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Dr Antony Best
PhD Programme Director
2013-2016

- Why should students study at LSE?
- What are the benefits of studying in London?
- What does the department offer its students that other departments in the UK and around the world don’t offer?
- What skills does a history research degree provide students with?
- What opportunities are open to history graduates?
- Why did you want to study history?

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2014

Dr Tanya Harmer
LSE-Columbia Programme Director
2013-2015

Dr Tanya Harmer, Associate Professor at the Department of International History, introduces students to the Double MSc International & World Affairs Programme offered by LSE in partnership with Columbia University. This two-year programme covers various modules, including international history, world politics, and international economics. The dissertation allows students to focus on a specific topic. Prospective students should have a relevant undergraduate degree and a passion for the subject. Successful students find work in governmental and private organisations.

Watch the interview recorded and hosted by Postgraduate Research | Video recorded in 2013/2014

Dr Heather Jones
Masters Tutor

Dr Heather Jones, Associate Professor in the Department of International History, introduces students to postgraduate programmes that are offered in partnership with other institutions. These are the LSE-Columbia University Double Degree in International and World History and the LSE-PKU Double Degree in Public Administration and Government, organised jointly by LSE and Peking University. The Department offers three other one-year programmes that examine the history of international relations and colonialism and globalisation. Students can find jobs in the government and in private firms.

Watch the interview recorded and hosted by Postgraduate Research | Video recorded in 2013/2014 | All values were correct at the time of the interview

Professor Matthew Jones
Research Committee Chair

- Why should students study at LSE?
- What are the benefits of studying in London?
- What skills does a history research degree provide students with?
- What opportunities are open to history graduates?
- Why did you want to study history?

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2014

Dr Paul Keenan
LSE-PKU Programme Director

Dr Paul Keenan, Associate Professor from the Department of International History, introduces students to the LSE-PKU Double Degree in Public Administration and Government, organised jointly by LSE and Peking University. This is a two-year programme; students finish the first year of their studies in Peking University in China and complete their second year of studies at LSE. The programme offers an insight into the world of public policy and administration in two very different countries. Successful students can go into academia or find jobs in the government and in private firms.

Watch the interview recorded and hosted by Postgraduate Research | Video recorded in 2013/2014

Dr Piers Ludlow

- The International History Department
- Teaching
- Careers
- London life

Click above to watch the videos | Videos recorded in 2005/2006

Dr Paul Stock
Masters Admissions Advisor
2013-2016

Dr Paul Stock, Assistant Professor in the Department of International History, introduces students to various one-year postgraduate programmes. These include MScs in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation; History of International Relations; and Theory and History of International Relations. The programmes cover the history of international relations and explore how it affects the global economy. Prospective applicants should have any undergraduate degree with a good academic score. Successful students find work in the government, NGOs, museums, archives and libraries, and also in academia.

Watch the interview recorded and hosted by Postgraduate Research | Video recorded in 2013/2014

HY113: From Empire to Independence

Dr Antony Best

This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Economic History, BSc in Government and History and BSc in International Relations and History. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2015

HY116: International History since 1890

Professor David Stevenson

This course is compulsory on the BSc in International Relations and BSc in International Relations and History. This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Economic History, BSc in Government and History and BSc in Politics and International Relations. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2016

HY206: The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989

Dr Piers Ludlow

This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Government and History, BSc in International Relations and BSc in International Relations and History. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2015

HY221: The History of Russia, 1682-1825

Professor Janet Hartley

This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Government and History, BSc in International Relations and BSc in International Relations and History. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.May be taken by 3rd years, General Course students and as an outside option where regulations, timetabling constraints and teaching capacity permit.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2016

HY226: The Great War, 1914-1918

Professor David Stevenson

This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Government and History, BSc in International Relations and BSc in International Relations and History. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.May be taken by 3rd years where regulations permit.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2016

HY235: Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840

Dr Antony Best

This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Government and History, BSc in International Relations and BSc in International Relations and History. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students. May be taken by 3rd years where regulations permit.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2015

HY238: The Cold War and European Integration, 1947-1992

Dr Piers Ludlow

This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Government and History, BSc in International Relations and BSc in International Relations and History. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2015

HY240: From Empire to Commonwealth: war, race and imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day

Dr Joanna Lewis

This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Government and History and BSc in International Relations and History. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2015

HY323: Travel, Pleasure and Politics: The European Grand Tour, 1670-1825

Dr Paul Stock

This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Government and History and BSc in International Relations and History. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2016

HY326: Slavery, Capital, and Empire in the British World, 1700-1900

Dr Padraic X. Scanlan

This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Government and History and BSc in International Relations and History. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2016

HY400: Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace 1914-2003

Professor David Stevenson

This course is compulsory on the MSc in International Affairs (LSE and Peking University). This course is available on the MSc in History of International Relations, MSc in International and World History (LSE and Columbia) and MSc in Theory and History of International Relations. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2016

HY411: European Integration in the Twentieth Century

Dr Piers Ludlow

This course is available on the MSc in Comparative Politics, MSc in EU Politics, MSc in European Studies: Ideas, Ideologies and Identities, MSc in European Studies: Ideas, Ideologies and Identities (LSE and Sciences Po), MSc in History of International Relations, MSc in International Affairs (LSE and Peking University), MSc in International and World History (LSE and Columbia) and MSc in Theory and History of International Relations. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2015

HY436: Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa

Dr Joanna Lewis

This course is available on the MSc in Conflict Studies, MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation, MSc in History of International Relations, MSc in International Affairs (LSE and Peking University), MSc in International Migration and Public Policy, MSc in International and World History (LSE and Columbia) and MSc in Theory and History of International Relations. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2015

HY461: East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945

Dr Antony Best

This course is available on the MSc in Comparative Politics, MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation, MSc in History of International Relations, MSc in International Affairs (LSE and Peking University), MSc in International and World History (LSE and Columbia) and MSc in Theory and History of International Relations. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2015

HY465: The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict

Dr Svetozar Rajak

This course is available on the MSc in History of International Relations, MSc in International Affairs (LSE and Peking University), MSc in International and World History (LSE and Columbia) and MSc in Theory and History of International Relations. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2015

HY469: Maps, History and Power: The Spaces and Cultures of the Past

Dr Paul Stock

This course is available on the MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation, MSc in History of International Relations, MSc in International Affairs (LSE and Peking University), MSc in International and World History (LSE and Columbia) and MSc in Theory and History of International Relations. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Watch the interview | Video recorded in May 2015

Jasmine Gill
BA History, 2nd Year

1. What are the benefits of studying in London?
2. Why did you choose to do the BA History at our department?
3. What do you hope to gain from your degree?
4. How do you find the teaching, supervision and social life within the department?
5. What are you planning to do after you graduate?

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(Recorded in 2013/2014)

Jamie Pelling
BA History, 3rd Year

1. What are the benefits of studying in London?
2. Why did you choose to do the BA History at our department?
3. What do you hope to gain from your degree?
4. How do you find the teaching, supervision and social life within the department?
5. What are you planning to do after you graduate?

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(Recorded in 2013/2014)

Morgan Bennett
BSc History and International Relations, 3rd Year

1. Why did you choose to study at LSE?
2. What are the benefits of studying in London?
3. Why did you choose to do the BSc History and International Relations at our department?
4. What do you hope to gain from your degree?
5. How do you find the teaching, supervision and social life within the department?
6. What are you planning to do after you graduate?

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(Recorded in 2013/2014)

Jack Kelly
BSc History and International Relations, 2nd Year

1. Why did you choose to study at LSE?
2. What are the benefits of studying in London?
3. Why did you choose to do the BSc History and International Relations at our department?
4. What do you hope to gain from your degree?
5. How do you find the teaching, supervision and social life within the department?
6. What are you planning to do after you graduate?

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(Recorded in 2013/2014)

Fadi Esber
MSc History of International Relations

1. Why did you choose to study at LSE?
2. What are the benefits of studying in London?
3. Why did you choose to do the MSc History of International Relations at our department?
4. What do you hope to gain from your degree?
5. How do you find the teaching, supervision and social life within the department?
6. What are you planning to do after you graduate?

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(Recorded in 2013/2014)

Ankita Mukhopadhyay
MSc History of International Relations

Ankita talks to Study at LSE about her degree, our department, why one should study International History and the experience of studying at LSE.

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(Recorded in 2014/2015)

Kevin Hempstead
MSc Theory and History of International Relations

1. Why did you choose to study at LSE?
2. What are the benefits of studying in London?
3. Why did you choose to do the MSc Theory and History of International Relations at our department?
4. What do you hope to gain from your degree?
5. How do you find the teaching, supervision and social life within the department?
6. What are you planning to do after you graduate?

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(Recorded in 2013/2014)

Clara Rees-Jones
MSc Theory and History of International Relations

1. Why did you choose to study at LSE?
2. What are the benefits of studying in London?
3. Why did you choose to do the MSc Theory and History of International Relations at our department?
4. What do you hope to gain from your degree?
5. How do you find the teaching, supervision and social life within the department?
6. What are you planning to do after you graduate?

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(Recorded in 2013/2014)

Students talk about their experience in 2011

- Why did you choose this particular Masters degree?
- What skills did you want to develop through this degree?
- What were the benefits of studying in New York?
- What are the strengths of Columbia University History Department?
- How did you manage the transition from Columbia to LSE?
- What did you wish you'd known more about in advance?

(Recorded in 2010/2011. Click above to watch the videos.)

Students talk about their experience in 2010

- What have you enjoyed about studying at LSE?
- What are the benefits of studying in London?
- What are you planning to do after graduation?

(Recorded in 2009/2010. Click above to watch the videos.)
 

Marie Julie Chenard
MSc in History of International Relations

- Studying International History at the LSE
- The International History Department
- Choosing courses
- The LSE student
- Careers

(Student in 2005/2006. Click above to watch the videos.)

Duncan Hill
MSc in History of International Relations

- Studying International History at the LSE
- The International History Department
- Choosing courses
- The LSE student
- London life
- Careers

(Student in 2005/2006. Click above to watch the videos. )

Adam Noyce
MSc in History of International Relations

- Studying International History at the LSE
- The International History Department
- Choosing courses
- The LSE student
- London life
- Careers 

(Student in 2004/2005. Click above to watch the videos.)

Manusmriti
MSc in History of International Relations

- Studying International History at the LSE
- The International History Department
- Choosing courses
- The LSE student
- London life

Student in 2004/2005. Click above to watch the videos.)

Ollie Elliot
PhD International History, 2nd Year

1. Why did you choose to study at LSE?
2. What are the benefits of studying in London?
3. Why did you decide to do a PhD in International History at our department?
4. What do you hope to gain from your degree?
5. How do you find the supervision and social life within the department?
6. What are you planning to do after you graduate?

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(Recorded in 2013/2014)

Cornelis Heere
PhD International History, 2nd Year

1. Why did you choose to study at LSE?
2. What are the benefits of studying in London?
3. Why did you decide to do a PhD in International History at our department?
4. What do you hope to gain from your degree?
5. How do you find the supervision and social life within the department?
6. What are you planning to do after you graduate?

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(Recorded in 2013/2014)

Pete Millwood
PhD International History, 1st Year

1. Why did you choose to study at LSE?
2. What are the benefits of studying in London?
3. Why did you decide to do a PhD in International History at our department?
4. What do you hope to gain from your degree?
5. How do you find the supervision and social life within the department?
6. What are you planning to do after you graduate?

*Watch the interview*

(Recorded in 2013/2014)

Dr Paul Stock on "What Going on Holiday Says about Us"

What's your summer holiday got to do with the European Grand Tour? In a LSE Research video, Dr Paul Stock looks at how the Grand Tour of the 17th, 18th and 19th century has helped to define holidaymaking today. He contends that the history of going on holiday reveals important things about us, not least the UK’s complicated relationship with Europe.

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(Recorded in 2016)

Paul Preston: Seeking Justice for Forgotten Victims of the Spanish Civil War

Professor Paul Preston is internationally recognised as the leading authority on Franco and the Spanish Civil War. Here he talks about his lifelong research, and in particular about one of his many books, The Spanish Holocaust, which challenged the pacto de silencio by which the Spanish elite had avoided dealing with Franco's legacy. The book generated international attention as well as hundreds of articles and reviews. Professor Preston’s work broke lifelong taboos and El Pais stated that he had finally helped Spain to come to terms with the consequences of political brainwashing. The Spanish Holocaust united local historians who had been researching repression since the 1980s and helped them to contextualise violent episodes and reveal a previously hidden reality. Professor Preston also collaborated with non-governmental organisations to seek compensation for the victims of Franco's repression.

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Read more about Professor Paul Preston's LSE Research Impact here.

(Recorded in 2016)