MULOSIGE’s first syllabus has been compiled by Fatima Burney (SOAS, MULOSIGE), Francesca Orsini (SOAS, MULOSIGE) and Nick Harrison (Kings College London) and is entitled ‘Comparative Colonial Pedagogies.’ Follow the link below to download the course.

Indian School Calcutta

Indian school in Calcutta by William Simpson (1859), © Victoria & Albert Museum

This course will examine the influence and history of colonial education in the Maghreb and North India to illustrate both shared and divergent trajectories across these contexts. The North African and North Indian case studies differ not simply in some of their ‘local’ pedagogic practices but also in the varieties of colonial influence as the areas of North India which we examine were colonized by the British empire while the Maghrebi regions we consider were primarily colonized by the French. Please note, some of the suggested readings for the Maghrebi section are in French, but English-language materials have been prioritized. By comparing these two case studies, this course seeks to highlight the shifts in methods and social functions of education instituted by colonialists. The course is divided into two sub-sections and a final week is reserved for a discussion of the contemporary climate of humanities education in American and British universities.

Download the course here: Comparative Colonial Pedagogies.