Course Overview - History with Global History
**This programme is an exciting opportunity to focus on global issues within the framework of a History degree, crossing continents and chronologies.**
History at Goldsmiths is global. We explore the multidirectional travel of people, practices, resources and ideas across boundaries (local, regional, national, continental, oceanic) and the changes occurring along the way.
We explore questions of power, domination, and asymmetry, as well as responses to global processes from the people worst affected by them.
Our themes include:
- World History
- Migration
- Empire decolonisat...
**This programme is an exciting opportunity to focus on global issues within the framework of a History degree, crossing continents and chronologies.**<br/><br/>History at Goldsmiths is global. We explore the multidirectional travel of people, practices, resources and ideas across boundaries (local, regional, national, continental, oceanic) and the changes occurring along the way.<br/><br/>We explore questions of power, domination, and asymmetry, as well as responses to global processes from the people worst affected by them.<br/><br/>Our themes include:<br/>- World History<br/><br/><br/>- Migration<br/><br/><br/>- Empire decolonisation and race<br/><br/><br/>- Subaltern histories<br/><br/><br/>- The global south<br/><br/><br/>- Postcolonialism<br/><br/><br/>- History in transnational perspective<br/><br/><br/>Studying Global History involves applying knowledge and understanding from these themes to contemporary issues such as the UK’s changing place in the world, colonial/postcolonial relationships, and complex histories of race and racism around the world, contributing towards equality, diversity and social justice. You will develop your skills in interdisciplinary approaches and engage with a range of historical methods/ideas.<br/><br/>**Why study BA History with Global Goldsmiths**<br/>- You will learn about histories of culture, ideas, politics and power - beyond boundaries and borders.<br/><br/><br/>- You will be taught by a multi-national community of scholars whose expertise means that history can be understood globally.<br/><br/><br/>- You will understand how countries operate within global frameworks, both in the past and now, and how empires of the past continue to affect societies and politics today.<br/><br/><br/>- Youll learn from experts in a Department that has been rated top 20 in the UK for quality of teaching in History (Guardian University League Table 2023).<br/>