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Department of History

Modules 2026/27

If you are a non-History student interested in History modules, you can find more information about applying for modules here.

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 handbooks for information on policies concerning modules, including the registration process.

Syllabus

It is essential all students familiarise themselves with the degree course syllabi. This will inform you what modules you must take as core requirements of your degree as well as how many optional modules you may choose.

Module Lists

2026/2027 Modules

HI200 Screening Subjects: Cinema, Science and Medicine in the Twentieth Century
Convenor: Anna Toropova
Type
Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 1
HI201 A Short History of Neoliberalism: Market, State and Human Nature, 1920 to Today
Convenor: Claudia Stein
Type
Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 2
HI275 The British Problem: Empire, Conflict and National Identities, 1558-1714
Convenor: Charmian Mansell
Type
Early Modern
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI277 Africa and the Cold War
Convenor: Daniel Branch
Type
Modern
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI282 The Formation of American Culture, 1876-1929
Convenor: J. E. Smyth
Type
Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 1
HI290 History of Germany, from Bismarck to the Berlin Republic
Convenor: Colin Storer
Type
Modern
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI299 Violence in Early Modern Europe
Convenor: Jonathan Davies
Type
Early Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 2
HI2A8 The Formation of American Culture, 1929-present
Convenor: J. E. Smyth
Type
Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 2
HI2B8 Caravans and Traders: Global Connections, 1200-1500
Convenor: Guido van Meersbergen
Type
Early Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 1
HI2C1 Galleons and Galleys: Global Connections 1500-1800
Convenor: Guido van Meersbergen
Type
Early Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 2
HI2C6 Sex and the US Military: from Cold War to "War on Terror"
Convenor: Susan Carruthers
Type
Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 2
HI2C9 War, Sex & Gender in the United States: from Civil War to WWII
Convenor: Susan Carruthers
Type
Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 1
HI2D2 Corruption in Britain and its Empire 1600-1850
Convenor: Mark Knights
Type
Early Modern
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI2D4 Race, Racism, and Resistance in Modern Britain
Convenor: Simon Peplow
Type
Modern
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI2E7 A History of Modern Mexico
Convenor: Rosie Doyle
Type
Modern
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI2E8 Caribbean Currents: A Global History
Convenor: Liz Egan
Type
Modern/Early Modern
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI2E9 Crossing Boundaries and Breaking Norms in the Medieval World
Convenor: Aysu Dincer Hajianastasis
Type
Early Modern
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI2H4 A Global History of Sport
Convenor: Roger Fagge
Type
Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 1
HI2H5 Race and Science: Histories and Legacies
Convenor: James Poskett
Type
Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 2
HI2H9 Surveillance States: Biometrics from the Border to the Bathroom
Convenor: Roberta Bivins
Type
Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 1
HI2J6 China Transformed: From Early Modern to Modern Times
Convenor: Song-Chuan Chen
Type
Modern/Early Modern
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI2J7 The Weimar Republic, 1918-1933
Convenor: Colin Storer
Type
Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 1
HI2J8 Entangled History: Ukraine and her Neighbours, from the Middle Ages to the Present
Convenor: Christoph Mick
Type
Modern/Early Modern
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI2J9 Everyday People: Writing Nineteenth-Century British and American Lives
Convenor: Lydia Plath
Type
Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 2
HI2K1 The History of Now
Convenor: Laura Schwartz
Type
Modern
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI2K2 Imperial Natures: Environments and Empires from c. 1450 to the Present
Convenor: Tom Simpson
Type
Modern/Early Modern
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI2K4 Music and History
Convenor: Tim Lockley & Roger Fagge
Type
Modern (Venice)
CATS
15
Term
Term 3
HI2K8 History of Global Organised Crime
Convenor: Benjamin Smith
Type
Modern (Venice)
CATS
15
Term
Term 3
HI2K9 Historical Research
Convenor: Claire Shaw
Type
-
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI2L1 The Displaced: Refugees in Modern Europe (1914-2015)
Convenor: Anca Cretu
Type
Modern
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI2L2 Life After Death: A History of Human Remains
Convenor: Elise Smith
Type
Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 2
HI2L3 Espionage and Intelligence in Pre-Modern Europe
Convenor: Penny Roberts
Type
Early Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 1
HI2L4 Anti-Colonial Resistance in the British Empire, 1600 to the Present
Convenor: April Jackson
Type
Modern/Early Modern
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI2L5 In Poor Health: The Sick Poor and Health Provisions, 1800s-1948
Convenor: Lynsey Cullen
Type
Modern
CATS
15
Term
Term 1
HI31E Stalinism in Europe, 1928-1953
Convenor: Christoph Mick
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI31J The French Revolution, 1774-1799
Convenor: Charles Walton
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI31X Feminism, Politics, and Social Change in Modern Britain
Convenor: Tara Morton
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI33Y The Historical Film: Global Perspectives in the Age of Netflix
Convenor: J.E. Smyth
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI34D Cultural History of the NHS
Convenor: Mathew Thomson
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3B1 America in Black and White? Contemporary US Race and Racism in Historical Context
Convenor: Lydia Plath
CATS
15
Term
Term 1/2
HI3G5 Conquest, Conflict and Co-existence: Crusading and the Crusader Kingdoms
Convenor: Aysu Dincer Hajianastasis
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3G9 Venice in the Renaissance (VENICE STREAM ONLY)
Convenor: Jonathan Davies & Luca Mola
CATS
30
Term
Term 1/2
HI3I2 HIV/AIDS and the Making of Contemporary Britain: 1980-2010
Convenor: Somak Biswas
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3I3 Go-Betweens: Crossing Borders in the Early Modern World
Convenor: Guido van Meersbergen
CATS
15
Term
Term 2
HI3I4 Islam, Power, and Law
Convenor: Henry Clements
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3I5 After the Republic: Venice from 1797 to the Present (VENICE STREAM ONLY)
Convenor: Jonathan Davies
CATS
15
Term
Term 1
HI3I8 Intimate Lives: Families and Emotions in Georgian Britain
Convenor: Sally Holloway
CATS
15
Term
Term 2
HI3J1 Empire and Energy in the Middle East
Convenor: Katayoun Shafiee
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3J3 Arts and Society in Early Modern Europe (VENICE STREAM ONLY)
Convenor: Luca Mola
CATS
15
Term
Term 1
HI3J7 Socialist Bodies: Dreams and Realities of the Physical in Soviet Russia
Convenor: Claire Shaw
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3K3 A History of Human Rights in Latin America
Convenor: Rosie Doyle
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3K6 India and the Problem of Postcolonial Democracy
Convenor: Aditya Sarkar
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3O1 The Emotional States of America: A History of Politics and Societal Feeling in the U.S. 1954-2025
Convenor: Liana Valerio
CATS
15
Term
Term 1
HI3O2 Power and Protest in Thatcher鈥檚 Britain: 鈥榃alls Come Tumbling Down鈥�?
Convenor: Simon Peplow
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3O3 From Madrasa to Laboratory: Politics of Knowledge in the Late Ottoman Era
Convenor: Meric Tanik
CATS
15
Term
Term 2
HI3O4 Antimafia Italia: Organised Crime, Civil Courage, and the Pursuit of Justice in Modern Italy (VENICE STREAM ONLY)
Convenor: Liana Valerio
CATS
15
Term
Term 1
HI3S2 Dissertation
Convenor: Anca Cretu
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3S3 China Travel: Seeing the Chinese Empire through Travellers' Eyes
Convenor: Anne Gerritsen
CATS
30
Term
Term 1
HI3S6 Science, Technology, and Global Politics, 1900 to Present
Convenor: James Poskett
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3S9 Forging Slavery, Finding Freedom: Enslaved Lives in Nineteenth-Century Brazil, Cuba, and Atlantic Africa
Convenor: Camillia Cowling
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3T4 From Fireplace to Cyberspace: The Folklore of Europe from Prehistory to the Present
Convenor: Jonathan Davies & Colin Storer
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3T6 Narcos: A Global History of the Drug Trade
Convenor: Benjamin Smith
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3T7 Religious Conflict and Civil War in France c. 1560-1600 (VENICE STREAM ONLY)
Convenor: Penny Roberts
CATS
30
Term
Term 2
HI3T8 Rebuilding the Body: The Pursuit of Perfection, 1861-2021 (VENICE STREAM ONLY)
Convenor: Roberta Bivins
CATS
30
Term
Term 2
HI3U1 Taiwan versus China: A Flashpoint for the Third World War?
Convenor: Song-Chuan Chen
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3U2 African Histories from Below
Convenor: Adyeeri Kembabazi
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3U3 An Untraditional History of the British Working Class
Convenor: Laura Schwartz
CATS
30
Term
Full Year
HI3U4 Neighbouring Enemies: Entangled Histories of Cuba and the United States in Conflict, Contrast, and Connection
Convenor: Liana Valerio
CATS
30
Term
Term 1r

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