Programme Description
History at the University of Waikato (Hamilton and Tauranga) is committed to offering students a range of inter-related thematic areas of study of the past.
National histories and foundation stories
United States; Australia; New Zealand; Britain and Ireland; national political and social histories
World/global histories
World economic and trade systems before 1800; twentieth-century world history; contemporary global histories; migrations; revolutions; empires
Cultural encounter
Māori-Pākehā; Aboriginal-European; Oceania region; indigenous histories; Iwi / Māori history
Communicating the past
Museums and memory; film and history; public history; media and communication
Approaches to the study of the past
Research methodologies; applied history research opportunities; theoretical approaches, including social, cultural, oral, political, strategic, postmodern and intellectual histories
Students are strongly encouraged to seek academic advice from staff when planning their programme of study, since particular choices made as an undergraduate can enhance or limit research options at graduate level.
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