Department of History Undergraduate Studies Welcome If you are intending to study History I’d like to extend my congratulations along with a very warm welcome. You couldn’t have chosen a more fascinating subject than History – and I doubt you will fi nd a livelier community of historians than our Department of History at Royal Holloway.
As you think about where you want to spend your university years, there are three things you should look for. First, the subject: you want one that will delight and challenge you, that will stretch your mind and provoke your curiosity, and that will teach you how to think clearly and write powerfully. Second, the place: you are looking for somewhere that lifts your spirits and yet somehow also feels like home. Last, and perhaps most important: the people. You want them to be friendly and thoughtful, full of ideas and questions – people who will inspire you.
When I fi rst visited Royal Holloway, long before I worked here, it was these things that made an impression on me. I was struck by the exciting way of approaching a broad range of historical topics – from the classical world to modern Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. I was charmed by the lovely setting, which is unusually tranquil given how close we are to the bustle of London. But what caught my attention most of all was the people. I asked the students why they love Royal Holloway they said it was the people: other students of course, but especially the academic staff , who always take the time to listen, and always seem to want to help. When I asked the academic staff the same question, they said it had to be the students. Now I have got to know the department better, I think both sides were right. I do hope you will have a chance to visit us, and see for yourself!
Professor Kate Cooper HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
2 History
Contents
Why study History at Royal Holloway? 4
Degree options, admissions and entry 5 requirements
Degree structure 6
First and second year courses 7
Third year courses 8
Resources and the student experience 9
Your future career 10
Academic staff and their research interests 11
CONTACT DETAILS Department of History
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT Professor Kate Cooper [email protected]
ADMISSIONS TUTOR Dr Alex Windscheff el [email protected]
SCHOOL LIAISON Dr James Baldwin [email protected]
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY MORE INFORMATION +44(0)1784 443314 This brochure is designed to complement Royal Holloway’s CONNECT WITH US Undergraduate Prospectus and information on the department’s website at Royalholloway.ac.uk/history facebook.com/history.royal.holloway It is also available as a PDF at royalholloway.ac.uk/studyhere @RHULHistory Front: Queen Victoria opens Royal Holloway College on 30 June royalholloway.ac.uk/history 1886 Archives, Royal Holloway, University of London PH/100/1/1
3 Why study History at Royal Holloway?
• We off er an exciting range of Single and Joint honours degree programmes, each off ering a remarkable STUDENT VIEW depth and breadth of historical subjects • Outstanding teaching - 98% of students say that our staff are ‘good at explaining things’ and we have an overall satisfaction score of 95%, the highest for any History department in the University of London. (NSS 2017) • You’ll be taught by leading academics with international research reputations and high media profi le • Our research-led teaching - We see a close relationship between top-quality research and excellent teaching. Our courses incorporate aspects of our research and we continue to introduce new ideas as we teach, bringing cutting-edge History into the classroom and sharing in the excitement of original discoveries and interpretations. • Our public profi le - We are a dynamic and outward-looking department. Many of the people who will teach “History at Royal you have a strong profi le in the public communication of history on television and radio, and in newspapers, Holloway has given magazines and online media, as well as working in an advisory capacity to various national governments on me the freedom to topical issues. choose from a breadth • You will graduate with a University of London degree, that is valued worldwide of engaging, dynamic • Small class sizes - Our seminar and tutorial group sizes are capped, to ensure that each student receives courses conducted by personalised attention from their tutors. leading academics. • Our graduates go on to success in a variety of fi elds including media, law, fi nance, industry, teaching, With access to fantastic heritage and the civil service. resources and one- • Dedicated support network, including a personal Academic Advisor to guide you in your studies to-one feedback and guidance from the • Access to some of the richest facilities for historical research anywhere in the world, including the National academic staff , I have Archives at nearby Kew, the British Library and other libraries of the University of London been able to grow as a • Spirited sense of community and programme of events historian and approach • Excellent communication links – central London is only a 40-minute train ride away, and some of the most challenges with a more important landmarks in British history, including Runnymede where the Magna Carta was signed in 1215, are eff ective work ethic. But on our doorstep more importantly, I felt • A wide range of Study Abroad opportunities in Europe and around the world part of a welcoming, • A culturally diverse staff and student body vibrant community from the fi rst week of my undergraduate degree, which is really important as an overseas student.” Louisa Dasculescu (BA History)
Our public profi le Professor Jonathan Phillips and Dr David Gwyn on We are a dynamic and outward-looking Professor Phillips’s PBS series. department. Many of the people who will The Road from Christ to Constantine (2015) teach you have a strong profi le in the public communication of history on television and radio, and in newspapers, magazines and Dr Anna Whitelock regularly online media, as well as working in an advisory features on radio and capacity to the government on topical issues. television as a commentator on the British royal family.
4 STAFF PROFILE
“I have published on subjects including the middle-class family home, student rooms at Royal Holloway in the 1890s, and life in institutions such as lunatic asylums, lodging houses, and public schools. I recently curated an exhibition at the Geff rye Museum that looked at the living conditions of the poor and homeless of Victorian London. My current research is on the history of family photography, which underpins my specialist third-year undergraduate course ‘Photography and Film in British Society, 1850-1960’.” Dr Jane Hamlett
Degree options There are over 700 undergraduates in the Department, most of whom are reading for the BA in History (V100)
Single honours degrees international qualifi cations including Scottish with many prestigious universities across or Irish Highers, USA Advanced Placements, Europe. Students wishing to attend V100 History the Canadian High School Diploma, a European university during their Our traditional single honours degree, covering the ancient world through to contemporary times. and many more. Further details of all International Year will need to meet the acceptable qualifi cations can be found in the V140 Modern and Contemporary History relevant language requirements at either This degree off ers an exciting range of course International and EU requirements section of A-level or GCSE. options for those wanting to specialise in the the course fi nder under entry requirements. modern period. For more details of the opportunities to Applications for entry to all our full-time study abroad, see our website, or contact undergraduate degrees must be made Joint degrees the Admissions Tutor for History. VV19 Ancient & Medieval History online through UCAS at ucas.com.
QV31 English & History For further details of Royal Holloway’s INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PARTNERS admissions policy visit royalholloway. OUTSIDE EUROPE VLN1 History, Politics and International Relations ac.uk/admissionspolicy AUSTRALIA VW13 History & Music Before you apply, please do visit on one • Flinders University VV51 History & Philosophy of the College Open Days if you can. If we make you an off er, we will invite • University of Melbourne RV91 Modern Languages & History you to attend an Applicant Visit Day for • University of Queensland candidates so that you can talk to lecturers • University of Sydney ADMISSIONS AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS and students and make sure that this is the • University of Western Australia right course for you. Our typical off ers are AAB-ABB at A-level, CANADA IB 32 overall including 6 ,5,5 in higher level If your fi rst language is not English, you should • Concordia University, Montreal or Distinction, Distinction, Distinction in be able to provide recent evidence that BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma. your spoken and written command of the • University of Alberta, Edmonton • University of Ottawa Most applicants take History A-level but English language is adequate – this will ensure it is possible to enter the Department you benefi t fully from your course. More • University of Toronto with a combination of other subjects information can be found at royalholloway. USA ac.uk/international - select Applying. as long as you are able to demonstrate • Arizona State University (ASU) your commitment to studying History in • Boston College your personal statement. We value the STUDYING ABROAD Extended Project Qualifi cation and this will Most of our History degrees are also • George Washington University be taken into consideration. available as ‘with an International Year’ • Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts The step between school or college and programmes, with a year spent studying • Tulane University, New Orleans university is a big one, and so if you are tempted at another top university abroad. to take a gap year you have our full support. Our undergraduates can spend an • University of California International Year at one of the excellent • University of Florida As part of our commitment to widening universities with which we have exchange • University of Massachusetts, Amherst participation, we encourage all students, agreements (see right). Students apply including mature students, with diff erent • Washington College, Maryland during their second year, and, if successful, forms of qualifi cation, including Access will study abroad during their third year, Plus universities in China and Hong Kong, and Foundation courses, and we treat each before returning to Royal Holloway for Japan, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand. application individually. If you feel that our typical off ers are beyond your reach due a fourth and fi nal year of study. The to your educational background, please International Year contributes towards PART-TIME DEGREES do not feel there is no point applying - we the fi nal degree result, Fees for the If you have a full-time job, or other recognise academic potential as well as International Year are heavily subsidised, substantial external commitments, it is achievement, and our aim is to achieve a and scholarships are also available. possible to study part-time, taking two diverse student group. Royal Holloway is also an active units a year over six years. It is also possible Applicants come from diverse backgrounds participant in the Erasmus programme, to transfer between the part-time and and we recognise a broad range of UK and and the History Department has links full-time degree in the course of your study, subject to the Department’s agreement.
5 STUDENT VIEW
“One of the very best things about studying history is the breadth of subjects that I can focus on. Having studied only Modern History at A-Level, I couldn’t wait to study some Ancient History modules in my fi rst-year, yet when it came to the other modules I’d picked, it was the Medieval subjects that I ended up loving and decided to focus on for the following years of study. You get to study under academics who are passionate about their specifi c subject and are so willing to support in any way they can.” Bronte Jones (BA History)
Degree structure
Degrees at Royal Holloway are based on the course unit system, allowing an eff ective approach to study within a developmental structure. We aim to give you maximum fl exibility to identify and pursue your own historical interests while helping you to construct a coherent degree programme which provides a sense of the development of nations, institutions and cultures over time
BA History
Group 3 course (choose one) Year 3 Dissertation Group 2 course (choose one) Historiography (compulsory)
Group 2 course (choose one) Independent Research Essay Year 2 (compulsory) Group 1 course (choose up to fi ve options)
Foundation courses Gateway courses (Compulsory) (Options) Year 1
STAFF PROFILE “My research interests are focused around the history of terrorism, radicalization, and new media. This has led me to act in an advisory capacity to a number of bodies and governments, including the United Nations, the UK Parliament, the US State Department, and the Council of Europe. I try to help students make sense of the frightening and violent world they see around them by placing current events in a broader historical and political perspective. I’m a fi rm believer in research-led teaching, and not only do I use my current research in my undergraduate teaching, but my students often also end up contributing to my research projects.” Dr Akil Awan
6 First year courses are designed to introduce you to degree level study. They off er you the opportunity to experiment with new periods or topics that you may not have explored before. Foundation (or core) courses are designed to initiate you into unfamiliar but all-important skills and methods; and Gateways options introduce broad historical themes and new periods and cultures.
YEAR ONE: • The Politics of Post-War Europe, 1945–2000 FOUNDATION COURSES • Awakening China: From the Opium Wars to the Present Day • Doing History I and II GROUP 2 COURSES (YEARS 2 & 3) INCLUDE: • History and Meanings • Art, Architecture and Power in the Roman World • Public History • The Later Roman Empire GATEWAY COURSES • Explorers and Inventors in Classical and Late Antiquity • Gods, Men and Power: The Ancient World from Homer to • Byzantium and its Neighbours, 641–1081 Mohammed • The Crusades and the Eastern Mediterranean, 1095–1291 • Rome to Renaissance: An Introduction to the Middle Ages • London Urban Society, 1400–1600 • Republics, Kings and People: The Foundations of European • Medicine and Society in Medieval Europe Political Thought from Plato to Rousseau • Tudor Queenship: Mary I and Elizabeth I, 1553–1603 • The Age of Discovery: Expansion, Invention and Globalisation • Sex, Society and Identity in Britain, c.1660-1815 in the Early Modern World • ‘Entangled Histories: The Interconnected Atlantic World, • Confl ict and Identity in the Modern World from 1789 to the 1500-1800 Present • Children of the Revolution? France from 1789 to the Great War • From Mao to Mandela: 20th Century Political Leaders in the • Justice, Power and Religion in the Muslim World: The History of non-Western World Shari’a Law
YEAR TWO: • The Russian Empire in the Age of Reform and Revolution, 1856–1917 In your second year, you will study a mixture of Group 1 outline courses, which survey a wide chronological span, usually for a • Waging Armageddon: The First World War in British Experience country or region, and Group 2 courses, where the emphasis is and Memory on tracing a more discrete theme or idea, often across a narrower • Modern Girls: Women in Britain, c.1914–1984 period of time. You will also independently research a supervised • Nationalism, Democracy and Minorities in central Europe, topic of your own choosing for a 5,000-word research essay. 1918–1939 The courses listed below are just a sample of what we off er. For • Spain in Confl ict, 1930–1953 a full and up-to-date list please see the Course Directory on the • Modern and Contemporary Italy departmental website. • Modernizing Despots and Angry Mullahs: Development and GROUP 1 COURSES (YEAR 2) INCLUDE: Popular Resistance in the Muslim World, 1930–1980 • The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic • Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement, 1955–1968 • The Roman Empire from Augustus to Commodus • Modern Political Ideas • Politics, Pestilence and War in Late Medieval Europe, 1300-1500 • ‘The Devil’s Decade’: Britain, America and the Great Slump, 1929–1941 • Byzantine Twilight, 1200-1460 • Genocide • Medicine from Antiquity to the Medieval Near East • ‘Dragon Ladies?’ Society, Politics and Gender in Modern China • Daily Life in Renaissance and Baroque Italian cities • A History of Terrorism • The Greek World from the Fall of Byzantium to the Rise of • Women and the Politics of Gender in Modern Muslim Societies Nationalism, 1453-1910 • The Age of Thatcher: Politics and Culture in Britain, 1970-1997 • New Worlds, Lost Worlds: The Tudor Monarchy, 1485–1603 • Killing the King: England in an Age of Revolutions, 1603-1714 • The Georgians: Society, Culture and Crime, 1714-1830 • History of the British Empire, 1763–1900 • The Victorians: British History, 1837–1901 • History of the USA from 1787 to 1877 • Mutiny to Modi: the Indian subcontinent from the 19th century to the present • Spain: 1898 - 1939 • Italy from the Unifi cation to the Present • The European Crucible, 1914–1945 • 20th Century World History: The Asian Resurgence • Modern British History, 1914–1973
Seminar with Dr Nicola Phillips
7 STUDENT VIEW
“During my third year I was fortunate to study at the University of Melbourne which brought the challenge of an altogether diff erent academic department where the teaching exposed me to new approaches and perspectives. The department was really helpful in preparing me for my exchange year; advising me about my study plan and providing me with references. The skills I’ve acquired whilst studying History (with an International Year) have been invaluable in terms of my personal and intellectual development.” Louis Bearn (BA History with an International Year)
Degree structure : Year three
In the third year you will study a further Group 2 paper (see above) alongside your fi nal year Group 3 Special Subject, the high point of your degree course. Here the focus is further tightened to allow you to explore in depth a particular historical period, issue or theme through the use of selected primary sources. Connected with this you will write a 10,000-word dissertation based on your own original research. Special subjects are convened by expert tutors who will have undertaken their own research and historical writing in the chosen fi eld. Throughout your third year you will be encouraged to refl ect on the broad historical themes and debates encountered during your whole degree course.
GROUP 3 COURSES (YEAR 3) INCLUDE: • Progress and its Discontents: European • Visions of Europe: European Integration • Villa, Domus and Palace: Domestic Space Culture, 1890-1914 from the Interwar Years to the Present and Social Identity in the Roman World • Berlin: A European Metropolis in the • The Age of Terror: Terrorism from • Christians and Pagans from Constantine 20th Century 1945-present to Augustine, AD 306–430 • Drawing the Line: Independence, • Modern Delhi: From Mughals to • The Monastic Revolution, c. 1080 -1150 Partition, and the Making of India and Megacity Pakistan • Heresy, Crusade and Inquisition in Southern France, c.1140–c.1300 • The History and Historiography of the Holocaust • The Causes and Consequences of the Fall of Constantinople, 1453 • The Clash of Cultures: Sino-American Relations during the Cold War • The Kingdom of Darkness Destroyed: Reason and Religion, 1651-1718 • The Bomb – A History: Atomic Weaponry and Society in the 20th Century • Representing Authority from Henry VII to Charles II • Malcolm X and African American Islam • The Empire in Victorian Britain, • China and the World: Migration and c.1830–1870 Diaspora 1800-1945 • The Death of God: From the Enlightenment to Psychoanalysis • Victorian Babylon: Life, Work and People in London, c.1840– 1890 • Photography, Film and British Society, 1850–1965 • Union and Emancipation: The American Civil War Students at the History Society Blitz Ball
8 TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT Advisor for the duration of their studies, Most courses are taught through a who provides academic and pastoral combination of lectures, off ering an support, including guidance on course overview of important themes, and weekly choices and advice on personal and seminars, for which you will need to practical matters. There is also a lively prepare in advance and where you will be student-staff committee which meets encouraged to present and debate your every term to discuss issues of common ideas. Your writing skills will be developed concern. through coursework essays, on which your tutor will comment and provide feedback, SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT and which represent an important chance to As a historian, you will be part of a develop your powers of written argument. large, lively and diverse community of The regular submission of written work colleges for women, Royal Holloway undergraduates, postgraduates and is required throughout all our courses, College and Bedford College, within the lecturers. The Department organises an refl ecting the important place that writing University of London. The two colleges exciting events programme, including the and presentation skills hold in the discipline merged to form the present College in 1985. annual David Cesarani Holocaust Memorial of History. In the fi rst year, Foundation The College Archives chart our history and Lecture, and the annual Hayes-Robinson courses are assessed solely by diff erent also plot more broadly the progression of Lecture, given by internationally-famous types of coursework; Gateway courses higher education for women. There are historians: previous lecturers have included by examination and coursework. In the offi cial records created by the colleges, Simon Schama, David Cannadine and Linda second year, Group 1 and Group 2 courses including student registers, photographs Colley. We also have an active student-led are assessed by various combinations of and architectural drawings, as well as History Society that organises a range of examination and coursework. You are also collections of personal papers deposited social activities and invites visiting speakers. assessed on your 5,000-word independent by former students and members of staff . research essay. In the third year, Group 3 Closely linked is the Bedford Centre for COLLEGE AND DEPARTMENTAL OPEN courses are assessed by an examination the History of Women. Students are DAYS (including essays and commentaries on encouraged to use these unique resources. your source texts), oral assessment, and a Our College Open Days and Applicant 10,000-word dissertation that uses primary UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Visit Days off er a unique opportunity sources. Royal Holloway is one of the largest for prospective students and their colleges in the University of London, which parents and friends to come and fi nd out RESOURCES has over 240 researching and teaching more about us and get a taste of what The History Department is based in the historians; and a worldwide reputation university life is really like. McCrea building located at the heart of as a leading centre of historical study. As part of a group of potential applicants, the campus. The Department spends As a student at Royal Holloway, you will you will spend three to four hours comfortably more than the UK average have the option (subject to availability) with us. A member of staff will give on books and currently, most of these of choosing from some of the courses run an introductory talk, explaining what are housed in the Bedford Library. A new at other colleges such as King’s and UCL. studying for a degree is like, what the Library and Student Service Centre is This further extends the remarkable array examinations are like, the degrees we being built, due to open in 2017. This will of courses available to you. As well as the off er, and so on. You will also have the have all our collections in one building extensive resources on campus, you will opportunity to meet other members of as well as over 1,150 study spaces, group also have access to the unparalleled wealth the academic staff and hear lectures. study rooms, collaborative work areas and of collections in many of the libraries of the Our student helpers will take you on a lots of silent study spaces available 24/7 University of London system, including the tour of the campus, tell you about life nearly all year round. University of London’s own Senate House on campus and answer any questions Library. A good degree from the University from a student’s viewpoint. There COLLEGE ARCHIVES of London is respected everywhere as a will be opportunities to ask questions Today’s Royal Holloway is the product highly-regarded qualifi cation. throughout the day. of the pioneering work of two Victorian Dates of College and Departmental visionaries, Thomas Holloway and PASTORAL CARE Open Days are available from our Elizabeth Jesser Reid. Both played a crucial We pride ourselves on the personal and website: royalholloway.ac.uk/studyhere role in the development of equality in individual attention that we give to our education through the creation of two students. Every student has a Personal
STUDENT VIEW
“Studying English and History together at Royal Holloway has been absolutely fantastic! The subjects themselves go really well together, and it’s often the case that while I was reading the literature from a certain time period in English classes, I was learning about the history and the culture in my History classes. Not only have I learned a lot, but I also feel knowledgeable and confi dent about the many career paths available to me.” Hannah Scott-Ravikumar (BA English and History)
9 Your future career
WHAT CAN I DO WITH A HISTORY DEGREE? POSTGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES The History department also works There is substantial demand for History If you are interested in taking your in partnership with Royal Holloway’s graduates precisely because a History historical studies further after graduation, dedicated Careers Service. We off er a degree develops exactly the skills and Royal Holloway is the place for you. The series of tailored sessions preparing you qualities for which employers are looking. Department has one of the largest History for work experience, job interviews and Career patterns too are becoming ever postgraduate communities in the country writing your CV. In addition, you can take more fl exible. So by training you to with over 150 students on a variety of advantage of College-wide opportunities understand and respect other values and specialist MA courses, and MPhil and PhD across the year such as a part-time jobs fair, cultures, a History degree equips you to research degrees. Further details can be a huge variety of skills workshops, online operate successfully in a fast-changing found on our website. sector-specifi c resources; plus a new series and increasingly globalised and multi- of relevant themed careers weeks including TAILOR-MADE CAREERS ADVICE FOR cultural environment. As a historian, you working in fi nance, creative industries and HISTORIANS will be a well-informed and alert individual, the not-for-profi t sector. royalholloway. ideally placed to develop insights and For the past few years we have held an ac.uk/careers make decisions based on multi-layered annual careers day off ering our students And when you eventually move into the understandings of how international an insight into the range of jobs that recent world of work, we like to keep in touch systems and domestic social, economic and graduates of the History department have with you around the world wherever cultural factors operate and interconnect. chosen to pursue. Our aim is to give you a possible and are always delighted to hear 85% of our most recent graduates were in particular insight into many of the careers how your chosen career is progressing. employment or enhancing their skills with listed above (and more!), clearly show you royalholloway.ac.uk/alumni further study six months after graduation*. how the skills you’ll acquire during your Recent employers include the Department degree can be applied, and off er advice on of Education, BNP Paribas, Accenture, how to embark on your chosen career. Explore Learning, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Channel 4 and Classic FM. A History degree provides a valuable training for many professions. It is highly regarded by employers because it develops skills that they value. Students learn critical evaluation, information analysis and prioritisation in their independent study. The directed group work that forms an element within the curriculum directly fosters teamwork. Likewise, opportunities to debate and deliver seminar presentations build confi dence and communication skills.
THE SKILLS A HISTORY DEGREE WILL GIVE YOU • Language and communication skills • Organisational and planning skills • Research • Clear and logical thinking • Cultural awareness • Literacy and expression • Problem-solving and analysis • Working to deadlines • Debating *KIS, 2016 Seminar with Dr Alex Windscheff el
10 Academic staff and their research interests
Professor K. Humayun Ansari Professor Helen Graham Professor Jonathan Phillips Muslim communities in Britain and Europe Modern European History; Political, social and The History of the Crusades, especially cultural history of twentieth-century Spain Richard the Lionheart, Saladin and the Third Professor Sarah Ansari Crusade, as well as the modern-day legacy Modern South Asia, with particular Dr David Gwynn of the crusades in Islam and the West emphasis on Pakistan, migration and gender The transformation of the Late Roman Empire and Christianity in east and west Dr Nicola Phillips Dr Akil Awan AD 200–600 Women’s and Gender History; Eighteenth- History of Terrorism, Contemporary Islam, century social, civil and criminal justice Jihadism, Radicalisation Dr Jane Hamlett history; Public History Modern British social and cultural history Dr James Baldwin with particular emphasis on material and Dr Hannah Platts Legal, social and political history of the visual culture Roman cultural and social history, Ottoman Empire especially material culture, domestic space, Professor Jonathan Harris Dr Daniel Beer the city of Rome; sensory archaeology; the Later Byzantine history (1100–1453) Late Imperial and early Soviet intellectual legacy of the classical past and relations between Byzantium and and cultural history Western Europe Dr Robert Priest Dr Clive Burgess The cultural and intellectual history of Professor Peregrine Horden English social, religious and urban history nineteenth-century Europe, with special History of medicine, charity, disease, and from the Black Death to the Reformation attention to France the environment in early medieval Europe Professor Sandra Cavallo and the Mediterranean world Professor Francis Robinson Social and cultural history of early modern The Muslim world from the eighteenth Dr Rebecca Jinks Europe, with particular emphasis on gender, century to the present, with particular Genocide, Memory, and Memorialisation. health and material culture emphasis on South Asia The Holocaust and modern 20th century Professor Justin Champion genocides Professor Dan Stone Thomas Hobbes, heterodoxy and the Historiographical, literary and philosophical Professor Andrew Jotischky radical English Enlightenment interpretations of the Holocaust, The Crusades and the Crusader States; comparative genocide, history of Medieval Monasticism; Medieval Western Professor Greg Claeys anthropology and cultural politics of the Religious History; Latin-Greek Orthodox History of radicalism and socialism in British right nineteenth-century Britain relations Dr Emmett Sullivan Dr Zoe Laidlaw Dr Karoline Kaja Cook International economic history from the Political, social and intellectual history of Iberian Atlantic history with particular mid-nineteenth century onwards emphasis on Muslims and Moriscos in the the nineteenth-century British Empire Spanish Empire Dr Weipin Tsai Dr Edward Madigan Chinese modernisation and contact with Public History, First World War Professor Kate Cooper the West from the 19th Century, and the Late Antiquity, Early Christianity, Roman Dr Andrea Mammone history of the Chinese Postal Service and Household, Roman Women Fascist Italy and the extreme Far Right in Chinese Maritime Customs Service post-1945 Europe Dr Markus Daechsel Dr George Vassiadis The intellectual and political history of Dr Chi-kwan Mark Greek social, political and cultural history, ‘development’ in Pakistan in the 1950s International history of East Asia, with especially the Greek Diaspora from the and 60s particular emphasis on relations between eighteenth to the twentieth centuries Hong Kong, China, Britain and the US Dr Charalambos Dendrinos Dr Anna Whitelock during the Cold War period Byzantine Literature and Greek Monarchy, religion and gender, with Palaeography Dr Stella Moss particular emphasis on court politics Dr Patrick Doyle Modern British History, with particular and political culture in sixteenth and Nineteenth century America with a specifi c emphasis on women and popular culture seventeenth century England interest in the Civil War era Dr Rudolf Muhs Dr Alex Windscheff el Dr Dawn Gibson Ideology, politics and society in nineteenth Modern Britain, with particular emphasis African American Islam; Women’s and twentieth-century Europe on political, cultural and gender history leadership in Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Dr Amy Tooth Murphy Dr Barbara Zipser Islam; modern US history Oral history; Queer history with particular Byzantine manuscripts, Greek medicine, Dr Simone Gigliotti emphasis on twentieth century Britain; history of texts Victim and survivor experience of the memory and narrative; gender history; Holocaust. Jewish transmigration in history of reading refugee diasporas Correct at September 2017
This brochure was published in September 2017 and the information given was correct at that time. It is intended primarily for those considering admission to Royal Holloway, University of London as undergraduate students in 2018-19. Occasionally it may be necessary for the University to vary the content and delivery of programmes so we advise all applicants to refer to the website prior to making any application. Full terms and conditions of admission can be found at royalholloway.ac.uk/studyhere.
11 Royal Holloway, University of London, is ranked in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018) . Through the dedication of our teachers, discoveries that change the world and the feel of the Royal Holloway experience, ours is a community that will inspire you to succeed academically, socially and personally.
Our university was founded by two social reformers who pioneered the ideal of education and knowledge for all who could benefi t. Their vision lives on today. As one of the UK’s leading research intensive universities, we are home to some of the world’s foremost authorities in the sciences, arts, business, economics and law. As teachers and researchers they change lives, expand minds and help current and future leaders understand power and responsibility. Students and academics travel from all over the world to study and work here, ensuring a global perspective within a close knit, safe and historic campus.
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