Environment and Empire

Queen Mary, University of London

Course Description

  • Course Name

    Environment and Empire

  • Host University

    Queen Mary, University of London

  • Location

    London, England

  • Area of Study

    Environmental Studies, European Studies, Geography, History

  • Language Level

    Taught In English

  • Course Level Recommendations

    Upper

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    Hours & Credits

  • UK Credits

    15
  • Recommended U.S. Semester Credits
    4
  • Recommended U.S. Quarter Units
    6
  • Overview

    Course description:

    This module examines how environmental challenges have been, and continue to be, shaped by empire. These impacts affect how Earth's history, the biosphere, and the climate are known, and extend to both extractive technologies and financial relationships that enable extraction. But the effects of empire run deeper, to the very way the environment is understood. Using London as a launchpad for field trips and firsthand encounters, this module challenges students to rethink how ideas of the planet’s past, present, and future are shaped by empire.

    This module aims to:

    1) Examine how empire has shaped, and continues to shape, environmental knowledge

    2) Explore sites and spaces of empire, such as where the material markers of scientific knowledge persist in advancing ways of knowing and relating to the environment today

    3) Understand how contemporary modes of extraction maintain links to the legacies of empire, such as in and through financial activities

    4) Provide students with concrete analytical skills for situating contemporary challenges in historical context

    5) Encourage students to engage critically and thoughtfully with how environmental thought, and baselines for assessing environmental impacts, have been influenced by the data collected through empire 

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