MO4850 Britain and Iran in the Modern Era

Academic year

2024 to 2025 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 in the second year of the Honours Programme.

Planned timetable

TBC

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Module coordinator

Prof A M Ansari

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Module Staff

Professor Ali Ansari

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Module description

This module will discuss and analyse the often intimate relationship between Iran and Britain in the modern period, focusing on the initial diplomatic contacts in the early 19th century when Britain sought an ally against Napoleon, to the apogee of British power and influence in Iran from the end of the 19th century until the nationalisation of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in 1951-53. The module will not only look at broader strategic aspects of the relationship, especially with growing British interests in India, but also analyse the growing economic relations between the two countries, as well as ideological and cultural developments, concluding with a discussion of the British conception of 'Persia'. English language documents will be used throughout the module.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 3-hour meeting, 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.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Have an appreciation of an important international relationship in historical context
  • Have an appreciation of Britain's informal empire in the Middle East
  • Analyse and interrogate primary sources
  • Contextualise and empathise