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.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re 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’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.