The Making of Wales

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1. 1. Identify the frameworks used by historians for researching and understanding the history of Wales in the period from 1700 to the present day.
2. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the relevant historiography, its evolution and the key problems currently addressed by historians in this field.
3. 3. Discuss the interpretative problems and prospects associated with this field.
4. 4. Illustrate, analyse and evaluate the historiography in an extended written discussion.

Brief Description:
The core module takes a thematic approach. It introduces students to some of the key concepts and themes in the history of Wales by exploring how historical writing has focused on particular areas of enquiry. The first seminar is designed to explore how debates about slavery, empire and race have changed the way we look at the Welsh past, providing an opportunity to study controversies about statues and their meaning and commemoration. The second seminar is largely historiographical, providing students with an introduction to the development of writing about the Welsh past. The subsequent seminars are not intended to be chronological surveys of the topic, but are aimed at providing students with the necessary framework for understanding more detailed study in the option modules and dissertation that make up the rest of this MA. The themes have been chosen because they reveal important facets of historical writing about this period and have generated debate among historians.

Academic rationale of the proposal:
This module equips students to navigate the key historiographical trends and undertake an appraisal of a number of influential historical interpretations of the history of Wales from the medieval period to the modern day.

Brief Description:
The core module takes a thematic approach. It introduces students to some of the key concepts and themes in the history of Wales by exploring how historical writing has focused on particular areas of enquiry. The first seminar is designed to explore how debates about slavery, empire and race have changed the way we look at the Welsh past, providing an opportunity to study controversies about statues and their meaning and commemoration. The second seminar is largely historiographical, providing students with an introduction to the development of writing about the Welsh past. The subsequent seminars are not intended to be chronological surveys of the topic, but are aimed at providing students with the necessary framework for understanding more detailed study in the option modules and dissertation that make up the rest of this MA. The themes have been chosen because they reveal important facets of historical writing about this period and have generated debate among historians.

Content:
1. Introduction: Slavery, Empire and Commemoration
2. Writing the History of Wales
3. Wales and Welsh Identity in the Middle Ages
4. Popular Protest and Welsh Historical Writing
5. Religion and the History of Wales
6. Gender and the History of Wales
7. Labour History and the Welsh Past
8. Wales and War in the Twentieth Century
9. Concluding Seminar

Content:
1. Introduction: Slavery, Empire and Commemoration
2. Writing the History of Wales
After the first two seminars, further sessions on relevant themes are likely to include:
Wales and Welsh Identity in the Middle Ages
Popular Protest and Welsh Historical Writing
Religion and the History of Wales
Gender and the History of Wales
Labour History and the Welsh Past
Wales and War in the Twentieth Century

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