Humanities - Modules for 2023-24

Module CodeModule TitleLevelFurther Information
CL1G1Ancient Greek 11More information
CL1GH"Greek History: war, society, and change in the Archaic Age"1More information
CL1L1Latin 1 (C)1More information
CL1L10Latin 1 (C)1More information
CL1L2Latin 2 (I)1More information
CL1L3Latin 3 (I)1More information
CL1RHRoman History: the rise and fall of the Republic1More information
CL1SOAncient Song1More information
CL1TR"Texts, Readers, and Writers"1More information
CL2AEAncient Epic2More information
CL2AELAncient Egyptian Language and Hieroglyphs2More information
CL2ANXXenophon's Anabasis2More information
CL2APLAcademic Work Placement2More information
CL2CGHGreek History: Persian Wars to Alexander2More information
CL2DRAncient Drama2More information
CL2EGREgypt and the Greco-Roman World2More information
CL2ETAncient Ethiopia: The Aksumite Kingdom2More information
CL2G2Ancient Greek 2 (I)2More information
CL2G3Ancient Greek 3 (I)2More information
CL2GREGreek Religions2More information
CL2L2Latin 2 (I)2More information
CL2L3Latin 3 (I)2More information
CL2PPYProfessional Placement Year2More information
CL2PRProspects for Classicists and Ancient Historians2More information
CL2RMERome's Mediterranean Empire; A World of Cities2More information
CL2RORoman History: From Republic to Empire2More information
CL2RSTRoman Satire2More information
CL2SA1Study Abroad Placement in Classics2More information
CL2SA10Study Abroad module 10 credit2More information
CL2SA20Study Abroad Placement for Joint Students in Classics2More information
CL2SAB20Study Abroad module 20 credit2More information
CL2SIMy Mother's Sin and other Stories2More information
CL3AAAnatolia and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age. The Context for the Trojan War3More information
CL3ABAncient Biography3More information
CL3ADGreek Art and Drama3More information
CL3AELAncient Egyptian Language & Hieroglyphs3More information
CL3APGreek & Roman Painting3More information
CL3BSAArchaeology and Topography of Ancient Greece3More information
CL3BSRBritish School at Rome Undergraduate Summer School3More information
CL3DNDissertation in Classics3More information
CL3DPPreparation for Dissertation in Classics3More information
CL3EEExtended Essay for Italian and Classical Studies3More information
CL3ETAncient Ethiopia: The Aksumite Kingdom3More information
CL3FCCFrom Classroom to Courtroom: Mastering the Art of Persuasion in the Ancient World3More information
CL3G3Ancient Greek 33More information
CL3G4Ancient Greek 4 (H)3More information
CL3G5Ancient Greek 5 (H)3More information
CL3G6Ancient Greek 63More information
CL3GDGender in Classical Antiquity3More information
CL3INPIndependent Third Year Project3More information
CL3L3Latin 3 (I)3More information
CL3L4Latin 4 (H)3More information
CL3L5Latin 5 (H)3More information
CL3L6Latin 63More information
CL3PCAPioneers of Classical Archaeology3More information
CL3RA‘Race’ in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds3More information
CL3RNWThe Romans and the Natural World3More information
CLMACAHApproaches to Classics and Ancient HistoryMMore information
CLMDSDissertationMMore information
CLMOP1Special Option 1MMore information
CLMOP2Special Option 2MMore information
CLMOP3Special Option 3: Study AbroadMMore information
CLMRMClassics Research MethodsMMore information
HS1ABR"Arriving in Britain: a History of Immigration, 1685-2004"1More information
HS1ANSAnti-Semitism: Medieval Christian-Jewish Relations and the Concept of ‘Anti-Semitism’1More information
HS1CFLChildhood and Family Life in the C19th & early 20th1More information
HS1DDDDoomsday Dystopias: Nuclear Disaster in the Cold War Imagination1More information
HS1HAFHunger and Famines in History1More information
HS1JH1Journeys through History 1:Power and People1More information
HS1JH2Journeys through History 2: Culture and Concepts'1More information
HS1MERMerlin the Magician1More information
HS1OWIWestern Imaginaries of the Middle East1More information
HS1RAPRadicalism and Protest in Britain: from the Levellers to Occupy1More information
HS1RDG"Everyday Life in a Medieval Town: Reading, 1100-1500"1More information
HS1RSOResearch Skills and Opportunities in History1More information
HS1RUSRape in the United States: from Colonisation to Civil Rights1More information
HS1TRGThe Rwanda Genocide of 19941More information
HS1WARWarfare in Early Modern Europe1More information
HS1WWH"War, White Heat, and the Winds of Change: Britain's Twentieth Century"1More information
HS2GPP"Going Public: Presenting the Past, Planning the Future"2More information
HS2HADHistorical Approaches and My Dissertation2More information
HS2INTIntellectuals and Society in Twentieth Century Italy2More information
HS2MC2My Career: Wider Horizons2More information
HS2O10"The Colonial Experience: Africa, 1879 to 1980"2More information
HS2O11Hollywood Histories: Film and the Past2More information
HS2O14Rebel Girls: The Influence of Radical Women 1792-19192More information
HS2O16"‘The brightest jewel in the British crown’: The Making of Modern South Asia, 1757-1947"2More information
HS2O17Reform and Revolt in the Modern Middle East: Egypt from Ataturk to the ‘Arab Spring’2More information
HS2O19Europe in the Twentieth Century2More information
HS2O3"People, power and revolution: political culture in seventeenth-century England"2More information
HS2O4Women and Medieval History2More information
HS2O51Revolutionary Cities2More information
HS2O53The American Civil War2More information
HS2O55American Century: United States history since 18982More information
HS2O57"Encountering the Atlantic World, 1450-1850"2More information
HS2O58Black Britain: Race and Migration in Post-war Britain2More information
HS2O7"Kingship and Crisis in England, c.1154–1330"2More information
HS2SA1AStudy Abroad 1A2More information
HS2SA1BStudy Abroad 1B2More information
HS2SA1CStudy Abroad 1C2More information
HS2SA1DStudy Abroad 1D2More information
HS2SA1EStudy Abroad 1E2More information
HS2SA1FStudy Abroad 1F2More information
HS2SA2AStudy Abroad 2A2More information
HS2SA2BStudy Abroad 2B2More information
HS2SA2CStudy Abroad 2C2More information
HS2SA30Study Abroad credits2More information
HS2SA3AStudy Abroad 3A2More information
HS2SA3BStudy Abroad 3B2More information
HS2SA3CStudy Abroad 3C2More information
HS2SA3DStudy Abroad 3D2More information
HS2SA4AStudy Abroad 4A2More information
HS2SA4BStudy Abroad 4B2More information
HS2SA4CStudy Abroad 4C2More information
HS2SA4DStudy Abroad 4D2More information
HS2SA4EStudy Abroad 4E2More information
HS2SAYStudy Abroad Year2More information
HS2STA"Society, Thought and Art in Modern Europe"2More information
HS2UNR"Unity, Nationalism and Regionalism in Europe"2More information
HS2WEYWork Experience Year2More information
HS3CCO"Crisis, Change, Opportunity: Italy from 1968 to the Present"3More information
HS3DACDiscovering Archives and Collections3More information
HS3HEDHistory Education3More information
HS3HLDDissertation in History3More information
HS3SAU"Anarchy in the UK: Punk, Politics and Youth Culture in Britain, 1976-84"3More information
HS3SBRBecoming a Revolutionary: the Old Regime and the French Revolution, 1787-17943More information
HS3SEUEugenics from 1865 to the Present Day3More information
HS3SHPHeretics and Popes: Heresy and Persecution in the Medieval World3More information
HS3SSASlavery in America3More information
HS3T100"Sexual Politics: Gender, Sex, and Feminism in Britain after 1918"3More information
HS3T25Medieval Magic and the Origins of the Witch-Craze3More information
HS3T30Ireland and the English in the middle ages3More information
HS3T75The United States and the Cold War3More information
HS3T77Battleaxes and Benchwarmers’: Early female MPs 1919-19313More information
HS3T82Axis at War: Life and Death in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, 1936-453More information
HS3T83Modern Science and the Imperial World, 1750-20003More information
HS3T88"The Romantic Revolution: Culture, Environment and Society in England, c.1790-c.1900"3More information
HS3T91Politics and Popular Culture: Post-Arab Spring Egypt3More information
HS3T98From Darwin to Death Camps? Evolution and eugenics in European society, 1859-19453More information
HSMBHMBecoming a Historian: Theory and Themes in Medieval HistoryMMore information
HSMBHTBecoming a Historian: Theory and ThemesMMore information
HSMDN3DissertationMMore information
HSMOP1Option OneMMore information
HSMOP2Option TwoMMore information
HSMWHCWorking with Historical Collections: Sources and AudiencesMMore information
MSMDI7DissertationMMore information
MSMLPMedieval Latin and PalaeographyMMore information
MSMLPAMedieval Latin and PalaeographyMMore information
MSMRM2Researching the Middle AgesMMore information
MSMSSAAdvanced Study and Source AnalysisMMore information
MSMSTAOption AMMore information
MSMSTBOption BMMore information
PP1ELElementary Logic1More information
PP1GJGlobal Justice1More information
PP1MLThe Meaning of Life1More information
PP1MMMental Machines1More information
PP1RAReason and Argument1More information
PP1RGThe Right and the Good1More information
PP1RPRadical Philosophy1More information
PP1WRIWriting the Philosophical Essay1More information
PP2EA1Ethical Argument 1: Philosophy and How to Live2More information
PP2EA2Ethical Argument 2: Philosophy and How to Live2More information
PP2GP1Global Philosophy 12More information
PP2GP2Global Philosophy 22More information
PP2HKW1"Hume, Kant, and Wittgenstein 1"2More information
PP2HKW2"Hume, Kant, and Wittgenstein 2"2More information
PP2IDR1"Ignorance, Doubt, and Relativism 1"2More information
PP2IDR2"Ignorance, Doubt, and Relativism 2"2More information
PP2MM1Meaning and the Mind 12More information
PP2MM2Meaning and the Mind 22More information
PP2OID1"Oppression, Inequality, and the Enemies of Democracy 1"2More information
PP2OID2"Oppression, Inequality, and the Enemies of Democracy 2"2More information
PP2SAYStudy Abroad Year2More information
PP3AESTAesthetics3More information
PP3BESRBusiness Ethics and Social Responsibility3More information
PP3CPChinese Philosophy3More information
PP3DISDissertation in Philosophy3More information
PP3FAIFairness3More information
PP3FWRFree Will and Responsibility3More information
PP3HGMLHappy, Good and Meaningful Lives3More information
PP3ILMIndependent Learning / Extended Essay3More information
PP3LANG"Philosophy of Language: Animals, Babies, Colours, and Language Death"3More information
PP3PPYProfessional Placement Year3More information
PP3RELPhilosophy of Religion3More information
PP3SA1Study Abroad 13More information
PP3SA2Study Abroad 23More information
PP3SA3Study Abroad 33More information
PP3SCFThe Scandal of Film3More information
PP3SPA"Speech Attacks: bullshit, lies, propaganda"3More information
PP3SVRScience, Values and Reality3More information
PP3WMAWittgenstein’s Philosophy of Mind and Action3More information
PPMDISSDissertationMMore information
PPME1Essay Module 1MMore information
PPME2Essay module 2MMore information
PPME3Essay module 3MMore information
PPMSPSeminar presentationMMore information

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