History postgraduate modules

For a list of modules running in a specific year, please see the intranet. You will find below a full list of postgraduate modules currently and recently taught in the department, a selection of which is offered to students each academic year.

 

Core modules

Module Credits
Dissertation in History 90
Theory and Practice of History I 15
Theory and Practice of History II 15

Optional modules

Module Credits
Approaches to War & Society in the Twentieth Century 30
British Maritime Ascendancy 1700-1950 30
British Maritme Expansion 1450-1700 30
British Naval Power in the Era of Sail 1660-1815 30
British Naval Power in the Era of Steam 1815-1945 30
Christendom and Islam in the Middle Ages 30
Crime and the Birth of Modern America 30
Disenchantment of the World ? 30
Empires: Europe's Expansion Overseas 1450-1800 30
Everyday Life in the Soviet Union 30
Explanation and Interpretation 30
Fieldwork in Medical History 30
Gender, Society and Culture in Early Modern England 30
Health and Medicine in Modern Britain 30
Human Rights in Twentieth Century Africa 30
Insiders and Outsiders in the Medieval World, c.900-1500 30
Interpreting British Party Politics, 1906-1979 30
Interpreting the Middle Ages 30
Introduction to Early Modern English Palaeography 15
Introduction to Medieval Palaeography 15
Islam and Empire 30
Medicine and Society in the Middle Ages 30
Medicine in Medieval and Early Modern England 30
Modern European Memory 30
Morale, Discipline & Combat Motivation 30
Music and Society in Medieval Europe 30
Organising Knowledge in Early Modern Europe 1500-1800 30
Perspectives on Health and Travel in History 30
Religion and Society in Early Modern Europe 30
Research Skills in History 30
Ritual Life in the Middle Ages 800-1200 30
Sexual Discoveries: Reception of 'Erotica' From 'other' Cultures in 19th & 20th Centuries 30
The Darwinian Revolution 30
Uses of the Past in the Middle Ages 30
War 1450 to the Present 30
War, Society and Economy in Europe 1939-1945 30
Witchcraft in History 30
Work Health and State 1830-1950 30

Western Esotericism modules

Module Credits
Alexandrian Hermetism Neo-Platonism Astrology: the Transmission Rebirth of Esoteric Knowledge 15
Dissertation in Western Esotericism 60
Esoteric Traditions in English Literature and Society 1550 - 1670 15
History of Western Astrology 15
Renaissance Kabbalah and its Influence 15
Rosicrucianism & Freemasonry 15
The Esoteric Body 15
The Hermetic Art of Alchemy 15
The Western Esoteric Traditions: Historical Survey & Research Methods 45
Theosophy & the Globalisation of Esotericism 30

No group specified

Module Credits
Theory and Practice of History I 15