History

Our specialisms in social, political and cultural history mark us out as different to History courses elsewhere. Here at Lincoln Bishop you are encouraged to see the past from different, often challenging perspectives in order to gain a greater understanding of what happened and why.

Students on this course explore a range of fascinating topics spanning a number of historical eras, in a wide variety of local, national, and global contexts. Modules cover subjects as diverse as medieval Europe; the Vietnam War and Cold Wars; sexuality, race, class, and gender identity in the past; early modern reformation and revolution; the British Empire; the history of magic, witchcraft and folklore; the history of the city; the Atlantic slave trade; the French and Haitian Revolutions; and the histories of crime, punishment, popular protest, and modern dictatorship.

We use documents, images, film, objects, music, video games and a whole array of different techniques and materials to help you study the past. You’ll learn about history through lectures, group discussions and debates, source workshops, individual tutorials and site visits. You’ll engage in original historical research, analyse data, images and texts, construct, present and defend arguments. You will also look at how history is encountered within the community and take a work-based placement that fits your career goals and direction.

This undergraduate degree will help to grow your skills and confidence as a historian, from introductory modules in your first year through to an independent, research-based dissertation in your final year. The degree enhances employability by cultivating highly desirable and transferable critical thinking and analytical skills, professional writing practices and the art of presenting persuasive arguments. The degree will also help you to become an active, global citizen as students are expected to investigate how societies engage with history today, reflect on the enduring importance of historical memory and reflect on global problems and solutions a from a historical perspective.