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Politics, History & International Relations

History Modules

Year 1

 

 

Semester One

Semester Two

INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIC STUDIES [10]
core seminar

WHAT IS HISTORY? [10]
(includes themes such as Modern Britain, Empire and The Holocaust)

MODERN EUROPE: FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO THE PRESENT [10 or 20]

MODERN WORLD HISTORY: NEW PERSPECTIVES [20]
  

Language Option


Year 2

 

Semester One

Semester Two

HISTORY FOR THE 21st CENTURY [20]
(includes case study seminars on Environmental History; History and Film; Diplomatic History)

RESEARCH DESIGN [10]
 preparing a dissertation

HISTORY OPTIONS [10 OR 20]

Choice of at least two options:
- Modern South Asia: Politics, Society & Culture
- Cold War Europe
- further options tbd

HISTORY OPTIONS [10 OR 20]
Choice of at least 3 options:
 - Britain since 1900
- Modern Germany: From Racial Dictatorship to Recivilization or
- Modern China in a Global Perspective

Language Option


Year 3

 

Semester One

Semester Two

DISSERTATION IN HISTORY [40] – BOTH SEMESTERS

HISTORY PRIMARY SOURCE OPTION [10 or 20]

Choice of 2-3 primary source options:
- The Beatles and the 1960s
- Muslim Lives: Autobiography, Identity and the Self in Modern Islamic Societies
- further options tbd

HISTORY PRIMARY SOURCE OPTION [10 OR 20]
Choice of 2-3 primary source options:
- The Rise of the Nazis or The Holocaust in Contexts
- The Culture of Politics in Twentieth-Century China
- further options tbd
 

HISTORY OPTIONS [10 or 20] - Either Semester One or Two

large choice of options, e.g.:
The European Union and the United States; Germany in Europe; Euroscepticism in Britain; Modern Italy; Nationalism; Germany and its Neighbours; Anticapitalism and Alterglobalisation;
Spanish-Latin American Relations; South African Politics and Society.

Language Option

*Subject to changes. The programme does not include option modules (incl. on primary sources), case studies and themes that will be taught by the forthcoming appointment in European History. The Joint Honours Programme in Geography and History does not provide for language options.