History at Aston has a resolutely contemporary focus on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, encompassing international, national and local dimensions. Studying cutting-edge techniques such as digital and oral history will give you new insights into some of the most exciting historical research and, together with the compulsory placement year, boost your employment prospects. YouÕll have opportunities to study topics such as nationalism, state-building and inter-state relations; the history of war and peace; religious and ethnic conflict; trauma and memory; and issues of globalisation in the present that can only be understood by looking to the past.

Offered in the following combinations:

  • History and English Language QV31
  • History and English Literature VQ13
  • History and French RV11
  • History and German LV13
  • History and Spanish RV41
  • History and Politics LV21
  • History and International Relations VL12