Unit 3 Regional Kingdoms, Gods, Temples and Poets 18 hours

Level of Knowledge: Conceptual

a) Regionalization – Peninsular kingdoms, the Chalukyas, Pallavas and the Cholas – the

Brahmins and ritual sovereignty of the king – the merchant guilds of south India.

b) Ideology and Authority – Community Autonomy and Institutions.

c) New systems of Indian Philosophy – Bhakti movement – Emergence of temple cities –

Divinity and territory – Quest for philosophical synthesis in Medieval India.

Text: For section a & b – Burton Stein : A History of India.

For Section c – Hermannkulke and Dietmar Rothermund A History of India

.

Unit 4 Textual Readings 10 hours.


a) In the Neighborhood: Early Medieval Karnataka Velevali in Karnataka.

b) Landed magnets as State Agents – Kesavan Veluthat – The Early Medieval in South

India.

Essential Reading

1. Burton Stein (2003) A History of India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

2. Hermann kulke and Dietmar Rothermund (2004), A History of India, Routledge, New

York.

3. Kesavan Veluthat (2010), The Early Medieval in South India, Oxford University Press,

New Delhi.

Extended Readings

1. Romila Thapar (2002), Early India from the origins to A.D 1300. Penguin Books, New

Delhi.

2. David Ludder (1999), The New Cambridge History of India IV. Cambridge University

Press, U.K.

3. Michael Gottlab (2003), Historical thinking in South Asia, Oxford University Press, U.K

4. Romila Thapar (2000);

a) Interpreting early India, Oxford University Press, U.K

b) Cultural Pasts, Essays in Early Indian History, Oxford University Press, U.K.

5. S.Settar (ed) (2000), We lived together, Pragati Publications, New Delhi.

6. Burton Stein (1980) Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India, Oxford

University Press, U.K.

Examination and Assessments: Continuous Internal Assessment 100 marks CIA 1 Mapping the sites of ancient cultures and states 20 marks CIA 2 Mid Semester Examinations 50 marks CIA 3 Literature Review 20 marks Attendance 10 marks. Total 100 marks


Question paper pattern for mid semester Examination. Section A – Essay 2 out of 4 15x 2 = 30 Section B – Short Essay 2 out of 4 10 x 2 = 20 Total 50 Question paper pattern for end semester examination. Pattern of End Semester Exam Question paper

- Section A – Essay 2 out of 4 15 x 2 = 30 - Section B – Short Notes 6 out of 8 10 x 6 = 60

Section C – Note on 4th Module 1 out of 2 1 x 10 = 10

- Total 100


Course Code HIS-532-Indian Architectural Identities 60 hours

Course Description: The theorization of Indian architecture, in a post modernist approach is

deeply involved with understanding and analyzing space, defining Form, Structure and Identity

in relation to architectural traditions of ancient and early medieval India. This paper has

incorporated all these articulations in understanding art and architecture of ancient India

Course Learning Outcome: This course assists in critically evaluating, interpreting and

understanding spatial identities and structures as political and economic statements. It provides

the necessary theoretical support for a student to analyze the prevailing spatial demarcations as

gendered, politicized and impacted under caste, class considerations.

Unit 1 Precursors 15 hours


a. Defining, Interpreting and Analyzing Space and its contours-Structures as Sources-

Anthropomorphization- Early Indian Architecture-Gandhara, Mathura and Amaravati.

b. Paintings and Images.

c. Later Rock cut Architecture

Unit 2 Context and Concept 16 Hours

Level of Knowledge: Critical

a. Introduction- Centers of Power- Temple Body and Movement

b. Placing the Gods- Bhangas and Mudras- Absence of Vedic structure.

c. The Architect and unfolding traditions.

Unit 3 Designs and Readings 18 hours


a. Plans and spaces- Geometry- Mouldings-Pillars-Finials: Varieties and categories-Nagara

structures of Orissa and Madhypradesh- Dravida Structures of Aihole, Pattadakal and

Kanchipuram.

b. Temples as political and social statements- issues of caste, class and gender-Rituals and

Ceremonies as sacred initiatives: A contested notion.

c. Minority Traditions, Ideal Beauty and Eroticism.

Unit 4 Extinct Images 11 hours.

Level of Knowledge: Empirical

a. Perceived Priorities- process of reconstructing vanished images.

b. Public Space- Fort, Port cities, Temple towns

c. Private space: Residential dwelling –Tribal and rural settlements: Social and Political

hierarchies.

Essential Readings

2. Adam Hardy (2007), The Temple Architecture of India, Wiley, England.

3. Partha Mitter (2001), Indian Art, Oxford University Press, U.K.

Recommended Reading.

2. Lawrence A. Babb, John.E.Cort, Michael.W.Meister (2008) Desert Temples: Sacred

Centers of Rajasthan in Historical, Art-Historical and Social Contexts, Rawat

Publications, Jaipur.

3. Tapati Guha- Thakurta (2004), Monuments, Objects, Histories, Institutions of Art in

Colonial and Post colonial India, Permanent Black, Ranikhet.

4. Christopher Tadgell, (2002), The History of Architecture in India: from the Dawn of

Civilization to the End of the Raj, Phaidon Press, New York.

5. Michael Meister and M.A Dhaky (ed) (1996) Encyclopaeadias of Indian Temple Vol I and II,

American Institute of Indian Studies, New Delhi.

6. Jose Pereira (1987), Elements of Indian Architecture, New Delhi.

7. J.C. Harle, (1986) Art and Architecture of the Indian Sub continent Pelican, England.

8. George Michell and Antonio Martinelli (1998), The Royal Palaces of India, Thames and

Hudson.

9. Narayani Gupta (ed) (1993) Crafts and Merchants –Essays in south Indian Urbanism,

Urban History Association of India.

Drawings of

1. Stupa, 2. Pillars 3. Base 4 Horizontal plan of a temple

5. Vertical plan of a temple 6. Karle Chaityagriha Basic Plan.

Examination and Assessments: Continuous Internal Assessment 100 marks CIA 1 Mapping/sketching the sites and structure 20 marks CIA 2 Mid Semester Examinations 50 marks CIA 3 Field Study based Project report 20 marks Attendance 10 marks. Total 100 marks


Question paper pattern for mid semester Examination. Section A – Essay 2 out of 4 15x 2 = 30 Section B – Short Essay 2 out of 4 10 x 2 = 20 Total 50 Question paper pattern for end semester examination. Section A Skill Component Drawing

and explanatory note 1 out of 2 = 1x20=20 Section B Analytical component-Essays 2 out of 4 = 2 x15=30 Section C Empirical component-Short notes 4 out of 8 = 4x10=40 Section D Objective type 5 out of 8 = 5x2 = 10 Total 100

Detailed Course Description. Course Code HIS 631 Post War Discourses 60 hours

Course Description : The two world wars and the radical ideologies transformed the entire

politico – social landscape of the world. The reverberations of this change was felt throughout

the world and dominated the histories of Afro-American and European continent in the post war

period. This paper aims to map out the various trajectories of the post war world.

Course Learning Outcome: This course imparts skills needed to critically evaluate the shifting

balance of power in international affairs.

Unit 1 Decolonization of Africa 16 hours


a) The end of European empires – Factors and Determinants – The British evacuation from

Africa – West Africa : Nigeria, East Africa : Kenya, Central Africa : Southern Rhodesia.

b) The French and the Maghrib – Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria – The end of Belgian,

Spanish and Portugese colonialism in Africa.

c) Africa and the world : 1) Libya 2) South Africa – Formation of the Union of South

Africa, Policy of Apartheid, its main features, Anti apartheid movement and its end,

Period of transition – Nelson Mandela.

Unit 2 Post War Europe 14 Hours


a) Western Europe – Recovery – Franco German Entente – Britain on the edge – European

Union.

b) Central and Eastern Europe – Stalin’s Empire – Khrushchev and Russia, Hungary,

Czechoslovakia and Poland – The communist disintegration in Russia.

c) Federated Yugoslavia – Dissolution – civil war.

Unit 3 North America 16 hours


a) USA – Poverty and Social Policies : Truman, Eisenhower, John F Kennedy and Nixon –

Racial Problems and civil rights – Response of the State – Campaign for equal rights.

b) Anti Communism and McCarthyism – Nixon and the Watergate scandal – USA from

1977 to 2000 – Ronald Reagan : 1) Problems in economy, Stock market crash 2) Foreign

policy, Libya, South Africa and Irangate scandal – Bill Clinton.

c) Canada – Internal politics in the post war period.

Unit 4 South America and Global Problem 14 hours.


a) South America in the 20th C, a general background – Brazil : Economy – Argentina :

post war politics – period of Peron – Falkland crisis.

b) Chile : Centre – left alliance and Salvador Allende

c) The developing world and the north south divide – world economy and its effects on the

environment.

Essential Readings

1. Peter Calvocoressi (2006), World politics 1945-2000 Pearson Education, New Delhi.

2. Norman Lowe (2008), Mastering Modern World History Macmillan, New Delhi.

Recommended Readings

1. Christopher Culpin (2000), Making History, Harpercollins.

2. Phili Zelikon and Condoleezza Rice (1997), Germany Unified and Europe Transformed,

A Study in State Craft, Harvard University Press, USA.

3. Neil Demario and Richard Radway (1997), Twentieth century 1900-1995 a world Transformed,

Hodder and Stoughton.

Examination and Assessments: Continuous Internal Assessment 100 marks CIA 1 Mapping/locating the event sites 20 marks CIA 2 Mid Semester Examinations 50 marks CIA 3 Analytical/Report writing/Exhibition 20 marks Attendance 10 marks. Total 100 marks


Question paper pattern for mid semester Examination. Section A – Essay 2 out of 4 15x 2 = 30 Section B – Short Essay 2 out of 4 10 x 2 = 20 Total 50 Question paper pattern for end semester examination.

Section A – Analytical component – 2 out of 4 – 2 X 15 = 30

Section B – Empirical component – 6 out of 8 – 6 X 10 = 60

Section C – Objective type – 5 out of 8 – 2 X 5 = 10

Total 100


Course Code: HIS 632 – Historiography- Concepts, Schools and Debates 60 hours

Course Description: Knowledge of Historiography is vital for its components of technical and

theoretical representation of the philosophy of History. Process of construction and

deconstruction of historical concepts act as a foundation for setting a critical link system within

and across the discipline. Apart from its intellectual strength, the field of Historiography is a tool

to critique set notions and understandings.

Course Learning Outcome: It sharpens the critical thinking ability and writing skills of the

student which is a required quality for being a successful professional in academic and other

areas too.

Unit 1 Concepts 15 hours


a) Historiography - Time as a concept – Competing Histories – A priori/ a posteriori.

b) Form and content – Empiricism – Historicism- Modernism

c) Causation – Emplotment- Epistemology – Discourse

Text : Alan Munslow – The Routledge companion to Historical studies

Unit 2 Schools of History 16 Hours


a) Scientific Revolution and Cartesian Historiography- The new Science of history: Vico and

Anti- Cartesianism-Enlightenment Of 18th C and Edward Gibbon-Romanticism.

b) The Berlin Revolution : Niebuhr and Ranke- Positivism and Auguste Comte- Historical

Materialism and Karl Marx.

c) The Annales School : Lucien Febvre, Marc Bloch, Braudel and Ladurie- Deconsrutionist

History and Jacques Derrida- Cultural History – Gender and Womens History.

Text : Jeremy Black and Mac RaildDonald M- Studying History.

Unit 3 Debates 16 hours


a) What is History? What is History for? Theoretical Preliminaries- the Epistemological

status of History- The questions of by and for whom?

b) Structuralism and Michael Foucault – Post Modernism – Alan Munslow’s alternative

history and Keith Jenkins ‘own- sakism’

c) End of History ? Fukayama

Text L M.C. Lemon : Philosophy of History

Unit 4 Textual Readings 13 hours.


a) Historians and Film by Peter Miskell in Making History: An introduction to the history

and practices of a discipline.

b) What History is ? in Rethinking History by Keith Jenkins

Self Study Topics

1. Historicism, Modernism

2. Cultural History.

Essential Readings

1. Alan Munslow (2000), The Routledge companion to Historical studies, Routledge,

London.

2. Lemon. M.C. (2003) Philoscophy of History, Routledge, London.

Recommended Readings

1. Keith Jenkins (1991) Rethinking History, Routledge, London.

2. Mark Day (2008) The Philosophy of History, Continuum International, New York.

3. R.G. Collingwood (1994) The Idea of History, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

4. Peter Lambert and Phillipp Schofield (Ed) (2006), Making History: An introduction to

the history and practices of a discipline, Routledge, London.

5. E. Sreedharan (2009), A textbook of Historiogrphy 500 BC to AD2000, Orient Blacks

wan, New Delhi.

6. Jeremy Blackand Macraild Donald,M, (2000) Studying History, Macmillan.

7. Alan Bullock and Stephen Trombley (ed) (2000), The New Fontana Dictionary of

Modern Thought, Harper Collins

Examination and Assessments: Continuous Internal Assessment 100 marks CIA 1 Critical /Analytical writing exercises 20 marks

CIA 2 Mid Semester Examinations 50 marks CIA 3 Analytical/Report writing 20 marks Attendance 10 marks. Total 100 marks


Question paper pattern for mid semester Examination. Section A – Essay 2 out of 4 15x 2 = 30 Section B – Short Essay 2 out of 4 10 x 2 = 20 Total 50 Question paper pattern for end semester examination.

Section A – Analytical component – 2 out of 4 – 2 X 15 = 30

Section B – Empirical component – 6 out of 8 – 6 X 10 = 60

Section C –Note on the 4th Unit 1 out of 2 – 1 X 10 = 10

Total 100

Additional Elective in History. Course Code-HIS 633 Credits- 04 Subject-Dissertation (Additional Elective) Objectives- A paradigm shift in research specifically in History has been from an empirical approach into that of theorization. The emphasis is to locate History with in a framework of Concepts, Schools and Debates. To facilitate an understanding of these orientations for students a four credit additional elective has been designed. This will be a Dissertation work by the student under the guidance of a faculty of the department. Modalities. *Registration by the student at the end of the 4th semester. Topics to be decided tentatively. *The Dissertation work begins from 5th semester with Literature Survey, Methodology, Field Studies and Statistical Survey etc. *Once a week meeting with the guide is mandatory which will be documented through a record register duly signed by the student and the guide. *The writing starts in 6th semester. The first, second and third drafts are CIA 1, CIA 2, and CIA 3 respectively of the 6th semester. *Last draft to be submitted in the second week of February. *Final submission and Viva one week before the last class day in March. Process of Evaluation and Submission. *Dissertation to be evaluated by one external (outside the department) and one internal (guide) faculty. *Average marks of the two evaluators will be the final marks. *In case of a difference of more than 15 marks it is referred to moderation. *Three hard copies (one each for the external, internal and the department). Two soft copies (one each for the library and the department) to be submitted. Beginning of the course. After the approval by the Board of Studies and the Academic Council, this elective becomes operational from June 2013 for the existing 4th semester batch.

Certificate Courses

01.Colonial Economy – a Historical Perspective : Duration 45 Hours. Unit 1 Understanding Theorizations – Colonialism, Imperialism, Mercantilism. Unit 2 Institutionalization of Economic practices – Phases of Economic Colonialism – Drain of Wealth Deindustrialization: Decline of Handicrafts Ruralization of Indian Economy. Unit 3 Commercialization of Agriculture – Entry of British Finance Capital in India – Modern Industry and colonial state policy. Unit 4 Growth of Indian capitalist Enterprise Industrial Development State Policy and India’s Capitalist class. Reading List :

1. Om Prakash - European commercial enterprise in pre-colonial India Cambridge University Press 1998.

2. Manu Goswami - Producing India, from colonial economy to national space University of Chicago Pres 2004.

3. Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal - Modern South Asia History, culture, political economy – Routledge 2004

4. Thomas Metcalf Gardon Johnson(ed) - The new Cambridge history of India – Cambridge University Press 2005

5. Majundar & Roy Chaudary - History & culture of Indian People; British paramount’s and Indian Renaissance

6. Partha Sarathi Gupta - Power, politics and the people : Studies in British imperialism and Indian Nationalism Permanent Black 2002

7. Thomas.R.Metcalf - New Cambridge History of India; Ideologies of the Raj – Foundation Books, New Delhi 2005

8. Bipan Chandra - History of Modern India – Orient Longman 2009 9. Pruthi Rajkumar - History of Modern India – Mohit Publications 2005

02.Medieval India Duration 45 Hours Unit 1 Era and Influence

a) Time line – Background of the Period – 9th to 12th centuries C.E b) Identities – Political environment in the subcontinent – Important dynasties. c) Frictions – Wars and Diplomacy in the early years.

Unit 2 Military strategies

a) Campaigns of Alladin Khalji – Devagiri, Gujrat, Chittorgarh and Deccan. b) Practice of Politics – Tughlaq’s initiatives. c) Akbar , Rajputs and Revenue settlements.

Unit 3 Cultural Orientations

a) Paintings – Themes, Technique and Styles. b) Structures – Styles , Important monuments. c) Philosophies – Sufi and Bhakti movements.

03.Aesthetics of ancient Indian Art and Architecture Duration 45 hours. Unit 1. Theorization on Art –Classical- Dilemmas arising out of comparison and contrast Gendered and Spatial - Anthropomorphisation – Bhangas and Mudras Unit 2 Architectural Identities - Art as Political Statement - Buddhist phase – Traditions of Gandhara, Mathura and Amaravati – Chaitya Vihara and Stupa. Devalayas – Technical and Interpretative Study – Pillars – Base –Walls – Towers variety and styles – Politics of Patronage. Unit 3 Extinct Images – Secular Art - Process of Retrieving the vanished images Forts – Palaces – Temple Towns.

04.History and Cinema 45 hours

Unit 1

a) History as a narrative – History and Truth Contested Notions –Ideology, Sources and

Historian

b) Multiple Identities and Histories – History as a point of reference – Issues of Legitimacy

& Justification.

Unit 2

a) Cinema as a narrative – Words and Images – Genre- Representation Vs. Reality –

Propaganda – selling History.

b) Language of Cinema- Color – Angles – Movement

Unit 3

a) Between History and Cinema : The problem of linear narratives and flash back –

questions of authenticity – definition of authenticity.

b) Cinema as a political, social and historical text.

45 Hours 05.History of Jewelry Unit 1

a) Jewelry in Spatial & Visual Expressions b) Representations in History c) Guilds 13 Hrs

Unit 2

a) Mediums & Forms b) Motifs & Cultural affiliations c) Evolution 14 Hrs

Unit 3

a) Changed perceptions & priorities b) Identities & regional variations 13 Hrs

Documents

COURSE STRUCTURE - Christ University Structure...COURSE STRUCTURE Introduction to the Programme. The Department of History offers a three year undergraduate programme in History as