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