Course videos

On this page you can watch videos and read more about some of our undergraduate courses and postgraduate courses running in 2024/25. The course videos below serve to give you a flavour of what our courses are like.

Check the LSE Calendar to see every module we offer, at undergraduate and postgraudate.

For information about Course Selection, please view this link.

Undergraduate students

HY113: From Empire to Independence: The Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century

HY116: International Politics since 1914: Peace and War

HY206: The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989

HY221: The History of Russia, 1676-1825

HY226: The Great War 1914-1918

HY235: Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840

HY238: The Cold War and European Integration, 1947-1992

HY240: From Empire to Commonwealth: War, Race and Imperialism in British History 1780 to 1979

HY323: Travel, Pleasure and Politics: The European Grand Tour, 1670-1825

HY326: Slavery, Capital and Empire in the British World, 1700-1900

HY329: Independent India: Myths of Freedom and Development

HY335: History of Foreign Relations of the People’s Republic of China, 1949-2008

Postgraduate students

HY400: Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace 1914-2003

HY411: European Integration in the Twentieth Century

HY436: Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa

HY444: The Cold War in Latin America

HY461: East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945

HY465: The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict

HY469: Maps, History and Power: The Spaces and Cultures of the Past

Undergraduate Course Selection Student Guide Access the full guide for the undergraduate course selection process here

Postgraduate Course Selection Student Guide Access the full guide for the postgraduate course selection process here