Thematic modules

These modules, aimed at second-year students and normally taught by weekly 2-hour seminars (of c. 15 students), typically examine a particular historical theme in detail.

Assessment is now two coursework essays of 2,500 words each (50%) and one 3-hour examination (50%). As with History Survey modules, teachers may require students to make other unassessed contributions. Second-year students may take a module of this type from the menu of ‘Group 2’ modules available from other colleges.

Please note that one-term only affiliate students take the 15-credit versions of Thematic modules. The assessment pattern for these half-year versions are listed on the UCL Module Catalogue pages, the main 30cr versions are hyperlinked below.

The modules below are due to run in the 2021/22 academic year:

Please note: This module description is accurate at the time of publication. Amendments may be made prior to the start of the academic year.

• HIST0676    A Global History of Socialist Ideas, 1800-1980
• HIST0087    Africa, Decolonization and Internationalism
• HIST0067    American History in Hollywood Film
• HIST0019    An Economic History of Ancient Greece
• HIST0023    Asia, the Aegean, Europe: Dividing the World in Ancient Greece
• HIST0470    Crown Church and Estates in Central Europe 1500-1700
• HIST0399    Emergency History: A Natural History of Humanity for the Present
• HIST0674    Enlightenments and Revolutions
• HIST0476    Media, Culture and Society in the Soviet Union from Stalin to 1991
• HIST0812    Native North America, c. 1600-1800
• HIST0474    Poland and Lithuania Transformed, 1569-1923
• HIST0811    Protest and Policing in Modern Britain, c.1715-1958
• HIST0051    Religious Reformation and Popular Piety, 1450-1650
• HIST0015    Roman Democracy: Myth or Reality?
• HIST0031    Rome AD 300-1000. Portraits of a City, Reflections of a Changing World
• HIST0804    Sin in the Middle Ages: c.400 -c.1550
• HIST0081    Social Change, New Social Movements, and Politics in Britain After 1945
• HIST0472    Successors to the Habsburgs: East-Central Europe, 1914-1945
• HIST0079    Superpower: A Global History of the United States, 1898-1989
• HIST0083    The Cultural Cold War in Europe, 1917-1989
• HIST0088    The Disunited States: Contested Visions of America, 1775-1869
• HIST0039    The Industrial Revolution in Britain
• HIST0644    The Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia
• HIST0073    War, Rebellion, and Social Discontent in Modern China