HY510     
Contemporary International History Research Seminar

This information is for the 2026/27 session.

Course convenor

Prof Piers Ludlow

Dr Tanya Harmer

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 Yale University. The LSE-Yale 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 New Haven 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

Total students 2025/26: 1

Average class size 2025/26: 1

Controlled access 2025/26: No
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