Undergraduate History, Religions and Philosophies Modules
Please note: Not all modules listed may be available every year. Please contact the relevant module convenor or Faculty Office.
- Department of History, School of History, Religions & Philosophies
- Department of Religions and Philosophies, School of History, Religions and Philosophies
Department of History, School of History, Religions & Philosophies
Running 2019/20
- Akkadian Texts 2
- Akkadian: The Language of Gilgamesh
- Dissertation in Global Liberal Arts
- H101 Approaching History
- H102 World histories: the view from Africa and Asia
- H110 Introduction to the History of Africa
- H120 Introduction to the History of East Asia
- H130 Introduction to the History of the Near and Middle East
- H140 Introduction to the History of South Asia
- H200 Historical Research Project
- H201 Historical Research: Approaches and Methods
- H211 Cities in History
- H213 Gender in History
- H214 Violence in History
- H215 Colonial curricula: empire and education at SOAS and beyond
- H234 Culture and Identity in Modern South Asia 1800-2000
- H248 The Making of the Modern Middle East
- H293 - Empire and Globalisation in the early modern Muslim world
- H294 - Race, Segregation, and Apartheid in Twentieth-century South Africa
- H295 - Southern Africa to 1910: colonial rule and social change
- H296 From Courtesans to Suffragettes: Women in Chinese History, 1600s-1910s
- H297 Mao's China, 1890s-1970s
- H334 The Mongols and the Islamic World (I)
- H337 Histories of Partition: India and Pakistan 1947 (I)
- H343 Reform, Resistance and Revolution: the Ottoman Empire 1876-1909 (I)
- H379 Asante, the Gold Coast and the British, 1807-1935 (I)
- H382 Opium and Empires: Eastern Asia's Narcotic Trade and Culture in Global Context
- H398 - The Vietnam War and Asia I
- H400 Special Subject Dissertation
- H500 Independent Study Project in History
- History of Slavery: Britain and Slavery
- Introduction to Global Studies
- Introductory Sumerian
- Project Design and Research Methods
- Using Numbers
- Writing Well
Modules Not Running 2019/20
- H150 Introduction to the History of South East Asia
- H212 Frontiers in History
- H236 State and Society in Mughal India
- H241 The Middle East in the Period of the Crusades, 1050-1291
- H246 Cities of Paradise and Empire
- H247 Medieval Iran: Nomads, Settlers and Dynasts
- H254 Indigenous Warfare & Society in Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1300-1830
- H270 Society and Culture in Twentieth-Century Africa
- H278 Muslim Societies in West Africa
- H280 Atlantic Slavery and Its Legacies: Western Africa Ca 1500-2000
- H283 Modern Japan
- H333 Urban Modern Eastern Asia (I)
- H335 Gandhi and Gandhism
- H348 Rulers, Rebels and Scholars in Early Islam (I)
- H353 The Creation of Modern Burma 1852-C.1941 (I)
- H378 Violence, Identity & Politics in Modern East and Northeast Africa (I)
- H433 Urban Modern Eastern Asia (II)
- H434 The Mongols and the Islamic World (II)
- H435 Gandhi and Gandhism
- H437 Histories of Partition: India and Pakistan 1947 (II)
- H443 Reform, Resistance and Revolution: the Ottoman Empire 1876-1909 (II)
- H448 Rulers, Rebels and Scholars in Early Islam (II)
- H453 The Creation of Modern Burma 1852-C.1941 (II)
- H478 Violence, Identity & Politics in Modern East and Northeast Africa (II)
- H479 Asante, the Gold Coast and the British, 1807-1935 (II)
- H482 Opium & Empires: China's Narcotic Trade and Culture in Global Context (II)
- H498 - The Vietnam War and Asia II
- Hittite Religious Texts
- Hittite Texts 1
Department of Religions and Philosophies, School of History, Religions and Philosophies
Running 2019/20
- 'The Margins of Philosophy': Postcolonial, Gender, and Queer Epistemologies
- Ancient and Medieval Indian Philosophy
- Anglo-European Philosophies and Critical Dialogue: Hermeneutics and Beyond
- Comparative Ethics
- Independent Study Project in World Philosophies
- Introduction to Logic, Critical Reasoning and Argumentation
- Introduction to World Philosophies
- Islam in Britain
- Japanese Buddhist Thought
- Metaphysics in Comparative Perspective
- Minority Religions in the Modern Middle East
- Modern Indian Philosophy
- Mysticism in the Great Traditions
- Philosophies of Language
- R101 Understanding Religion: Theories and Themes
- R110 Introduction to Buddhism
- R120 Introduction to Hinduism
- R130 Islam: Religion and Rationality
- R190 Introduction to Zoroastrianism
- R201 Approaches and Methods in the Study of Religions
- R210 Religion, Power, and Society in Modern Africa
- R230 Religions of the Early Near and Middle East
- R430 Political Islam
- R440 Jaina Philosophy
- R472 Classical Chinese Thought
- R480 Christianity in the Middle East: Historic and Modern Dynamics
- R490 Zoroastrianism in the Ancient and Modern Worlds
- R501 Independent Study Project in Religion, Culture, and Society
- Shi'a Islam: Religious Authority and Community Identity
- The Holocaust and the Problem of Evil
Modules Not Running 2019/20
- Additional Akkadian
- Akkadian Texts 1
- Akkadian Texts 3
- Avestan
- Buddhism in Pre-Modern China
- Buddhist Philosophy
- Daily Life of Jews in Antiquity
- Death and the Meaning of Life
- Developments in Muslim Religious Thought
- Imag(in)ing Buddhas in South Asia (1)
- Imag(in)ing Buddhas in South Asia (2)
- Introductory Hittite
- Islamic Philosophy
- Messianic Movements in Muslim History
- Middle Persian
- Modern Jewish Thought
- R150 Introduction to Judaism
- R170 Introduction to the Religions of East and Central Asia
- R180 Introduction to World Christianity
- R240 The Politics of Spirituality in South Asia
- R451 Jewish Identity from Ancient to Modern Times
- R471 Taoism: the Great Tradition
- Sumerian Texts 1
- Syriac Texts on Christians and Muslims
- Theories of the Self