Black British History (V2101)
15 credits, Level 4
Spring teaching
On this module, you’ll explore Black British history from the Roman conquest to the present, emphasising its importance to British history.
Topics include:
- Black presence in the Roman Empire
- Black Tudor histories
- histories of transatlantic slavery and emancipation
- racial formations and the British Empire
- Windrush generation and citizenship
- radical Black resistance movements
- Black intellectual and popular cultures
- Black histories of Brighton and Sussex
- histories of people of both African and Asian descent.
You’ll examine the rich primary source materials in Sussex library’s Black Studies archive. You’ll gain public history experience by developing descriptions to help present these materials to the public.
We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We鈥檙e planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.
We鈥檒l make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.