Third Year Module
Module Leader: Dr Cathryn Pearce
Not running due to staff leave academic year 2011-12
Rationale and Content:
This module will employ perspectives from social, cultural and maritime history to examine the relationship between Suffolk and the sea over the early modern and modern periods. It is designed to further develop knowledge and conceptual understandings developed in earlier elements of the programme at level 1 and 2. A number of themes will be explored within the context of international and national historiography. What has been the long term impact on the economy, society and culture of Suffolk of proximity to the sea? What was Suffolk's role in the development and maintenance of Britain's 'maritime empire' and, what in turn, was this empire's effect on Suffolk and wider coastal East Anglia? How did Suffolk's coastal communities, ports and ship-building centres develop from the early modern period onwards? What role has Suffolk played in the maritime defence of the realm? What have been the characteristics of Suffolk's maritime trading economy, both lawful and illicit? How important was Suffolk's fishing industry and how has the exploitation of local fisheries been influenced by world events? Has the sea helped shape culture and local identity in Suffolk? How has the sea more recently influenced patterns of leisure and coastal development? To what extent has the Suffolk coast always served as a source of inspiration for artists, writers and musicians?
Learning and Teaching Strategies:
This module will be delivered through a combined weekly lecture and seminar plus tutorial support. Where appropriate supporting resources will also be made available online. Seminar sessions will be designed to encourage student participation and will support students in strengthening their skills of presentation, discussion,argument and debate,and in evaluating, interpreting and using secondary and primary sources.
Assessment:
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Module
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Mode
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Weighting %
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Length
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Submission Date
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Suffolk and the Sea
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Individual oral presentation (with handouts)
Document commentary
Essay
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10%
40%
50%
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20 minutes and handouts of not less than 2 sides of A4
2,500 words
3,500 words
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As scheduled
Week 6
Week 11
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Recommended introductory reading:
Anon. 'Two Ipswich brigs'. East Anglian Miscellany (1946), 22-36.
Butcher, David. Lowestoft, 1550-1750: Development and Change in a Suffolk Coastal Town. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2008.
Butcher, David. The Ocean's Gift : Fishing in Lowestoft during the Pre-industrial era, 1550-1750. Norwich: Centre of East Anglian Studies, University of East Anglia, 1995.
Goodey, C. The First Hundred Years: The Story of Richards Shipbuilders. Ipswich, 1976.
Lununis, T. Occupation and Society : The East Anglian Fishermen 1880-1914. Cambridge, 1985.
Malster, Robert. Saved from the Sea : The Story of Life-saving Services of the East Anglian Coast. Lavenham, 1974.
Malster, Robert. Wherries and Waterways : The Story of the Norfolk and Suffolk Wherry and the Waterways on which It Sailed. Lavenham: Terence Daltan, Ltd., 1971.
Turner, H. D. T. The Cradle of the Navy: The Story of the Royal Hospital School at Greenwich and at Holbrook, 1694-1988. York, 1990.
Williams, N. J. The Maritime Trade of the East Anglian Ports, 1550-1590. Oxford, 1988.