BA (Hons) History Bachelor's degree at Liverpool Hope University

This module explores diverse topics, including the First World War and its aftermath, the rise of fascism, the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War and the Holocaust, Anticolonialism, Decolonisation, the Cold War, post-war migration, hostile environments, and the revival of nationalism in the 1990s.

In this module, students study major themes in English history, including the Tudors, Henry VIII and the Reformation, Elizabethan England, English expansion and colonialism in Ireland and North America, the early Stuarts, and the Civil War. You will also examine social, cultural, political, and religious history, covering topics such as popular culture, class, international diplomacy, religion, crime, gender, economy, and witchcraft. Field trips and lectures will give you hands-on experience of

Assessment: Students do not have a formal sit-down examination in Year One.

In the first 8-week block of this module, single honours students will be encouraged to explore the rich historical resources that Liverpool has to offer and to consider their importance to local, national, and international heritage. There will be several local field trips as part of this course (e.g. the Liverpool World Museum). In the second 4-week block, you will learn about the kind of sources that historians use, with lots of hands-on practical sessions in our on-site archives and special

The module offers single honours students the opportunity to study a series of in-depth case studies alongside experts which illustrate how specialist historians use their sources and methods 'in action'. These case studies include: The Habsburg Empire; World Revolution; Colonial Resistance; and the Northern Ireland Conflict.

Examine nationalism and imperialism from the late eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, exploring the origins of modern nationalism during the French revolutionary era, revolutionary developments in Europe and overseas colonies, and twentieth-century anti-colonial activism.

Study the complex relationship between Britain and Ireland from the Cromwellian era to the Troubles, focusing on Irish nationalism, revolution, civil war, and the political and social developments of modern Ireland.

Explore the development of witch beliefs and witch hunting from c.1540 to 1720. The course examines the medieval origins of witchcraft beliefs across Europe before focusing on English and North American experiences.

Focused primarily on the UK and USA, this course examines changes and challenges to gender roles from the late nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century. You will study first-wave and second-wave feminism alongside changes and continuities in masculinity.

This course addresses the history of European Fascism, Nazism and the Holocaust (1914-1945) from a variety of perspectives (i.e. cultural, ethical, geographical, political and socio-economic). Its main subject of inquiry will be the ideological and political history of Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and other forms of interwar 'Fascism' in Western Europe, such as British, Irish and Spanish versions. The course also examines the reactionary relationship between Fascism and ideology, together with Fa

'Taste of War' is a global economic history which examines the role of resources in world history, from the earliest times to today's globalised marketplace. It pays particular attention to the human relationship with food, exploring its moral, political, economic and cultural value and the relationship between food and violent conflict.

The British Empire remains a controversial and important subject in contemporary society. This course will introduce you to the history and historiography of the British Empire from the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) to the partition of India (1947). It will follow a chronological approach, drawing on examples from the Pacific, Africa, Australasia, America and Asia, as well as Britain, to help demonstrate how colonial encounters affected both coloniser and colonised.

This course will examine the Spanish civil war in both a 'Spanish' and an international context. It will introduce the various understandings of the war put forward at the time, in eyewitness accounts, in international diplomacy and propaganda, and afterwards in historiography, memoirs and in Spain's 'memory wars'. We will reflect on the relationship of the war to equality (gender, economic and racial), and the extent to which democracy has proven effective in fighting fascism. A thread running

This course traces the history and motives of British involvement in the Middle East from 1841 to 1987. It examines the Ottoman system of government and its reforms in the nineteenth century, as well as how Britain utilised it after the First World War, particularly in Palestine. The course also sheds light on how the current conflicts in the Middle East were partly shaped by the French and British division of the region after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. It also addresses both the religi

The course will chart the Spanish encounter with the indigenous peoples of the so-called "New World". It will focus on questions of conquest, resistance, collaboration and assimilation, as well as considering the ethical, religious, constitutional, and geographical challenges set up in the wake of Columbus's voyages, and highlighting the exchange of knowledge and information between Europe and Latin America.