MO4972 Understanding Resistance and Protest in Modern India (c.19th - 21st centuries)

Academic year

2025 to 2026 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 on the second year of the Honours Programme.

Planned timetable

TBC

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Module coordinator

Dr A Yechury

Dr A Yechury
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Module Staff

Dr A Yechury

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Module description

Resistance and protest movements in India have taken different shapes and forms over the past few centuries. This module attempts to understand these protests using different categories of analysis: the countryside, urban labour, political protest, caste and gender. It will engage with different political ideologies and look at how colonialism, nationalism and independence affected and shaped the nature of protest movements in India. The students will read a wide range of primary sources including political pamphlets, government reports, contemporary narratives and oral history records. Ultimately, by locating tumultuous events within broader themes this module will give the students a long term perspective on some of the key socio-economic and political moments of post-colonial India.

Assessment pattern

2 x 2-hour Written Examinations = 40%, Coursework (including presentation) = 60%

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.