Course Modules

This module provides you with an overview of European political, cultural, and military history during the 20th century through the study of its major conflicts and global forces. The central focus of the module is the international history of the […]

This module explores the brutality, atrocity and savagery of the so-called ‘Age of Reason’, with the persecution of witches and religious minorities, endemic warfare and the trade in slavery, concluding with the French Revolutionary Terror, 1792-94. You will consider recurrent

This module evaluates the political, intellectual and religious development, popular, elite and court culture, warfare and international relations and gender issues across Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire within the Renaissance and Reformation periods. You will gain a better understanding

This module gives you the capacity to engage with the the research process. You will develop your research project as a public process, giving you the tools to find your own critical voice and the confidence to engage with peers,

This module explores emotional states, feelings, and extreme experiences across a wide-range of literary and cultural texts. From the Renaissance to the present, you will encounter texts that explore these states and understand how literature has shaped our core emotional

On this module you will consider what literature is and how do we think about literature today. You will explore new techniques in archival research, issues in intellectual history, theoretical developments, and the transformations of the very concept of ‘literature’,

In this module, you will explore the role of autonomy in the creative writing process, sustaining the longer project and learning about the publishing industry. You will also be able to learn more about the publishing industry from guest readers

This module provides you with the essential skills of transforming both outer research and inner biographical concerns into fiction.

This module encourages innovation and experimentation, pushing you beyond your usual boundaries.

This module examines the history and development of the horror genre and explores examples from contemporary American cinema and beyond. It takes a cross-disciplinary approach by drawing upon film studies, historical approaches, and theoretical frameworks that have dominated critical responses