Department of History (Historical Studies) units in 2026/27

Please note: Programme and unit information may change as the relevant academic field develops. We may also make changes to the structure of programmes and assessments to improve the student experience.

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Level QCA-3
Level C/4
Level I/5
Level H/6
Level M/7
Level D/8
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Unit name Unit code Credit points Open unit status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
Africa in Global Perspective HIST20141 20 Not open TB-1
American Dreamers: Socialism in the United States, 1776 to today HIST20150 40 Not open TB-4
Asia in Global Perspective HIST20143 20 Not open TB-1
Bristol and the Caribbean HIST20165 40 Not open TB-4
Crusading Cultures HIST20133 20 Not open TB-2
Decolonisation and the Left in Southeast Asia HIST20159 40 Not open TB-4
Disease, Deviance and Disability in Modern Medicine HIST20134 20 Not open TB-2
Global Britons: Internationalism and Its Discontents, 1919-2019 HIST20162 40 Not open TB-4
Good Omens, Bad Prophets, Changing Worlds: Society and Foreknowledge in the Middle Ages to c.1320 HIST20168 40 Not open TB-4
Hong Kong and the World HIST20158 40 Not open TB-4
Mental Health in Modern Britain, 1959-present HIST20160 40 Not open TB-4
Raiders to Rulers: Vikings, Normans, and the Making of Europe HIST20163 40 Not open TB-4
Rebels, Runaways, and Revolutionaries: Agency and Slavery in the United States. HIST20166 40 Not open TB-4
Rethinking History HIST23101 20 Not open A TB-1
Smugglers’ City HIST20155 40 Not open TB-4
The Age of Revolutions in Global Perspective c.1776-1848 HIST20164 40 Not open TB-4
The Americas in Global Context HIST20142 20 Not open TB-1
The F-Word: Understanding Italian Fascism Then and Now HIST20157 40 Not open TB-4
The Making of Contemporary Britain (1918-2008) HIST20114 20 Not open TB-2
The Politics of the Past HIST20144 20 Not open D TB-2
The Public Role of the Historian HIST20145 20 Not open D TB-2
The Tudor World HIST20119 20 Not open TB-2
Under the Covers: Sex and Modern British Print Culture HIST20156 40 Not open TB-4
Villains: Convicts, Crime and Criminals in Britain and the Colonies HIST20149 40 Not open TB-4