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Study History at Royal Holloway

  • Date16 June 2018

One of the largest and friendliest History Departments in the UK. With 95% overall satisfaction from our students, we are the highest rated History Department in London (NSS, 2017).

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1. Choice

We offer an exceptionally broad range of subjects: from Ancient Rome to Modern China, from Saladin to Margaret Thatcher. See our BA History (V100).

2. Reputation

Ranked 16th in the UK by the Guardian University Guide, 2019. Also ranked 16th by the Times Good University Guide, 2018. Meet our historians.

3. Your future

Careers: 93% of our BA History graduates were in employment or enhancing their skills with further study, six months after graduation (DLHE 2017).

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Interview and Reading with Jonathan Coe

17 Apr 2024

Join us on Tuesday 7 May 2024 to listen to Jonathon Coe, in conversation with HRI professors, historian Dan Stone and literary critic Robert Eaglestone, talk about his work.

Sounding the Spaces of Historical Experience: Remapping the Cinema of the Holocaust

10 Apr 2024

'Sounding the Spaces of Historical Experience' will encourage participants to discuss film, place and adapting and re-using archival content in contemporary cinematic approaches to the Holocaust.

Archive Visit: History in the Making

19 Mar 2024

Last week, first-year historians explored the history of the archive in their module ‘History in the Making’.

Archive & Library discovery day with the Armenian Institute

13 Mar 2024

Join the Wiener Library for an Archive Discovery Day with the Armenian Institute, organised as part of the Genocidal Captivity exhibition events series.

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