Introduction
Please note that the modules listed are those we intend to run based on the latest information regarding staff availability, but that teaching staff availability can change, e.g. retirements, parental leave, or ill health, which may require the withdrawal of modules at a later point. If that is the case, students will be notified accordingly.
Please refer to the handbooksLink opens in a new window for information on policies concerning modules.
For information regarding module selection and allocation, please refer to our Module Information pageLink opens in a new window.
Syllabus
It is essential all students familiarise themselves with the degree course syllabi. This will tell you which modules you must take as core requirements of your degree as well as how many optional modules you may choose.
First Year
Second Year
| HI275-30 |
The British Problem: Empire, Conflict and National Identities, 1558-1714Link opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Early Modern |
| HI290-30 |
History of Germany from Bismarck to the Berlin RepublicLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
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| HI2A6-30 |
Urban Catastrophes: Disasters and Urban Reconstruction from 1906 to the PresentLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
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| HI2A7-30 |
A Global History of FoodLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Early Modern |
| HI2D2-30 |
Corruption in Britain and its Empire, 1600-1850Link opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Early Modern |
| HI2D4-30 |
Race, Racism and Resistance in Modern BritainLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
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| HI2E7-30 |
A History of Modern MexicoLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
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| HI2E9-30 |
Crossing Boundaries and Breaking Norms in the Medieval WorldLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Early Modern |
| HI2H3-30 |
Out of the Ghetto: Jewish History of Culture and Life from 1650 to TodayLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Early Modern |
| HI2J8-30 |
Entangled History: Ukraine and her Neighbours, from the Middles Ages to the PresentLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Early Modern |
| HI2K1-30 |
How Did We Get to Where We Are Today? A Political History of the Contemporary WorldLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
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| HI2J6-30 |
Modern ChinaLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
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| HI2K3-30 |
A History of Africa from the MarginsLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
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| HI2K2-30 |
Imperial Natures: Environments and Empires from the Little Ice Age to the Great Acceleration (c. 1450 to the present)Link opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Early Modern |
| HI282-15 |
The Formation of American Culture, 1876-1929Link opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 2 |
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| HI2A8-15 |
The Formation of American Culture, 1929-2019Link opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 2 |
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| HI2B8-15 |
Caravans and Traders: Global Connections, 1200-1500Link opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 1 |
Early Modern |
| HI2C1-15 |
Galleons and Galleys: Global Connections, 1500-1800Link opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 2 |
Early Modern |
| HI2C6-15 |
Sex and the US Military: from Cold War to "War on Terror"Link opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 1 |
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| HI2E1-15 |
Historiography I: Methods and Theories in their Historical Context, 1750-c.1990Link opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 1 |
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| HI2E2-15 |
Historiography II: Recent and Emerging Trends in History Writing, 1990 to todayLink opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 2 |
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| HI2E4-15 |
Research ProjectLink opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 2 |
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| HI2H4-15 |
A Global History of SportLink opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 1 |
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| HI2H6-15 |
Freedom Fighting: Race, Slavery and War in the Revolutionary Caribbean, 1790-1812Link opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 1 |
Early Modern |
| HI2H7-15 |
Measuring Society: Social Sciences and Social Problems in Twentieth-Century BritainLink opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 1 |
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| HI2H9-15 |
Surveillance States: Biometrics from the Border to the BathroomLink opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 1 |
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| HI2J9-15 |
Everyday People: Writing Nineteenth-Century British and American LivesLink opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 1 |
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| HI2J7-15 |
The Weimar Republic, 1918-1933Link opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 1 |
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| HI2K5-15 |
From War to Wall: A History of the US-Mexican BorderlandsLink opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 2 |
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| PH370-15 |
Montaigne's Essays (this is a Philosophy module taught by one of our History tutors - please apply for this module via the Philosophy website) |
15 CATS |
Term 2 |
Early Modern |
| HI2J5-15 |
United in Diversity? A History of Europe since 1945 - Brussels Residential ModuleLink opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 3 |
WIISP |
| HI2G9-15 |
The Invention of the American IndianLink opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 3 |
WIISP |
| HI2H2-15 |
Venice in the Renaissance - Summer School VersionLink opens in a new window |
15 CATS |
Term 3 |
WIISP |
| HI2K4-15 |
Music and History |
15 CATS |
Term 3 |
WIISP |
Final Year
| HI3S2-30 |
History DissertationLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
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| HI3G9-30 |
Venice in the RenaissanceLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Term 1 |
Venice (Assessed)
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| HI3J3-30 |
Arts and Society in Early Modern EuropeLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Venice (Assessed) |
| HI3T4-30 |
From Fireplace to Cyberspace: The Folklore of Europe from Prehistory to the PresentLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Venice (Applied) |
| HI31X-30 |
Feminism, Politics, and Social Change in Modern BritainLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Term 2 |
Venice (Assessed) |
| HI3K2-30 |
A Global History of Travel: Odyssey to AeroplaneLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Term 2 |
Venice (Assessed) |
| HI31J-30 |
The French Revolution, 1774-1799Link opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Assessed |
| HI31R-30 |
The Elizabethan ReformationLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Examined |
| HI32B-30 |
Kenya's Mau Mau Rebellion, 1952-1960Link opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Examined |
| HI398-30 |
Crime and Punishment in the Long Nineteenth CenturyLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Applied |
| HI399-30 |
Britain in the 1970s: Between New Society and No SocietyLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Assessed |
| HI3G5-30 |
Conquest, Conflict and Co-existence: Crusading and the Crusader KingdomsLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Assessed |
| HI3H7-30 |
Foreign Bodies, Contagious Communities: Migration in the Modern WorldLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Applied |
| HI3J1-30 |
Empire and Energy in the Middle EastLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Assessed |
| HI3J7-30 |
Socialist Bodies: Dreams and Realities of the Physical in Soviet RussiaLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Assessed |
| HI3K6-30 |
India and the Problem of Postcolonial DemocracyLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Assessed |
| HI3K9-30 |
China and the West, before the Opium WarLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Applied |
| HI3S3-30 |
China Travel: Seeing the Chinese Empire through Travellers' EyesLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Assessed |
| HI3S7-30 |
From the Blues to Hip HopLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Assessed |
| HI3S9-30 |
Space, Place, and Movement in Atlantic Slave Societies: Brazil, Cuba, and West Africa, 1791-1888Link opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Assessed |
| HI3T6-30 |
Narcos: A Global History of the Drug TradeLink opens in a new window |
30 CATS |
Full Year |
Applied |
