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History Indicative Modules (2024/25)

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  • Second Year Research Seminars (SYRS)
  • Survey Modules
  • Thematic Modules

Second Year Research Seminars (SYRS)

We have grouped the 2024-25 Second Year Research Seminars by geographical region to help you think about your choices. The four regions are:

  • British Isles
  • Europe and the Middle East
  • South Asia and East Asia
  • The Americas and Atlantic History

As the SYRS modules won’t appear on the UCL Module Catalogue, we have provided a separate SYRS Module Booklet. This can be accessed on the UCL History Undergraduate Module Selection for 24/25 Moodle page.

BA Ancient History students are reminded that they must take an Ancient History SYRS, and you have a choice of either Emotions and the Ancient Greeks or Migrants and Expats: Old Assyrian Identity Politics 20-17cs C BC.


Survey Modules

We have grouped the 2024-25 Survey modules by historical period to help you think about your choices.

BA Ancient History students are reminded that they must take at least one ancient history Survey module in their second year of study. We are offering 3 Ancient History Survey modules next year:

  • HIST0164: Bronze Age States in the Ancient Middle East
  • HIST0154: The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the end of the Attalid Kingdom
  • HIST0156: The Roman Republic, C.350 BC - 44 BC

Students on the BA Ancient History programme may also select HIST0140: The History of Political Thought in the West as their ancient Survey option but you should note that this module cuts across various periods. 

Students not on the BA Ancient History programme are very welcome to take Surveys from the Ancient period (subject to availability) – they are not restricted to students on the BA Ancient History programme! 

Ancient Survey modules
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle page

HIST0164: Bronze Age States in the Ancient Middle East

*Ancient History Module

T1 & 230Dr Yagmur HeffronSurvey2023-24 Moodle page

HIST0154: The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the end of the Attalid Kingdom

*Ancient History Module

T1 & 230Dr Julietta SteinhauerSurvey2021-22 Moodle page

HIST0156: The Roman Republic, C.350 BC - 44 BC

*Ancient History Module

T1 & 230Dr Amber GartrellSurvey2023-24 Moodle page
Medieval and Early Modern Survey modules
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle page
HIST0901: India and the Early Modern WorldT1 & 230Dr Jagjeet LallySurveyNot available
HIST0033: Making Medieval Europe 1150 - 1350T1 & 230Prof. John SabapathySurvey2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0182: Early Modern EuropeT1 & 230TBCSurveyNot available
Modern Survey Modules
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle page
HIST0197: Age of Revolution: European History 1815-1870
 
T1 & 230Dr Simon MacdonaldSurvey2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0178: British History c.1850-1997T1 & 230TBCSurvey2023-24 Moodle page
AMER0074: History and Politics of Latin America, c.1930 to PresentT1 & 230Prof. Paulo DrinotSurveyN/A
HIST0205: History of Latin America c.1830-c.1930T1 & 230Dr Thom RathSurvey2022-23 Moodle page
HIST0490: History of Modern Germany 1815-1990T1 & 230Dr Anna KochSurvey2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0488: History of Russia 1598-1856T1 & 230Prof. Simon DixonSurvey2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0483: History of the Habsburg Monarchy 1700-1918T1 & 230Dr Jakub BenesSurvey2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0721: History of the Soviet UnionT1 & 230Dr Sergei BogatyrevSurvey2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0212: The Global Economy since 1700
 
T1 & 230TBCSurvey2021-22 Moodle page
AMER0050: The Making of Modern AmericaT1 & 230Dr Zoe HymanSurveyN/A
Survey Module which cuts across periods
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle page

HIST0140: The History of Political Thought in the West

*BA Ancient History students may choose this as their Ancient History Survey module. 

T1 & 230Dr Sam ZeitlinSurvey2023-24 Moodle page

Thematic Modules

We have grouped the 2024-25 Survey modules by theme to help you think about your choices. The 5 themes are:

  • Transformations in History
  • Rethinking History
  • Histories from Below (and Above)
  • Subversions, Conflicts and Warfare
  • Religious Order and Disorder 
Transformations in History
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle page
HIST0013: The City in the Roman World from c. 100 BC to AD 501T1 & 230Dr Benet SalwayThematic2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0674: Enlightenments and RevolutionsT1 & 230Dr Simon MacdonaldThematic2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0075: India and the Global Economy, 1500-PresentT1 & 230Dr Jagjeet Lally
 
Thematic2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0474: Poland and Lithuania Transformed, 1569-1923T1 & 230Dr Thomas LormanThematic2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0031: Rome AD 300 -1000. Portraits of a City- Reflections of a Changing World
 
T1 & 230Dr Antonio SennisThematic2022-23 Moodle page
Rethinking History
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle page
HIST0023: Asia, the Aegean, Europe: Dividing the World in Ancient GreeceT1 & 230Prof.  Paola Ceccarelli Thematic2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0399: Emergency History: A Natural History of Humanity for the PresentT1 & 230Prof. John SabapathyThematic2023-24 Moodle page
Histories from Below (and Above)
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle page
HIST0676: A Global History of Socialist Ideas, 1800-1980T1 & 230Dr Jakub BenesThematic2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0071: History, Memory, Democracy: Politics and the Past in Latin AmericaT1 & 230Dr Bill BoothThematic2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0059: Popular Politics in Early Modern BritainT1 & 230Prof. Jason PeaceyThematic2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0015: Roman Democracy: Myth or Reality?T1 & 230Dr Amber GartrellThematic2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0081: Social Change, New Social Movements, and Politics in Britain After 1945T1 & 230Dr Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite Thematic2022-23 Moodle page
Subversions, Conflicts and Warfare
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle page
HIST0087: Africa, Decolonization and InternationalismT1 & 230TBC Thematic2021-22 Moodle page
HIST0088: Disunited States: Contested Visions of AmericaT1 & 230Dr Jane DinwoodieThematic2022-23 Moodle page
HIST0083: The Cultural Cold WarT1 & 230Dr Iain Stewart Thematic2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0073: War, Rebellion, and Social Discontent in Modern ChinaT1 & 230Dr Lily ChangThematic2023-24 Moodle page
Religious Order and Disorder
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle page
HIST0470: Crown Church and Estates in Central Europe 1500-1700T1 & 230Dr Thomas LormanThematic2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0051: Religious Reformation and Popular Piety, 1450-1650T1 & 230Prof. Ben KaplanThematic2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0804: Sin in the Middle Ages: c.400 -c.1550T1 & 230Dr Emily CorranThematic2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0021: Understanding the Early Mesopotamian WorldT1 & 230Dr Mark WeedenThematic2023-24 Moodle page

Advanced Seminars – Term 1

The Term 1 Advanced Seminars have been grouped by theme to help you think about your choices. The 6 themes are:

  • Beliefs and Myths
  • Identities
  • Shifts and Transformations
  • Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe
  • Environment and the Natural World
  • Skills
*NEW* HIST0906: Environmentalism in Britain and its Empire since 1800

Module Code & Title: HIST0906: Environmentalism in Britain and its Empire since 1800
Module Type: Advanced Seminar
Term: Term 1
Module description:
This class considers the history of ‘environmentalism’ in Britain and its empire during the modern era. As the first industrial nation commanding an empire that encompassed a large segment of the world’s population and natural resources, Britain and its imperial subjects faced problems caused by pollution, damaged ecosystems, and scarcity. The emergence of a faith in limitless economic growth spurred on the drive to accrue wealth and resources that, in turn, precipitated many such challenges. How did the figures and organisations concerned about what we now understand as ‘the environment’ respond to these world-changing shifts? What did they argue should be done to protect the natural world (or just as often, what should not be done) and how did they justify it? How did their arguments become enveloped within wider imperial projects such as ‘colonial development’? In wider cultural and social terms, how did publics at home and abroad engage with environmentalist arguments? And how did the late twentieth-century concept of ‘environmentalism’ differ from the concepts that preceded it during the Victorian era, like ‘conservation’?  

The module begins with early nineteenth-century activism around the problems caused by industrialism, moves to the preservation of natural environments as part of ‘conservation’ in Africa and Australia, considers nostalgic arguments for returning to the pre-industrial British landscape during the mid-twentieth century, assesses how Britons thought about ‘the natural world’ during an era of postwar decolonisation in television documentaries and popular books, and ends with the rise of contemporary ‘green’ activism that responded to the use of fossil fuels and rising greenhouse gas emissions. In terms of structure, the module’s ten classes are split into two sections: first, an overview of the history of environmentalism in modern Britain and its empire through primary and secondary readings; second, sessions centred on oral presentations where students gain feedback on their ideas and plans for a final essay. This final essay will combine the assigned class readings with primary/secondary materials sourced by the student, providing an opportunity to pursue individual research interests around the theme of environmentalism.  

If you decide you would like a place on this module after Monday 17th June, you will need to apply via the Waiting List. 

Beliefs and Myths
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
HIST0228: Ancient Greek Religion of the Archaic and Classical PeriodTerm 115Prof. Paola CeccarelliAdvanced Seminar2021-22 Moodle page
HIST0829: Roman Religion: Belief, Culture and PoliticsTerm 115Dr Amber Gartrell
 
Advanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
Identities
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
HIST0888: A Proud Tradition? Sanctuary for Refugees in Twentieth Century BritainTerm 115Dr Anna MaguireAdvanced SeminarN/A
HIST0710: Gender and Knowledge in Early Modern EuropeTerm 115TBCAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0900: Medieval Underworlds: Deviants and Outcasts in EuropeTerm 115Dr Rodrigo Garcia VelascoAdvanced SeminarN/A
HIST0770: Race, Identity and Empire in the Iberian Atlantic WorldTerm 115Dr Michael PopeAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0894: The West African Sahel in the Nineteenth Century: A Social History from Local SourcesTerm 115TBCAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
Shifts and Transformations
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
HIST0773: Culture and Revolution in Twentieth-Century Latin AmericaTerm 115Dr Bill BoothAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0824: Dartmouth Exchange Module: Debating Democracy in the Nineteenth-Century United States Term 115Prof. Leslie Butler Advanced SeminarN/A
HIST0778: Europe’s First World War, 1911-1923Term 115Prof. Heather Jones
 
Advanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page

*Module Description for HIST0824: Dartmouth Exchange Module: Debating Democracy in the Nineteenth-Century United States  

The fate of American democracy has become a regular theme in the national news. The attacks on the integrity of the electoral system by a sitting U.S. president and the subsequent storming of the Capitol on January 6th represent just the most alarming events in a larger context of a decades-long attack on voting rights and declining faith in democratic institutions. This course takes us back to the nineteenth century, the moment when the United States first became a democracy recognized around the world.  
 
Across the term, we will explore scholarship that discusses the emerging language and practice of modern democracy; expansions and contractions in voting rights; the place of minorities in majoritarian government; the tensions between American democracy and American slavery; and the contested debates over the citizenship of women and African Americans.  

Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
HIST0004: Between Politics and Culture: German Ideas 1890 - 1970Term 115Dr Egbert Klautke Advanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0854: Home, Exile and Displacement in Twentieth Century Central EuropeTerm 115Dr Anna KochAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0500: Society and Politics in Late Imperial RussiaTerm 115Dr Alessandro Iandolo Advanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0497: The Balkans from Empires to Nation-StatesTerm 115Dr Diana GeorgescuAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
Environment and the Natural World
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
HIST0903: History and Nature in Modern Latin AmericaTerm 115Dr Thom RathAdvanced SeminarN/A
Skills
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
HIST0301: History that Counts: Methods and Cases in Quantitative HistoryTerm 115TBCAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0310: Teaching HistoryTerm 115Dr Jon ChandlerAdvanced SeminarN/A

Advanced Seminars – Term 2

The Term 2 Advanced Seminars have been grouped by theme to help you think about your choices. The 6 themes are:

  • Beliefs and Myths
  • Identities
  • Shifts and Transformations
  • Empires and their Aftermaths
  • Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe
  • Environment and the Natural World
Beliefs and Myths
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
HIST0228: Ancient Greek Religion of the Archaic and Classical PeriodTerm 215Prof.  Paola Ceccarelli Advanced Seminar2021-22 Moodle page
HIST0829: Roman Religion: Belief, Culture and PoliticsTerm 215Dr Amber GartrellAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
Identities
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
HIST0888: A Proud Tradition? Sanctuary for Refugees in Twentieth Century BritainTerm 215Dr Anna MaguireAdvanced SeminarN/A
HIST0830: American Borderlands: Land and Power at America's MarginsTerm 215Dr Jane DinwoodieAdvanced Seminar2021-22 Moodle page
HIST0770: Race, Identity and Empire in the Iberian Atlantic WorldTerm 215Dr Michael PopeAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
Shifts and Transformations
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
HIST0024: Broadcasting Modernity: A Global History of Radio and Television in the Twentieth CenturyTerm 215Dr Kristin Roth-EyAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0773: Culture and Revolution in Twentieth-Century Latin AmericaTerm 215Dr Bill BoothAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0255: Emergence of the StateTerm 215Prof. Peter Schroeder Advanced SeminarN/A
HIST0778: Europe’s First World War, 1911 - 1923Term 215Prof. Heather JonesAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
Empires and their Aftermath
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
HIST0883: Imperial Dreams: History in Britain, 1776-1832Term 215Dr Tom PyeAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0272: Law's Empire: Legal Cultures in the British Colonial WorldTerm 215Prof. Margot FinnAdvanced SeminarN/A
HIST0852: The Universal Museum, the World Fair and the Exhibition of Everything: 1800-todayTerm 215Dr Eva Rose MillerAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0262: Thinking Postcolonially: Race and Empire in Twentieth Century BritainTerm 215TBCAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
HIST0494: Fascism and Authoritarianism in Eastern Europe, 1918-1945Term 215Dr Thomas LormanAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0766: Russia and the World since 1905Term 215Dr Alessandro IandoloAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0667: The Contested Country: A History of Hungary, 1790-1990Term 215Dr Thomas LormanAdvanced Seminar2023-24 Moodle page
Environment and the Natural World
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
GEOG0183: Anthropocene StudiesTerm 215Prof. Andrey Barry & Prof. John SabapathyAdvanced SeminarN/A

Special Subjects

We have grouped the 2024-25 Survey modules by historical period to help you think about your choices.

BA Ancient History students are reminded that they must take an Ancient History Special Subject. We are offering 2 Ancient History Special Subjects next year: 

  • HIST0099: Competitive Men: The Politics of Competition in Ancient Greece
  • HIST0093: Mechanisms of Power: Running the Roman Empire (c. 70BC - AD275)

Students not on the BA Ancient History programme are very welcome to take an Ancient History Special Subject (subject to availability) – they are not restricted to students on the BA Ancient History programme!

In addition to taking the 30 credit taught element of the Special Subject, you will also take the associated dissertation element (also worth 30 credits). 

If you are interested in taking HIST0332: History Project (the stand-alone dissertation), please refer to the information on UCL History Undergraduate Module Selection 2024/25 Moodle page, and note that there are strict eligibility criteria and a separate application process.

Ancient Special Subjects
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
HIST0099: Competitive Men: The Politics of Competition in Ancient GreeceT1 & T230Prof. Paola CeccarelliSpecial Subject2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0093: Mechanisms of Power: Running the Roman Empire (c. 70BC - AD275)T1 & T230Dr Benet SalwaySpecial SubjectN/A
Medieval and Early Modern Special Subjects
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
HIST0106: Between Order and Disorder: Cities in the Late Medieval Mediterranean WorldT1 & T230Dr Patrick LantschnerSpecial Subject2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0107: Great Britain and the American Colonies 1760-1776 (1)T1 & T230Dr Jon ChandlerSpecial Subject2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0781: Ivan the Terrible and the Russian Monarchy in the Sixteenth Century (I)T1 & T230Dr Sergei Bogatyrev Special Subject2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0114: The British Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1637-60T1 & T230Prof. Jason PeaceySpecial Subject2020-21 Moodle page
Modern Special Subjects
Module Code and TitleTeaching TermCreditsTutorModule TypeMoodle Page
HIST0119: Antipodean Encounters: Aborigines, Convicts and Settlers in New South WalesT1 & T230Prof. Margot FinnSpecial SubjectN/A
AMER0070: Che Guevara: The Making of a RevolutionaryT1 & T230Prof. Paulo DrinotSpecial SubjectN/A
AMER0090: Conquering America: North American Environments, 1600-presentT1 & T230Prof. Gareth DaviesSpecial SubjectN/A
HIST0855: Dispossessing Nations: Indian Removals in American HistoryT1 & T230Dr Jane DinwoodieSpecial Subject2022-23 Moodle page
HIST0696: Homelessness in London c. 1900-2000T1 & T230Dr Florence Sutcliffe-BraithwaiteSpecial Subject2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0858: Ireland: War and Revolution, 1912 - 1923T1 & T230Prof. Heather JonesSpecial Subject2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0640: Life Writing: Memory and Identity in Twentieth Century EuropeT1 & T230Dr Diana GeorgescuSpecial Subject2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0856: Made in the USSR: The Social Lives of Soviet Things (I)T1 & T230Dr Alessandro IandoloSpecial Subject2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0113: Modernity and ModernismT1 & T230Prof. Nicola Miller Special Subject2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0481: Monarchs and the Enlightenment in Russia and Central Europe T1 & T230Prof. Simon DixonSpecial Subject2023-24 Moodle page
AMER0064: Out of the Closet: US Sexual Politics since the Great DepressionT1 & T230Dr Joshua HollandsSpecial SubjectN/A
HIST0537: Personal Testimonies of Twentieth Century BritainT1 & T230Dr Rebecca JenningsSpecial Subject2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0116: The Crisis of the Union: The United States in the Civil War era, 1850-1865T1 & T230Dr David SimSpecial Subject2021-22 Moodle page
HIST0125: Untold Stories: Constructing Lives, Narratives and Experiences in Wartime East AsiaT1 & T230Dr Lily ChangSpecial Subject2023-24 Moodle page
HIST0782: Urban culture and modernity: Vienna-Prague-Budapest, 1857-1938T1 & T230Dr Egbert KlautkeSpecial Subject2023-24 Moodle page

Provisional modes of assessment for History Modules in
2024-25 

Module TypeProvisional modes of assessment for History modules with a HIST code
Survey (30 credits)
 
  • Essay (2,500 words) (25%)
  • 3 hour exam (75%)
Second Year Research Seminars (30 credits)
  • Essay (5,000 words) (80%)
  • Public History element (1,000 words) (20%)
Thematics (30 credits)
  • 3 hour exam (50%)
  • Essay 1 (2,500 words) (25%)
  • Essay 2 (2,500 words) (25%)
Advanced Seminar (15 credits)
  • Coursework (3,000 words) (100%)
Special Subjects (60 credits)
  • Taught Element: Exam (100%)*
  • Dissertation Element: 10,000 word dissertation (100%)

*Please note that HIST0537 is assessed by a portfolio instead of an exam.

AMER-coded modules and GEOG-coded modules are run by the Institute of the Americas and the Department of Geography respectively. If you have any queries about the modes of assessment for these and other interdepartmental modules, please contact the relevant Teaching Department.