History

History Courses.

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History courses

 

Courses marked as (Credit) are open to everyone. As a credit student, you will matriculate as a student at the University of Edinburgh as part of the registration process for these courses. For more information, please visit the Studying for Credit pages.

Term 1 (September to December 2024)

In-person courses

 

Victorian Scotland

 

The Geomythography of Scotland

 

A History of Edinburgh from Earliest Times to 1914

 

Food and Society in Early Modern Europe

 

Gunpowder, Treason and Plot: The Reign of James VI and I

 

Burke, Hare and the University of Edinburgh’s Anatomy School

 

Term 2 (January to March 2025)

In-person courses

 

Introduction to Scottish Social History

 

Introduction to Modern European History

 

Scots and Britons

 

Wars and Revolutions: the Making of Britain and the British Empire 1660-1900

 

Scotland and Slavery

 

Victorian Edinburgh at National Museum of Scotland

 

The Republic of Venice: Myth and Reality c. 1400-1650

 

King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell and the Great Rebellion

 

Pilgrimage in Late Medieval Scotland

 

Term 3 (April to June 2025)

In-person courses

 

Empires: from the Achaemenid (6th century BCE) to the British

 

Georgian Scotland at National Museum of Scotland

 

The Florentine Renaissance: A Chronological Assessment

 

Scotland and Slavery: A Visit to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery

 

The Company that Broke a Nation: Scotland and the Darien Scheme

 

Scotland: Romance and Reality

 

Interested in more options?

View our Art History courses here 

 

Important Information

For enquiries about the content of the courses in this subject area, please contact Course Organiser, Dr Sally Crumplin by email: hist.ahist.arch.col@ed.ac.uk.

For all general enquiries, please contact us by email COL@ed.ac.uk.