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MO4971 From City to Home: Spatial Histories of Modern East and Southeast Asia

Academic year

2026 to 2027 Full Year

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

60

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

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Availability restrictions

Available only to students in the Second Year of the Honours Programme.

Planned timetable

TBC

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Module coordinator

Dr K M Lawson

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Module Staff

Dr K Lawson

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Module description

This module explores the spatial histories of nineteenth- and twentieth-century East and South East Asia from the scale of the urban to the domestic. Students will study the history of Asian cities in colonial, semi-colonial, and early post-colonial contexts. Using travel accounts, newspapers, colonial records, police archives, literature, maps, and other images, students will use primary sources to analyse historical change in the spaces of everyday life such as the home, parks, transportation networks, department stores, and teahouses.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

New Coursework: 1 x source exercise (2,500 words) and 1 x 5,000-word essay = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 3-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.

Scheduled learning hours

66

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

Guided independent study hours

534

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