[{"Course code":"P000067","Version":1,"English name":"Early Modern Social Inequality","Higher education credits":7.5,"Syllabus":"Finalized by: Forskarskolan  People, Society and Sustainability, 2023-10-26","Syllabus approved":"2023-10-26","Level within study regulation":"Third cycle","Subject":[{"Subject":"Agricultural History, Other Social Science"}],"Grading scale":"Pass \/ Failed","Language":"Swedish","Entry requirements":"Accepted as a PhD student.","Objectives":"Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:\n\n- describe how various concepts of (in-)equality have been used in historical societies and in modern scholarship;\n- describe how social and economic inequality changed over time and varied between various regions of Europe (especially Sweden) during the Early Modern period;\n- describe the methods and sources used by scholars for studying inequality in Early Modern Europe and discuss their different potentials and shortcomings;\n- discuss scholars’ different explanations for why and how inequality grew during the Early Modern period;\n- discuss effects that inequality had for Early Modern people and society.","Content":"The objective of this course is to give students insights into the research on inequality in Early Modern Europe in general, and Sweden in particular (c. 1500–1800): the main empirical findings, as well as the methods and the theoretical explanatory models used. The course includes the historiography of how (in-)equality rose as an intellectual concept and as an interest of research; the latest findings concerning how wealth and income inequality shifted over time and between regions; the debates regarding why and how inequality grew; and what consequences inequality had for the population of Early Modern Europe.","Examination formats":"Obligatory active participation in the discussions of four seminars (according to the course schedule), including preparatory readings (according to the reading list). A final written assignment of about 4000 words (8 pages), relating to the main themes of the course. \r\n- If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.\r\n\r\n- The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.\r\n\r\n- If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.\r\n\r\n- For the assessment of an independent project (degree project), the examiner may also allow a student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.\r\n","Organisation":[{"code":"595","Organisation":"Department of Urban and Rural Development"}],"Other information":"\r\n- The right to participate in teaching and\/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.\r\n\r\n- If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.\r\n"}]