HY510     
Contemporary International History Research Seminar

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

Course Convenor

Dr Elizabeth Ingleson

Availability

This course is available on the MPhil/PhD in International History. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

This course is available on the MPhil/PhD in International History, as well as to PhD students from other departments.

Course content

This seminar is a joint collaboration between the London School of Economics and Tufts University. The LSE-Tufts Seminar in Contemporary International History provides a workshop space for scholars from institutions across the world to share work-in-progress on any aspect of 20th or 21st century international history and historical IR, broadly defined. The seminar covers a wide range of different historical approaches including research exploring transnational networks, non-state actors, and geographies beyond the Global North. The seminar is structured as a space for works-in-progress whereby presenters submit a 15-20 page paper for discussion with the commentator and seminar participants.

Teaching

Hybrid: In-person seminars in London and Boston with an online option.

Indicative reading

See the webpage for the course for further details.

Assessment

The course is not assessed.


Key facts

Department: International History

Course Study Period: Autumn and Winter Term

Unit value: Non-credit bearing

FHEQ Level: Level 8

CEFR Level: Null

Total students 2024/25: 1

Average class size 2024/25: 1

Controlled access 2024/25: No
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