HSTY2692 - International and Diplomatic History

Semester 1, 2012  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Glenda Sluga
Phone: +61 2 9036 6191
Email: glenda.sluga@sydney.edu.au

Description

This unit surveys the history of internationalist thinking and the practice of diplomacy since the seventeenth century; varieties of internationalism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and the historical development of international institutions. It offers students an understanding of the latest scholarship on international and diplomatic history and the chance to investigate the international past for themselves through the use of primary sources.

Assessments

1x700wd document assignment (20%) and 1x2300wd essay (40%) and 1x1.5hr exam (30%) and tutorial participation (10%)

Classes

2x1-hr lectures/week, 1x1-hr tutorial/week

Prerequisites

12 junior credit points of History, Ancient History or Asian Studies

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