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BA History Our History department has an International reputation for the quality of its research.
Undergraduates are taught by leading researchers who bring their evidence and investigations into the classroom BA History
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-American History c1600-1850...
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BA History History as an academic subject is not about compiling facts. It is about interpreting past human experience in all of its tremendous diversity. Historians disagree with each other in the interpretations and explanations of history, so studying it is...
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BA Modern History and Politics The History element of the syllabus aims to familiarise students with a broad chronological and regional range in the history of the modern period, whilst providing them with the opportunity of specialisation in particular periods...
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BA History Our history syllabus offers you a broad chronological range of study, while providing opportunities for specialisation in particular periods or topics within British, European and American history. This BA in History involves the following modules....
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BA History and Philosophy The History element of the syllabus aims to familiarise students with an extremely broad chronological range, whilst providing them with the opportunity of specialisation in particular periods and topics of British, European and American...
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BA History and Economics The History element of the syllabus aims to familiarise students with an extremely broad chronological range, whilst providing them with the opportunity of specialisation in particular periods and topics of British, European and American...
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World History (MA) This unique MA programme explores the making of the modern world from a global point of view. It focuses on the rapidly developing connections between different human societies from the later eighteenth century and the emergence of novel cultures,...
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Medieval History (MA) The period commonly known as the ‘Middle Ages’ stretches from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance. This MA will introduce you to a variety of topics within this broad span of time, and will allow you to pursue independent research...
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History (PhD / MPhil) A research degree offers students the opportunity to acquire a highly advanced set of conceptual skills developed in the pursuit of new knowledge, which can be applied within or beyond an academic or scholarly context. Research training in...
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History of Ideas (MA) How can we understand the ‘lived reality of ideas’, and how can the study of the history of ideas help us to interpret past societies and individual thinkers? Intellectual history is a dynamic and expanding field, and this new MA will enable...
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Historical Research (MA) This degree will provide you with the advanced conceptual, theoretical and technical skills necessary for PhD research in history. The degree critically examines problems of historical theory and practice, with emphasis on debates around...
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Contemporary History and Politics (MA) This degree aims to give you a deeper understanding of the recent past and the contemporary world. Using a combination of historical and theoretical approaches, it lays a strong emphasis on the historical analysis of the...
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BA Classical Studies This programme is concerned with the study of ancient literature, art, society, religion and philosophy through texts in translation and also through non-literary approaches.
Classical Studies can be combined Archaeology, English, History...
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BA Classical and Medieval Studies This programme offers students an opportunity to combine the study of ancient and mediaeval literature, art, society, religion and philosophy through texts in translation. Students will gain knowledge of a range of chronological...
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European History (MA) This MA will offer you the opportunity to develop new approaches to the history of Europe from the early modern period to the present day. It aims to provide you with an appreciation of the broad themes and key debates that have shaped our...
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Early Modern History (MA) This degree offers you a unique opportunity to compare early modern European societies in the period from the Renaissance and Reformation to the Enlightenment, with special reference to Britain, France and Italy. One of the most exciting...
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Victorian Studies (MA) This degree is ideal if you want to pursue an interest in the literature, culture and history of nineteenth-century Britain, or study in preparation for a research degree.
Two academic Schools at Birkbeck currently contribute to the MA:...
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BA Ancient History This programme offers the detailed study of Greek and Roman history with a choice of themes in social, cultural or religious history, together with options on Greek and Roman archaeology. Year 1
-Fifth Century Athens
-Augustan Rome
-Greek...
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BA Ancient History and History of Art This programme offers students an opportunity to combine the study of ancient history, art and society through texts in translation with History of Art and Architecture. In Ancient History students will examine the history,...
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Renaissance Studies (MA) This degree is a well-established interdisciplinary programme, which has been running for nearly 20 years and produces about 20 successful graduates annually. Broadly based, it explores a variety of aspects of Renaissance culture, particularly...
