Oriental Languages and Cultures

General Aims This course proposes to problematise social changes in India and provide knowledge about how social roles were constructed, modified, transformed and maintained since the nineteenth century till present times. Specific aims The course will enable the student acquire the following skills: Adequate knowledge of the relevant historical field: an understanding of continuity and change unleashed through historical processes in a specific historical context. Skills specific to the discipline of History: articulate a central argument; identify primary and secondary sources; design a bibliography; and master proper practices of citations. The proficiency to identify and interpret different analyses and historiography. The capacity to incorporate historical skills in writing.