In-depth questions : Subalternities and postcolonial critiques applied to history

Teacher(s)

Gijs Anne-Sophie; Paonessa Costantino;

Language

French

Prerequisites

Course available to students enrolled in a Masters 60 or 120 in History

Main themes

Since post-colonial independence, several currents and theories have renewed the way of writing history and decoding current societies. These critical and analytical tools invite a geographical, mental and temporal "decentring" and allow us to understand past and present systems of thought and action, here and elsewhere, from a different perspective.
This master's course aims to deepen the study and practice of critical decentring in history. It will not only involve mobilising epistemological frameworks from other social science disciplines, but also training in the work of historians who question the past in an inclusive and decentred manner, and who interrogate systems of power and relations of domination and dependence (economic, gender, ethnic, religious, etc.).
This training will be partly given by non-European researchers.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	deepen theoretical knowledge of the different currents linked to "decentring" in history: connected history, Subaltern studies, Postcolonial studies, Decolonial studies and gender history;
2	experiment concretely with these new ways of practising history, through historiographical questioning and the analysis of sources;
3	understand how the historical narrative is part of a specific socio-cultural universe: like any discourse, it presupposes underlying socio-political issues to be analysed and decoded;
4	mobilise concrete tools to decode past and present societies from the perspective of power relations, in a critical and nuanced manner.

Faculty or entity

EHAC