Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05
How did it feel to live through events of the past? How is the way we experience and express emotion shaped by our particular circumstances, and how do our emotions shape historical events? This course introduces students to the rapidly growing field of History of Emotions, considering how emotions have been understood and theorised by scholars and exploring how we might be able to access and study something seemingly intangible as a way of understanding the past.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course introduces students to the emerging field of History of Emotions, which holds that emotions are not constant universals but are historically and culturally situated. Students will gain an awareness of how scholars have theorised emotions and how to analyse them in historical sources, and how they have been understood in various historical contexts. During the course we will consider how emotions have been experienced, expressed and controlled in different historical and cultural contexts from the medieval world to the present day, using a variety of sources both textual and material. We will also think about the role of emotions in shaping historical events, and the role of historical events in shaping emotions.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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| Feedback | Word Count | 3000 | ||
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Feedback | Word Count | 3500 | ||
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| Factual | Remember | ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide. |
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