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Topics:

1. What was the world like by 1850?

  1. African state formations

  2. The Americas

  3. Europe

  4. Asia

2. Imperialism

  1. What was the nature of imperialism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

  2. What were the consequences of imperialism for Africa and Asia in terms of power relations and trade?

  3. What was the link between imperialism and World War 1?

  4. How did imperialism and colonialism entrench ideas of race – segregation, assimilation, paternalism?

  5. How did imperialism dominate indigenous knowledge production?

3. What were the range of responses to colonialism in Africa and Asia

  1. Resistance: armed, passive, diplomacy and other movements

  2. Challenges to capitalism

  3. Crisis of capitalism

  4. The impact of pseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

4. Competing nationalisms and identities in Africa

  1. The roots of Pan-Africanism to 1945

  2. The roots and nature of South African nationalisms and identities

  3. The impact of World War 2: How did the nature of the political quest for independence in Africa change from 1945

5. How does nationalism impact on the construction of heritage and identities?

  1. How unique was apartheid South Africa?

  2. How was segregation a foundation for apartheid?

  3. To what extent was apartheid in South Africa part of neo-colonialism in the post World War 2 world (1948-1960)?

  4. How did apartheid entrench ideas of race?

  5. What was the nature of resistance to apartheid during these decades, and how was this resistance part of wider resistance in the world to human rights abuses?

  6. How did the world change between 1850 and 1950?

  7. How has the South African past been publicly represented (e.g. in museums and monuments)?