History at Goldsmiths

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BA (Hons) History

BA (Hons) English and History

BA (Hons) History and Anthropology

BA (Hons) History and History of Ideas

BA (Hons) History and Politics

BA (Hons) History and Sociology

History

Undergraduate study


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Contents

Introducing the Department 2Introducing the degrees 4BA (Hons) in History 6BA (Hons) in English and History 7BA (Hons) in History and Anthropology 8BA (Hons) in History and History of Ideas 11BA (Hons) in History and Politics 12BA (Hons) in History and Sociology 13

Courses: second and third years 15Staff and their research interests 22Contact us 24Disclaimer 25

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Introducingthe Department

The Department of History provides a distinctiveand intellectually challenging environment forundergraduate study with internationally renownedscholars, a ourishing research culture and aninterdisciplinary approach. We foster enthusiasm forthe study of history through a focus on encountersand exploration, ideas and identities. Our emphasison encounters addresses the interplay of religious,political and cultural differences across timeand place. We use innovative, interdisciplinaryapproaches to encourage the exploration of issues,

controversies, and themes rather than chronologicalperiods. By examining the development of ideasand identities, we draw upon the past to illuminatethe conicts and challenges of modern life.

History at Goldsmiths promotes intellectualcuriosity and independent critical thinking. Weoffer exible and challenging programmes ofstudy at undergraduate and postgraduate levelsfeaturing carefully developed teaching invigoratedby current research. The geographical rangeof our courses includes Asia, Africa, Eastern

and Western Europe, and the Middle East.

Our graduates have gone on to pursue careersin commerce and industry, central and localgovernment, research and teaching, museumsand galleries, law, journalism and the media.

Different areas of specialisation atteaching and research levels include:

Contemporary thought Cold war history Cosmopolitanism and nationalism English civil wars and religious radicalism Gender and history The history of ideas The history of medicine Rise and development of national

ideologies in 19th century Europe World War II Venice and the Ottoman Empire

Topics studied include:

Medieval Islamic empires Art and culture in Italy 13001450 Magic and myth in medieval and early

modern Europe Heresy, the Occult and the Apocalypse in

early modern Europe Early modern European philosophy Visual and material culture in early modern Europe Art and culture in the Dutch Golden Age

Londons history through literature Lived histories: Britain in the 19th and20th centuries

Modern South Asia, 1857 present Italy since 1870 France since 1870: fascism, communism

and democracy Germany since 1870: nationalism

versus democracy Cinema and World War II Yugoslavia: history and disintegration Nationalism, democracy and dictatorship

in 20th century Eastern Europe Health, healing and illness in Africa Gender in text and history Medical history

Why study History at Goldsmiths? You will be part of a friendly, supportive

department with a ourishing research cultureand internationally renowned staff who willsupport you every step of the way throughyour historical studies;

We offer a wide range of interesting courseswithin exible programmes, and take aninnovative approach to the study of history;

Departmental links, including those withAnthropology, English, Politics and Sociologyreect our commitment to a stronglyinterdisciplinary approach that enrichesour teaching and research;

As an undergraduate at the University ofLondon you will have the option to take oneGroup 2 course (second year) and yourSpecial Subject (third year) at another institutionwithin the University of London, thus givingyou the maximum scope to pursue yourresearch interests;


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You will have access to an extensiveprogramme of departmental seminars,which include guest speakers from the wideracademic community;

Goldsmiths campus is only 15 minutes fromthe centre of London, with all the facilities andattractions the capital has to offer.

Peter Galloway Prize for HistoryTwo 500 prizes are donated each year by DrPeter Galloway, a graduate of the Department.

The prizes are awarded to the rst and secondyear History students or History and Historyof Ideas students who achieve the highestoverall average grade in their respective year.


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Introducingthe degrees

We offer undergraduate honoursdegree programmes in:

History English and History History and Anthropology History and History of Ideas History and Politics History and Sociology

StructureAn undergraduate honours degree is made upof 360 credits studied across the three levels(level 4, level 5 and level 6) of the programme. 1

A course is worth 30 credits. Some programmesalso contain 15 credit half courses or largercourses, such as the dissertation.

Full-time students take a total of 360 creditsover three years (120 credits per year).Part-time students also take a total of 360credits, but spread over 4-6 years.

The degree structure for full timestudents is as follows:

Year 1 120 creditsYear 2 120 creditsYear 3 - 120 credits

References in this booklet to level 4 correspond to therst year of your full-time undergraduate programme,level 5 to the second year, and level 6 to the nal year.

Assessment

Across the Department, we use a number of differentmethods of assessment. Some courses are assessedby means of a dissertation or long essay, othersby conventional three-hour written examination.Assessment for other courses is by essay portfoliosor a combination of coursework and exam. Thisdiversity allows different strengths, capacities andskills to be assessed. The Department encouragesthe use of visual and multimedia resources.

[1] Eight credit levels are used in England, Wales andNorthern Ireland. Of these, levels 4 to 6 represent thetypes of learning undertaken in an undergraduate

honours degree (these used to be called levels 1 to 3).The publication Academic Credit in Higher Education an Introduction describes what credit is and also describesthe different levels. This publication can be found at:http://www.qaa.ac.uk/standardsandquality/credit/leaet.pdf.

Entrance requirementsA-level requirementsA typical GCE A level offer for an undergraduatehistory programme would be ABB (this wouldinclude a B in English Literature, or Languageand Literature, for the BA English and Historyprogramme). Please refer to the UndergraduateProspectus, available from the contact details onpage 24 or by visiting www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/ug/ba-history/ for more details.

Please note: we also welcome applicants withalternative qualications, for example, thosewho have successfully completed an Access orCerticate course, GNVQ, BTEC or their Europeanequivalents. You must, however, satisfy thegeneral entrance requirements of Goldsmiths.

Integrated Degree in HistoryIf you do not meet the requirements for studyingat undergraduate level at this stage, you maybe interested in our full-time Integrated Degreein History. A foundation year forms the rst

year of a four-year integrated degree. If yousuccessfully achieve the progression requirementsof the foundation year, you can automaticallyprogress to our full-time three-year BA (Honours)History degree. If you decide to leave havingsuccessfully completed the rst year, you willbe awarded a Foundation Certicate.

For further information, please see the Routesinto Higher Education booklet available todownload at www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/booklets,or from the contact details on page 24.

English language requirementIf English is not your rst language, you must obtainevidence of your English language competence.Tests considered appropriate include:

International English Language Testing System(IELTS) pass with at least 6.5 overall anda minimum of 6.0 in the written element;

TOEFL score of at least 580 including4.5 in the Test of Written English (TWE),or 237 in the Computerised Test (CT)including 4.5 in the essay component, or92 in the Internet-based test (IBT) with aminimum of 23 in the written element;


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International GCSE (IGCSE) English asa second language at Grade C or above;

Cambridge Certicate of Prociency ofEnglish (CPE) Level 5 at Grade C or above;

Cambridge Certicate in Advanced English(CAE) Level 4 at Grade B or above;

Pearson Test of English (Academic), with ascore of 68 overall, including 68 in the written

element and 59 in all other elements.

Mature studentsWe welcome applications from mature studentswho may be admitted without GCE A-levels if theyhave successfully completed a recognised Accesscourse or have other experience, which may beconsidered as equivalent to formal qualications.

International studentsWe also welcome applications from internationalstudents. We accept many students with

international qualications which are equivalent toGCE A-levels. The mix of students of different agesand backgrounds in the department results in alively and interesting exchange of views and ideas.

Part-time studentsWe welcome applications from part-time studentson the majority of our programmes. If you studypart-time, you may complete your degree byfollowing courses spread over 4-6 years of study.You will be required to complete 360 coursecredits for the overall degree. Please note: yourchoice of courses may be restricted by timetablingconstraints and degree regulation requirements.

Interview policyWe normally interview applicants whohave alternative qualications.

For further information on applicationprocedures and entrance requirements,please see the Undergraduate Prospectus,available from the contact details on page 24or by visiting www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/ug/.

FeesFor up-to-date information on fees, pleasesee the Undergraduate Prospectus, or visitwww.goldsmiths.ac.uk/costs/.Please note: fees are quoted per year of study.

TeachingCourses are delivered through a combinationof lectures, seminars and workshops. Our staffare drawn from a wide range of professionaland educational backgrounds, which provides adiverse and rewarding educational experienceand creates a broad research prole. Furtherinformation on staff is available on page 22.

Open daysCollege-wide open days for all programmesacross the university are held three times ayear in the spring, summer and autumn. Forfurther information on these, please visit ourwebsite: www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/opendays/.

Applicant daysThe department holds applicant days in earlyDecember, mid-February and late March. Theseare for prospective students holding an offer to

study either single honours in history or one ofour joint degree programmes. Applicant daysgive you the chance to see Goldsmiths and thedepartment, meet staff and students, and hearand participate in sample lectures, as well as toask questions about the degree programmes andcourses, student accommodation and nance.Please contact Dr Ariel Hessayon, [email protected] for more information.

CareersAlthough not vocational in the narrow sense,degrees in history and combined subjectsdevelop your critical and analytical skills, yourability to express ideas clearly and your expertisein gathering insights from a range of subjects.Historical research enables you to gather andselect from a range of materials literary andvisual. It teaches you to write with imaginationand clarity. These are all qualities appropriate tocareers in journalism and the media, museums andgalleries, the Civil Service, teaching and researchand the commercial world. Our former studentshave found employment in all of these elds.

The Goldsmiths Careers Service providesfree information, advice, reference facilitiesand presentations. You also have access tothe University of London Careers Service inBloomsbury. Alternatively, depending on theclass of degree you are awarded, you may wishto consider studying at postgraduate level,whether at Goldsmiths or elsewhere. We offer anumber of programmes ranging from diplomasand taught MA degrees to research at Mastersand Doctoral level. For further information, pleasevisit www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/history/ where youcan also download our postgraduate booklet.


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The structure of the history degree is exible: inthe second and third years you are free to chooseall your preferred options (subject to timetablingconstraints). We offer courses in medieval,early modern and modern history, and you canspecialise in any of these or choose a variety ofperiods to suit your interests. With the adviceof your personal tutor, you can create your ownpathway through the degree programme.

Our focus is on intellectual and religious history,

the history of identities, medical history andresearch relevant to the Centre for the Study of theBalkans. All teaching after the rst year is researchled. We adopt a broad approach to the study ofthe past, which emphasises ideas and concepts,narratives and analysis, the study of time, and theuse of visual, as well as documentary resources.

Goldsmiths membership of the University ofLondon also provides unrivalled academic and socialfacilities. For example, in your second year you cantake one Group 2 course from a large list of topics

taught either at Goldsmiths or in other University ofLondon history departments (for example, Birkbeck,Kings College, Queen Mary, Royal Holloway, theUCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies,and University College London). In your third year,you take a Special Subject from a list of forty orso topics taught either at Goldsmiths or in otherUniversity of London history departments. Formore about the Special Subjects see page 21.

What do you study?

First yearAll students take the following four courses:

Dictators, War and Revolution (30 credits) This course introduces you to the discipline of

political history by analysing, from a comparativeperspective, key modern political ideologies,developments and political leaders. In additionto a theoretical foundation, it provides a basic

understanding of how the modern world hasbeen shaped by dictators and revolutions.The course is divided into four thematic blocksof ve weeks each. The order of the blocksand the particular lecture topics may varyfrom year to year, but the four-part structureensures that you are exposed to a wide array ofmethodological and empirical issues critical forthe study of political history. Assessment by:a combination of coursework and a two-hourunseen written paper. There is also a rangeof coursework on which feedback is given.

Religion, Peace and Conict (30 credits) This course explores the historical and

contemporary role of religion in promotingpeace and conict through a series of casestudies. The contexts chosen for study mayvary from year to year but will normally includeexamples drawn from the West, the MiddleEast, and Asia. The course is divided into fourblocks of ve weeks each. By taking this courseyou will gain an introductory, but insightful,comprehension of religious belief and its role inpromoting peace and conict. Assessment by:a combination of coursework and a two-hourunseen written paper. There is also a rangeof coursework on which feedback is given.

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Ideas and Identities (30 credits) This course introduces you to the disciplines

of intellectual and cultural history as a wayof understanding yourself, other people andthe world around us. The course is dividedinto four thematic blocks of ve weeks each.While the order of the blocks and particularlecture topics may vary from year to year, thebroad focus on identities and the relationshipsbetween human beings and their surroundingswill remain the same. Hence, there may be

blocks on self-representation and portraiture;the creation of the individual across varioushistorical periods; emotions and bonds;humans and the natural world; politicalsystems in theory and practice; public historyand national identities. Assessment by: acombination of coursework and a two-hourunseen written paper. There is also a rangeof coursework on which feedback is given.

Concepts and Methods in History (30 credits) This core course introduces you to theories

of history, methodologies and conceptualproblems of advanced historical work fromthe ancient to the contemporary world.The course will help you acquire some ofthe fundamental skills involved in historicalstudy including writing at university level as well as help you with online research,footnoting and compiling a bibliography.It consists of one lecture and seminar perweek. Assessment by: one 2,000-word essay(25%) and one 4,000-word essay (75%).

Second yearYou take courses to the value of 120 creditsfrom an approved list, one of which may be aGroup 2 course. Please see page 15 for coursescurrently offered by the department.

Third yearYou take courses to the value of 120 credits:60 credits from the approved list, and one HistorySpecial Subject worth 60 credits (see page 15).

This degree consists of three distinct components:history, english and interdisciplinary studies.It is taught jointly by the Department ofHistory and the Department of English andComparative Literature. Further information onEnglish courses can be found in the English andComparative Literature undergraduate booklet,available from the contact details on page 24or by visiting www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/ecl/.

This degree enables you to maximise the

connections between history and english. This isachieved formally in the interdisciplinary element ofthe degree (course options in the second year andthe project in the third year) but opportunities toexplore the relationship will be found in many of theother option courses offered by both departments.

In your rst year, you take 120 credits, 60credits in History and 60 credits in English.

In your second year, you take 120 credits:

30 credits in History, 30 credits in English,30 credits in Interdisciplinary Studies and30 credits in either History or English.

In your third year, you take 120 credits: 60 creditsin History (or 30 credits in History and 30 credits ina related study), 30 credits in English and one 30credit project in Interdisciplinary Studies (consistingof a 6,000-8,000-word long essay). The project is anindependent study supervised by staff from one orboth departments on a topic chosen by the studentbut approved by the course tutor. Past subjects

have included: Feminism; The Female Author andHistory in the Early 19th Century; The Depictionand Inuence of Opium in Victorian Literature, andHenry V: Play, Film Scripts and History. You can alsochoose to study a Special Subject History course (60credits) in place of the 60 credits in History courses.

What do you study?

First yearYou take the following four courses:

Concepts and Methods in History(see page 6 for the course description).

One other rst year 30 credit History course(see page 6).

BA (Hons) inEnglish and History3 years full-time, 4-6 years part-time


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Explorations in English Literature The course covers selected texts of classical,

medieval, renaissance and modern literature,including epic, romance, tragedy, lyric, satireand novel. Principal texts might typically includeHomer, The Odyssey; Sophocles, Antigone;Shakespeare, Hamlet; selected poems of Donne,Milton, Pope, Blake, Coleridge; Austen, Emma;Ibsen, A Dolls House; Woolf, To the Lighthouse;Achebe, Things Fall Apart. Assessment by:three-hour written paper, two non-assessed

coursework essays are also required.

Approaches to Text The course introduces you to essential

concepts in modern literary studies, includingproperties of literary language; conventionand genre; prosody and poetic forms; narrativevoice and structure; texts in performanceand larger questions of interpretation.Principal texts might typically includeM Montgomery et al, Ways of Reading; Shelley,Frankenstein; Shakespeare, The Tempest;

Heaney, North. Assessment by: portfolio ofthree essays totalling 6,000-8,000-words.

Second yearYou take:

One English/History interdisciplinary30 credit course;

30 credits of History courses (see page 15); One English Period course worth 30 credits; The fourth course may be either 30 credits of

History courses or a 30 credit English course.

Third yearYou take:

The Interdisciplinary Project; One English Period course; Two additional courses (60 credits of

History courses; or 30 credits of Historycourses and a 30 credit Related studycourse; or 30 credits of History coursesand one 30 credit English course).

This degree programme gives you theopportunity to combine the study of historyand anthropology. It taps into an exciting andgrowing eld, which explores the interconnectionsbetween social processes, historical changeand cultural interaction and expression.

The combined degree allows you to creativelyinvestigate linkages between culture and historythrough the study of a diverse range of culturalcontexts and historical periods. You are asked

to consider contemporary social issues suchas race, gender, religion, globalisation, andtechnological change in light of historical ndings.You also explore history from an interdisciplinaryperspective, considering themes such as culturalrepresentation and interpretation, belief systemsand the nature of experience. You are challengedto examine key debates in both history andanthropology concerning the role of memory andthe use of oral, textual and material evidence.

The organisation of the programme is characterised

by both structure and exibility, designed toaccomplish three core objectives: to provide athorough grounding in key areas of knowledge inother disciplines, to develop the skills necessaryfor interdisciplinary study and to give you anopportunity to pursue your own personal interestsin this eld. The interdisciplinary element ofthis programme is emphasised by the thirdyear history and anthropology course and theindividual project, which allows you to developa project of your own design exploring therelationship between history and anthropology.

Taught jointly by the Departments of Historyand Anthropology, this programme draws on theresearch and teaching strengths of both. You cantake advantage of the exciting range of courses onoffer, covering diverse regions and periods, from theAnthropology of Health, Medicine and Social Powerto Health, Healing and Illness in Africa; from Culturesof Colonialism to Modern South Asia, 1857- present.

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What do you study?

First yearYou take the following courses:

Concepts and Methods in History(see page 7 for the course description);

Introduction to Social Anthropology; Anthropological Methods; Ethnography of a Selected Region; One of the other rst year 30 credit History

course (see page 7 for course descriptions).

Second yearYou take two Anthropology courses:

Religion, Morals and Symbolism; Politics, Economics and Social Change.

You take 60 credits of courses in History froman approved list, 30 credits of which may be aGroup 2 course. Please see page 15 for coursescurrently offered by the Department of History.

Third yearDuring your third year you take:

An individual project that consists ofindependent, interdisciplinary studysupervised by staff from both departments.Assessment by: dissertation.

Anthropology and History (linking course); A choice of History and Anthropology

options. You may choose to take a SpecialSubject History course from a wide range ofsubjects offered not only at Goldsmiths butalso by history departments throughout theUniversity of London. Special Subject coursesoffer in-depth study using original historicalsources. Colleges offering Special Subjectsare listed on page 20. Please see page 15for the History options currently offered.

In addition to the Individual Project and Anthropologyand History course, you may choose to do:

One History Special Subject (worth 60 credits)and one 30 credit Anthropology option;

or 60 course credits in History and one

30 credit Anthropology option;or 30 course credits in History and 60

credits of Anthropology options.

Please see the undergraduate Anthropologybooklet for further details on Anthropology courses,available from the contact details on page 24 orby visiting www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/anthropology.


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History at Goldsmiths issomething very different...anorganic and thriving area of study,where differing and conictinginterpretations are examinedand encouraged. This course willchange your life.

Daniel TaylorBA History and History of Ideas


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This degree combines the broader study ofhistory in general with a more specic focus onthe nature of ideas and their role in history, theirimpact on the historical process, their relationshipto material and economic conditions, to politicalpower structures, philosophy, art, religion, literature,science, and sexuality. There is a close relationshipbetween history of ideas and cultural history.History of ideas typically focuses on the workof individuals and groups who consciously seekcreatively to develop and transform received ideas,

while cultural history focuses on the traditions andtrends more broadly effective in culture at large.Notably, our programme offers one of the fewopportunities in the United Kingdom to specialisein the history of ideas at undergraduate level.

The degree will appeal to those with an interest inintellectual history who wish to study ideas as theyevolved within a historical context as opposed toon a purely theoretical level, as, for example, in aphilosophy degree. It encourages you to explorelinks between concepts and their embodiment

in historical institutions, offering the opportunityto study salient aspects of Western thought(and some aspects of non-Western thought) inkey phases of their historical development.

We emphasise the study of original texts in theiroriginal contexts and the history of their subsequenttransmission and reception. In addition to notionsof the great thinkers, the programme also looks atideas current in popular, non-elite and non-literatecontexts. You will look at the impact of ideas in arange of diverse areas, such as economic and socialconditions, power structures, individual desiresand goals, sexuality, gender, the unconscious,art, literature, science, and philosophy.

What do you study?

First year In the rst year, you take the following courses:

Concepts and Methods in History; Ideas and Identities; Dictators, War and Revolution; Religion, Peace and Conict.

(See page 15 for course descriptions).

Second yearYou take 120 course credits:

30 credits from the History ofIdeas list (see below);

30 credits from the History of Ideas listor a related study in History of Ideas;

30 credits from the History list (see page 15); 30 credits from the History list,

which may include a Group 2 course,or a related study in History.

Third yearDuring the third year you take:

History of Ideas Special Subject(60 credits, see page 21);

30 credits from the History of Ideas listor a related study in History of Ideas;

30 credits from the History list ora related study in History.

History of Ideas options

Art and culture in Italy 13001450; Magic and myth in medieval and

early modern Europe; Heresy, the Occult and the Apocalypse

in early modern Europe; Mediterranean Encounters:

Venice and the Ottoman Empire; Early modern European philosophy; Visual and material culture in

early modern Europe; Art and culture in the Dutch Golden Age; Londons history through literature; France since 1870: fascism,

communism and democracy; Imaging Africa: Ideology, identity and

text in Africa and the Diaspora.

History of Ideas related study optionsfrom the Politics department Chinese Politics; Comparative European Politics; Contemporary International

Relations Theory and Practice; Modern Political Theory; Themes and Issues in British Politics since 1945.

For course descriptions, please see page 15.

BA (Hons) in Historyand History of Ideas3 years full-time or 4-5 years part-time


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BA (Hons) inHistory and Politics3 years full-time or 4-5 years part-time

This degree offers you the opportunity tocombine the study of history and politics. Youexplore the ways in which thinking about politicsis vital to the study of history, and how the pastdevelopment of social and political institutions iscrucial to an understanding of todays politics. Thisinterdisciplinary approach gives you insights intothe way that social, cultural and political institutionshave shaped, and continue to shape, our society.

Taught jointly by the Departments of History and

Politics, the degree requires you to apply methodsand concepts from both disciplines. Throughoutthe course, you study a range of courses offeredby both departments including a core course forthe study of history and politics, and a variety ofcomplementary courses and are encouraged toexamine links between the two. Your study of therelationships between historical processes andpolitics will be enhanced by Goldsmiths growingreputation as a centre of excellence in culturaland social processes; the campus is also only 15minutes by train from the centre of government and

decision making at Westminster and Whitehall.

What do you study?

First yearIn the rst year, you take:

Concepts and Methods in History(see page 7 for course description);

One of the other three rst-year Historycourses (see page 7 for course description);

Two Politics courses from an approved listprovided by the Department of Politics.

Second yearIn the second year, the core course covers modernpolitical theory. You also choose one other 30 creditPolitics course from an approved list providedby the Department of Politics, and 60 credits ofHistory courses from an approved list providedby the Department of History, 30 credits of whichmay be a Group 2 course. Please see page 15for a list of History courses currently on offer.

Third year

During your third year, you undertake aninterdisciplinary dissertation for whichyou are given special supervision on asubject of particular interest to you.

You can also choose a Special Subject Historycourse (60 credits) from a wide range ofsubjects offered not only at Goldsmiths butalso by history departments throughoutthe University of London. Colleges offeringSpecial Subjects are listed on page 21.

Please see the undergraduate Politics bookletfor further details on Politics courses,available from the contact details on page 24or by visiting www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/politics.


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BA (Hons) inHistory and Sociology3 years full-time

IntroductionThis degree consists of three distinctcomponents: historical studies, sociologyand interdisciplinary studies.

You take a total of 120 course credits each year.The course structure intends to maximise linkagesbetween the two disciplines of history and sociology.This is achieved formally in the interdisciplinary thirdof the degree, but there will also be opportunitiesto explore the relationship in many of the other

courses offered by the two departments.

What do you study?

First yearIn your rst year, you take the following four courses:

Critical Readings: The Emergenceof Sociological Rationality

This course focuses on key texts in sociology,reading them closely and critically. You areintroduced to sociologys key thinkers by

focusing on extracts from their writing andlearning how to read in a critical way. Youlook at what they say, but also how they sayit. The course aims to give you condence inreading and thinking about texts. Assessmentby: a three-hour seen written examination.

Modern Knowledge/Modern Power The course aims to introduce you to the

sociological imagination. What is distinctiveabout sociology? With a focus on knowledgeand power, the course looks at how sociologyhas developed with an emphasis on the studyof relations between individuals and groupsin modern industrial societies. Assessmentby: three-hour seen written examination.

Concepts and Methods in History(See page 7 for the course description).

A fourth course chosen from the otherthree rst-year History courses (please seepage 7 for History course descriptions).

Second yearYou take the following courses:

Central Issues in Sociological Analysis This course looks at central questions in

sociology and the study of society. It focusesin particular upon the issues of agency andstructure; holism and individualism; continuityand change; public and private structure andself; laws, observation and interpretation.Assessment by: one 2,500-word essay.

The Philosophy and Methodologyof the Social Sciences

All sociologists have had to deal with someconict between the idea of sociologicalknowledge as scientic, guided by reasonand human subjectivity, which gives youdiffering conceptions of what is real or true.This course looks at some problems in ndingout about the social world, dealing with values,and interpreting social reality or realities.Assessment by: one 2,500-word essay.

You also choose one other Sociology 30 creditcourse from an approved list provided by theDepartment of Sociology and 60 course creditsfrom an approved list of History options, 30 creditsof which may be a Group 2 course. Please seepage 15 for the list of History options, and for moreinformation on the Sociology options, please requestthe departmental booklet from the contacts listed onpage 24 or visit www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/sociology.

Third yearIn your third year, you may choose to do a HistorySpecial Subject (60 credits) selected from theforty or so available throughout the Universityof London. You also do an extended link essay(30 credits) that will be supported jointly bythe Departments of History and Sociology. Theremainder of the years courses are chosen fromthe option courses available in both departments.


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History coursesThe majority of courses run on alternate yearsand are dependent on staff availability.

Art and Culture in Italy 1300-1450 (15 credits)This course introduces you to the methods ofcultural and visual history through an analysis ofthe development of painting in Italy between 1300and 1450. It analyses the cultural conditions presentfor the emergence of painting, focusing upon theeconomic and political constitution of the Italian city-

state and the contribution of the mendicant orders tothe redenition of religious and aesthetic experience.While the course focuses on the contributions of theartists such as Giotto, Duccio and Masaccio, their workwill be rmly located within the economic, social,political and religious culture of their period. You willalso be introduced to historiographic literature andassess many debates provoked by the emergenceof painting during this period. Assessment by: aportfolio of one 3,000-word essay (60%) and anin-depth visual analysis of 2,000 words (40%).

Art and Culture in the Dutch Golden Age (15 credits)The course will introduce students to the methodsof cultural and visual history through an analysisof Dutch art and culture of the 17th century. Thecourse will analyse the cultural conditions (religiousand economic) for the emergence of new formsand genres of art during the period. It will focuson the relationship between art and the marketand the innovations in patronage and choice ofsubject matter. The course will introduce studentsto Dutch culture, analyse the emergence of diversecentres of art production (Amsterdam, Delftand The Hague) and nally focus on the workof Rembrandt and Vermeer. Assessment by: aportfolio of one 3,000-word essay (60%) and anin-depth visual analysis of 2,000 words (40%).

Art and Culture in France 1850-1900 (15 credits)This course introduces you to the methods ofcultural and visual history through an analysis of thedevelopment of painting in France between 1850-1900. The course analyses the cultural conditionspresent for the revolution in art known as the newpainting. It focuses on the relationship betweenchanges in the institution of the art world and broaderpatterns of economic, cultural and political changein France during the second half of the nineteenthcentury. While the course focuses on the work of

artists such as Monet, Morisot, Pissaro, Cezanne andSisley, it will situate their contributions within theprocesses of industrial and political revolution inFrance. You will also be introduced to historiographicliterature and assess many debates which have beenprovoked by the emergence of painting during thisperiod. Assessment by: a portfolio of one 3,000-wordessay and an in-depth visual analysis of 2,000 words.

Britain Through the Lens (30 credits)This course looks at the changing ways in which

experiences, identities and social issues havebeen represented on screen in Britain, in order toexplore the social and cultural history of Britainin the twentieth century. The ways in which socialproblems are identied and responded to bydifferent groups in society is also examined. Topicsand lms vary from year to year but they normallyfocus on Britain from the 1940s to the end of thetwentieth century. Between the 1920s and 1950s,cinema-going was the main form of leisure for largesections of society; lms have been a key aspect ofthe media since the Second World War. The way in

which lms reect and highlight popular attitudesand preoccupations, as well as generating viewsthat lm-makers regard as desirable, will be criticallyanalysed. The course will involve knowledge of theissues dealt with in specic lms and an ability toplace these in an historical context. It also requiresan analysis of the lms themselves in terms ofthemes, representations and treatment of subjects.Assessment by: three-hour written examination.

The Crusades 1095-1400 (30 credits)This course examines the political, economic andcultural context of the Crusades in the 11th to 14thcenturies. The Western Christian response to thegrowth of Islam and the development of hostilitybetween East and West will be considered and avariety of historical sources from both Christian andMuslim traditions will be studied to establish howthese events were understood and contextualisedby contemporary thinkers. It will also examinethe place of the Crusades in popular myth fromthe Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Youwill consider the potential long-term effects ofthe crusade movement on the other aspects ofEuropean history, such as the growth of papacy, theexpansion of Europe into new territories and thedevelopment of intellectual approaches to othercultures. Assessment by: three-hour written paper.

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Early Modern European Philosophy (15 credits)This course examines a rich period of philosophicthought in European history through the work ofthe ideas and arguments of these philosophers andexplores how they engaged with the importantdebates of their day. In addition, you will gainan awareness of how early modern Europeanphilosophy is both a continuation and a departure

from earlier schools of thought, and how modernscholars have engaged with these important texts.Assessment by: one essay of 3,000 words (level 5)or 4,000 words (level 6). You will also be requiredto submit one piece of (non-examined) courseworkduring the term, such as a seminar presentation.

France since 1870: Fascism, Communismand Democracy (30 credits)This course covers the political, social and to a lesserextent, economic history of France from 1870 tothe present. You will gain a broad and continuous

knowledge of recent French political and socialhistory. In addition, you will engage with widerissues concerning the impact of social, economicand political change in the 19th and 20th centuries.You will also gain an understanding of both therole of political ideologies and of the contestednature of national identity in an historical context.Assessment by: three-hour written examination.

Gender: Debates and Relationships800-1300 (15 credits)This course introduces some of the key debatesabout the nature and structure of gender relations inmedieval history. You will look at the ways in whichgender acted as a signicant category of social,political and religious distinction and explore theway gender has begun to be treated as a centralissue in contemporary historiography, as well as howgender can be of use to historians as a category ofanalysis. It asks how important gender was in themaking of medieval culture and society, in religiousand secular contexts, and across classes. You willdiscuss the range of roles held by women andmen in medieval society and examine a variety ofprimary sources commonly used as evidence aboutgender and gendered relationships. Assessmentby: a portfolio of two 1,500-2,000-word essays(revised coursework essays to be resubmitted).

Gender in Text and History, from the 18thto the 19th century (15 credits)This course offers an introduction to some of themajor developments in thinking about gender andthe construction of masculinities and femininitiesbetween the late-eighteenth and late-nineteenth

centuries. We will examine predominantly Britishliterary texts and historical documents, written bymen and women, placing them in their speciccultural contexts and considering different forms of

writing as historical evidence. We will thinkabout gender in relation to other forms of identity,such as class and race, and its relationship withissues such as education, work, industrialisation,parenting, marriage, health, prostitution and sexuality.Questions of whether gender shapes distinctiveforms of writing will be addressed through anexamination of Romantic dystopias, social problem

novels, autobiographical writings and contemporary journalism. Throughout the course, we will analysethe relationship between narrative, language andhistory, between history and ction, and betweenthe individual and historical change. Assessment by: 2,500-word essay at level 5 (60%) and 3000-wordessay at level 6 (60%); a portfolio of written work of2,000 words at level 5 (40%) and 2,500 words atlevel 6 (40%).

Gender in Text and History from the19th to the 21st century (15 credits)

This course offers an introduction to some of themajor developments in thinking about gender andthe construction of masculinities and femininitiesbetween the late-nineteenth and twenty-rstcenturies. We will examine literary texts and historicaldocuments, written by men and women of British,American, South African, Austrian, Turkish andWest Indian origin, placing each work in its speciccultural context and considering different forms ofwriting as historical evidence. We will think aboutthe intersection between gender, race, class andnational identity, and the relationship betweengender and issues such as psychoanalysis, sexuality,war, mental health and parenting. Twentieth-centuryre-engagements with history and questions aboutwhether gender shapes distinctive forms of writingwill be addressed through an examination of lifewriting, novels and essays. Throughout the coursewe will analyse the relationship between narrative,language and history, between history and ction,and between the individual and historical change.Assessment by: 2,500-word essay at level 5 (60%)and 3000-word essay at level 6 (60%); a portfolioof written work of 2,000 words at level 5 (40%) and2,500 words at level 6 (40%).

Germany since 1870: NationalismVersus Democracy (30 credits)This course covers the political, social and to alesser extent, economic history of Germany from1870 to the present. You will be introduced to abroad range of approaches to recent Germanpolitical and social history, and engage withwider issues concerning the impact of social,economic and political change in the 19th and 20th

centuries. You will also gain an understanding ofthe role of political ideology and the contestednature of national identity in a historical context.Assessment by: three-hour written examination.


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Health, Healing and Illness in Africa (30 credits)This course explores changing experiences of healthand illness in colonial and post-colonial Africa. Itasks: how did Africans themselves understand themeaning of health, illness and disease? In whatways did these meanings conict with colonialnotions and colonial medical practices? You willexamine ways in which African healing systems

and colonial medicine changed over time. Thecourse considers how gender and race inuencedAfricans experience of health and illness. We willalso look at patterns of fertility and nutrition andexplore the history of infectious diseases (such asinuenza, malaria and HIV/AIDS) on the continent.Assessment by: three-hour examination.

Heresy, the Occult and the Apocalypsein Early Modern Europe (30 credits)This course examines collective and individualthoughts ordinarily considered to be outside the

parameters of the doctrines of the establishedchurch from c.1450 to c.1750. Subjects investigatedinclude the Bible, Apocrypha and extra-canonicaltexts; the Apocalypse; Prophecy; Judaism; Islam;Heresy and Blasphemy (including the Radical andMagisterial Reformations, the Inquisition and EnglishRevolution); sexuality and obscenity; witchcraft;the Devil and diabolic possession; the theology ofthe ancients (including Gnosticism, Neoplatonismand Hermes Trismegistus); magic; astrology andastronomy; alchemy and the origins of chemistry;angels; numerology; Jewish and Christian mysticism(including the Kabbalah); freemasonry and theEnlightenment. Assessment by: two essays of 3,000words (level 5), or two essays 4,000 words (level 6).

Imagining Africa: Ideology, Identity and Textin Africa and the Diaspora (15 credits)This course considers how ideas of Africa (itspeople, environment, history) were expressedthrough the writings of both prominent andlesser-known gures in Africa and the Diaspora.Through the examination of texts ranging fromslave narratives to autobiographies, speeches,essays, plays and novels we explore how thoseideas took shape within their particular historicaland regional contexts. Assessment by: one essayof 3,000 words (level 5) or 4,000 words (level 6).

Italy Since 1870 (30 credits)This course covers the political, social and, toa lesser extent, economic history of Italy fromunication to the present. While the origins,course and consequences of Mussolinis Fascistregime are seen as absolutely central to Italys

modern history, attention is also paid to morestructural socio-economic phenomena such as theenduring north-south division on the one hand,

and the mass migration from the countrysideto the industrial cities in 1958-63 on the other.Assessment by: three-hour written examination.

Lived Histories: Britain in the 19th and20th Centuries (30 credits)This course aims to reveal and explain the everydaylives and cultures of British people from 1800 to the

present. It studies the historical processes whichhave shaped peoples lives including: migration;reading and writing; new literacies; childhood;births, marriages and deaths; work cultures and thesexual division of labour; political movements; andthe World War. It also covers religious and politicalbeliefs; the forms of popular theatre; music-hall;broadcasting; and cinema, through which peopleidentied themselves and gave meaning to their lives.Assessment by: three-hour written examination.

London History: an introduction (15 credits)

This course will provide an introduction to the culturaland social history of London. Through the explorationof primary and secondary source material, alongwith visits to sites of cultural/historical importance,you will gain an understanding of the developmentof the historiography of the city. By focusing uponcontemporary understandings of London, throughthe interrogation of contemporary writings anddocuments, from the early modern period to theBlitz, you will be able to assess the relationshipbetween these and current perceptions of the urbanenvironment. A key aspect of the course is the ideaof simultaneity; that past and present London andLondoners develop, grow and are built on top andalongside each other. You will gain an understandingof this idea through the exploration of the city withsite-specic visits. Assessment by: one essay of3,000 words (level 5) or 4,000 words (level 6).

Londons History Through Literature (15 credits)Londons history is examined through the workof writers who have lived in London, who havewritten about the city, or who have used Londonas the background or setting for their work.As well as secondary literature on the citysdevelopment, a range of primary texts fromShakespeare to Orwell will be studied. By the endof the course you will have a good knowledge ofLondons history, an appreciation of the works ofa number of important writers, a sense of differenthistorical periods and knowledge of the varietyof locations that make up the textual map ofLondon. Assessment by: one essay of 3,000 words(level 5) or 4,000 words (level 6). You will also berequired to submit one piece of (non-examined)

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Magic and Myth in Medieval andEarly Modern Europe (30 credits)Various aspects of magical belief and practice fromthe Middle Ages to the early modern period arecovered, but the emphasis is mainly on early modernwitchcraft trials. The course explores the role ofmyths, legends and personal experience stories insustaining magical traditions and multiple versions

of certain long-enduring narrative schemes. Youconsider different cultural perceptions of whatis natural and supernatural, physical or spiritual,as well as sympathetic magic and metaphorswith material effects. Following the exploration ofindividual themes (including demonic possession,magic ointments, shape changing) this course willexamine the factors contributing to the decline ofwitch trials. Assessment by: a portfolio of two essaysof 3,000 words (level 5), or 4,000 words (level 6).

The Foundations of Modern medicine (15 credits)

The course will offer an introduction to some ofthe main themes and debates in medical historythrough an analysis of the foundations of modernmedicine. It will explore both the intellectual originsof modern medicine and the role of medical practiceand research in the progress of medical knowledge.The course will situate the emergence of modernmedicine within the broader cultural history ofmodernity and will consider the impact of medicineon the broader history of modern societies. We willlook specically at developments in the elds ofanatomy, physiology, pathology and biochemistryfocusing on the ideas of Harvey, Paracelsus,Pasteur and Koch. Assessment by: one essay of3,000 words in level 5 or 4,000 words in level 6.

Medieval Islamic Empires (30 credits)The main aim of this course is to examine the historyof Islam as it spread across Arabia to Persia andIndia in the east, through the Levant to the outskirtsof Vienna in the north and through North Africa toSpain in the west. The period studied begins with thehigh point of Islamic expansion under the Umayyadand Abbasid empires and then focuses on the periodof transition and fragmentation that followed. Topicswill include the proliferation of different sects andbranches of Islam as well as a survey of the majordynasties including Safavid Persia; Mughal India;Al-Andalus and Spain and the Ottoman Empire.The chronological framework will have distilledthemes for exploration, including the developmentand exchange of ideas, technological innovations,the spread of material culture and science andlearning. The course ends with a consideration ofthe contribution of Islamic thought and philosophy

to the modern world. Assessment by: dissertationof 6,000 words (level 5) or 8,000 words (level 6).

Mediterranean Encounters: Venice and theOttoman Empire, 1453-1797 (30 credits)This course examines the connected history ofthe two most powerful states in the early modernEastern Mediterranean: the Venetian and theOttoman Empires. From the fall of Constantinoplein 1453 to the occupation of Venice by Napoleonin 1797, the course encourages you to challenge

the notions of East and West as distinctentities and develop alternative approachesfor understanding interaction and its limits inparticular historical and geographical contexts.Assessment by: three hour exam (75%) and one2,000-word essay (25%). There is also a range ofcoursework on which formative feedback is given.

Modern South Asia, 1857 present (30 credits)Lectures and seminar discussions provide anoverview of the history of formal colonial rule inIndia, from the revolt of 1857 to the transfer of power

and the establishment of the two independentstates of India and Pakistan in 1947. Some key topicsinclude responses to colonial rule, including religiousrevivalism; rise of communalism; the emergence ofradical politics in the 1930s and its impact on thefreedom movement; the Quit India Movement andPartition. The course will then go on to examine theissues faced in postcolonial India and Pakistan andwill end with the creation of the state of Bangladeshin 1971. We will address questions regarding thepolitical economy of the colonial state, ideologiesof colonial governance, and the social and culturalhistories of the governed. We will nish the courseby comparing the diverse ways in which the sharedlegacy of colonialism has affected the developmentof modern South Asia. Assessment by: dissertationof 6,000 words (level 5) or 8,000 words (level 6).

Nationalism, Democracy and Dictatorship in20th Century Eastern Europe (30 credits)Eastern Europe has been at the centre of some ofthe main developments in modern history, yet theregion is still largely unknown and remains WesternEuropes other. This is essentially a political historycourse, with elements of cultural and social history,and non-history disciplines such as sociologyand politics. Students will be introduced to somemain debates about the origins of nations andnationalism in the nineteenth century (in respectof Eastern Europe). They will discuss the meaningsand denitions of Eastern Europe and other, related,geographic-symbolic concepts, such as CentralEurope and the Balkans. They will then study themain developments in the twentieth century: theFirst World War and the postwar settlements; the

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the Second World War; the Holocaust; Communisttakeovers in the aftermath of the war; the Tito-Sovietsplit of 1948; the Hungarian revolution of 1956; theSoviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968; the rise ofthe Solidarity movement in Poland in the 1970 and1980s; the Perestroika and Glasnost of the 1980s;the revolutions of 1989 and the fall of communistregimes; disintegration and war in Yugoslavia;

political, economic and social transition of the region;EU enlargement. Assessment by: dissertation of6,000 words (level 5) or 8,000 words (level 6).

Of Revelation and Revolution:A Social and Political History of TwentiethCentury South Africa (15 credits)This course examines key social, economicand political developments in the history oftwentieth century South Africa. Topics includethe mineral revolution, the migrant laboursystem, segregation and apartheid, resistance

and the transition to democracy in 1994. Thecourse charts important social transformationsin the context of this changing political history.Assessment by: two-hour written examination.

Visual and Material Culture in EarlyModern Europe (30 credits)This course examines the visual and materialculture of Europe between 1450 and 1700. Itinvestigates the role of images and artefacts in artand in daily life, focusing on the complex ways inwhich they acquired various meanings from theirproducers and consumers. Considering paintingsand architecture along with tapestries, prints,everyday furnishings, clothing and food, the courseexplores visual and material objects in the contextin which they were created and looks at the socialrelationships between their makers, sponsors andusers. The course offers an introduction to thetheories and methods of visual and material cultureand addresses a wide range of issues including:the marketplace and the birth of consumer culture;religion, politics and visual culture; the developmentof print and the rise of the printed image; globalconnections, colonialism and exotic goods; scienticimagery; fashion, gender and representations ofthe body. Throughout the course, students will beencouraged to think about the centrality of imagesand artefacts to the making of history and developcritical approaches to past and present visual andmaterial worlds. Assessment by: dissertation of6,000 words at level 5 and 8,000 words at level 6.

Yugoslavia: History and Disintegration (30 credits)The main aim of this course is to examine the historyof Yugoslavia and former Yugoslav peoples andplace the recent wars in a historical context. Thecourse begins by providing a background to themedieval history of the region. Other topics studiedinclude: the emergence of South Slav nationalismsin the nineteenth century, including the Yugoslav

Idea; the First World War and creation of Yugoslavia;political and cultural history of the interwar Yugoslavkingdom; occupation, resistance and collaborationin the Second World War; the communist takeover;the Tito-Stalin conict of 1948; the Yugoslav roadto socialism; dissent and opposition; culturaldevelopments during socialism; the political andeconomic crisis of the 1980s; disintegration andwars of the 1990s; international intervention.Assessment by: dissertation of 6,000 words atlevel 5 and 8,000 words at level 6. There is also arange of coursework on which feedback is given.

History Group 2 coursesSome degree programmes allow you to choose aHistory Group 2 course; please see the individualdegree descriptions for details. Further informationabout Group 2 courses is available herewww.history.ac.uk/syllabus/intercollegiate-courses/ group2.

Examples of Group 2 courses are as follows,showing the college where they are taught:

BirkbeckReligion, Magic and Society in Late AntiquityThe Ottoman EmpireThe English Family, c.13501720

Kings College LondonHistory of the Byzantine Empire, AD 6411055Themes in Early Modern Cultural HistoryEurope in the Age of Revolutionand Napoleon, 17801815

School of Slavonic and East EuropeanStudies, University College LondonThe Fall and Rise of the Polish Nation, 16481921The Rise and Fall of YugoslaviaSuccessors to the Habsburgs: East-Central Europe,19141945

Queen MaryOutsiders in the Middle AgesThe English in Medieval Ireland, c.11691399The Left in Western Europe since 1945


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Royal HollowayThe Crusades and the EasternMediterranean, 10951291Daily Life in Renaissance and Baroque ItalyThe Islamic Revival: from 18th-centuryReform to 20th-century Political Action

University College London

Rome AD 300-1000. Portraits of a City,Reections of a Changing WorldThe Medieval UniverseCrime and Popular Disorder in Georgian England

History Special SubjectsSome degree programmes allow you to choose aHistory Special Subject/Group 3 course; please seethe individual degree descriptions for details. Youhave access to the resources of all of the colleges ofthe University of London when you select a SpecialSubject from the forty or so available across the

University. These span a range of subjects, makingavailable expertise from the largest concentrationof university history teachers in the country.

The Special Subjects are based on the use of originalsources in detailed study which further developsyour skills of understanding and interpretinghistorical evidence. They are worth 60 credits andcount for half of the third years work. The availabilityof courses offered may wary from year to year.

Examples of History Special Subjects are as follows,showing the college where they are taught:

BirkbeckThe Age of Plague: Disease, Medicine andSociety in Western Europe, 13481665Later Medieval London, 14501560:Community, Politics and ReligionFrance, 17741794: Reform and RevolutionFamily, Society and Culture in Britain 18321918Literature, Culture and Society in Britain, 19141945Popular Culture in AmericanHistory, 1870 to the Present

GoldsmithsCulture and Society in Wartime Britain, 1939-1945Gandhi and Gandhism, 18691948Putting off the Pauper, Putting on the Man:Poverty, Dress and Identity in Industrial EnglandWeimar Germany: Culture and Society, 19181933Sex and the African City: Gender andUrbanisation in Southern Africa

Kings College LondonAlexander the GreatAugustus: Power and PropagandaReform and Rebellion in England, 12151267Women and Gender in Early Modern EnglandCaribbean Intellectual History, c.1800 to the PresentBritish Imperial Policy and Decolonisation, 1938-64Britains Thatcher

School of Slavonic and East EuropeanStudies, University College LondonIvan the Terrible and the RussianMonarchy in the Sixteenth CenturyEast and West through Travel Writing:The Limits of Division in Eastern EuropeMonarchs and the Enlightenment inRussia and Central EuropeUrban Culture and Modernity: Vienna-Prague-Budapest 18571938The Russian Revolution

Queen MaryRenaissance Rome, 14301530Religion and Gender in Europe, 14501550The French RevolutionVictorian Intellectual History

Royal HollowayHeresy, Crusade and Inquisition inSouthern France, c.11401300When Kings were Gods: EarlyModern Islamic Political IdeasBlasphemy, Irreligion and the EnglishEnlightenment, 16501720Victorian Social and Political ThoughtThe Revolting French: British andFrench Responses to RevolutionMigration, Identity and Citizenship in Modern BritainThe History and Historiography of the HolocaustBerlin: A European Metropolis from Kaiser to Kohl

University College LondonWar and Society in Ancient Greece, 750350 BCReformation and Revolt in the Low Countries,c.15201620Great Britain and the American Colonies, 1760-1776Living the Empire: Metropole and Colony in the 1830sProgressivism and Progressive Thought in America,c.18901914The Marshall Plan, 19471952

Related StudySome programmes allow you the opportunity totake a related study as part of your degree. Thismeans that you have the opportunity to choosean option course offered by another department(for example, from English and ComparativeLiterature, Politics, and Visual Cultures).


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Dr Toby Abse MA PhDModern European history, modernItalian social and political history.

Dr Talat Ahmed BA MA PhDIntellectual and cultural history of modern SouthAsia; radical literary and cultural projects in20th century South Asia; cosmopolitanism andnationalism; Gandhi and Indian nationalism.

Dr Philip Broadhead BA PhD

Early modern Europe; the Reformation in Germany.

Professor Howard Caygill BSc MA DPhilHistory of philosophy; modern German history.

Dr Dejan Djokic BA PhDModern history of the Balkans; national ideologiesin 19th century Europe; democracy and dictatorshipin Interwar Europe; Cold War history.

Dr Ariel Hessayon BA PhDEarly modern Britain and Europe; radical religion

and ideas; Jews and Crypto-Jews; the Occult.

Dr Helen Jones BA PGCE MA PhD,Head of DepartmentModern British history, Britain during theSecond World War, Womens history.

Professor Damien Keown BA DPhilOriental studies; contemporary ethics.

Sarah Lambert (part-time) BA MAMedieval history and Latin.

Dr Rebekah Lee BA MPhil DPhilSouthern African social and cultural history;gender and urbanisation; religion and identity.

Dr Vivienne Richmond BA MRes PhD19th century British dress; death;poverty; gender, philanthropy.

Dr Anastasia Stouraiti BA MA PhDSocial, political and cultural history of theRepublic of Venice; the history of books andreaders in early modern Europe, colonialism

and its forms of knowledge; comparativehistory of early modern empires.

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