AUSTRALIANS AT WAR IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

HIS2AAW

Not currently offered

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

War has played a crucial role in Australian history. This subject will explore the centrality of war in ideas about Australian nationhood, memory and mythmaking. We will ask questions about the relationships between memory, race, war and nationalism. These will be discussed with reference to the two world wars, the Vietnam war, the Gulf wars and recent Peacekeeping forces. The subject will draw on films, literature, memoirs, letters and diaries. It will use the insights provided through cultural, social and feminist history.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Katie Holmes

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: 15 credit points of first year History or Art History and 15 credit points of another first year Humanities and Social Science subject.

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Subject not currently offered - Subject options not available.