Undergraduate Courses
History and English
This course encourages students to think critically about how we define ‘history’ and ‘literature’ and about how the two disciplines interrelate and in large measure overlap.
Close attention is given to changing methodologies, to the nature of evidence and to styles of argument. It is assumed that historical documents are just as much ‘texts’ as poems, plays or novels, and are therefore subject to interpretation as works of narrative, rhetoric and, fundamentally, language. In turn, it is assumed that poems, plays and novels represent historically-grounded ways of interpreting a culture.
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The course at St Peter's
The College admits up to four students per year across the joint schools with History. For more information about teaching provision at St Peter's, see the individual course pages for History and English.
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Professor Stephen Baxter
- Barron Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History
- Clarendon Professor of Medieval History
Professor Stephen Tuffnell
- Fellow and Tutor in Modern US History
- Associate Professor of Modern US History
- Fellow Librarian
Professor Phil Booth
- Research Fellow in Theology and Religion, and History
- A.G. Leventis Associate Professor of Eastern Christianity
- Stipendiary Lecturer in Theology, Religion and History
Professor Abigail Williams
- Lord White Fellow and Tutor in English
- Professor of English Literature
