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Global Challenges in Historical Context: Identity and Rights

When you'll study it
Semester 2
CATS points
15
ECTS points
7.5
Level
Level 7
Module lead
Eleanor Quince
Academic year
2025-26

Module overview

In to order address any contemporary global challenge, it is vital that we understand the roots of the problem and its historical context. This module examines human rights and identity by broadly exploring the history of poverty and wealth from antiquity to the present day. It considers how political systems of economic control, such as capitalism and communism, have shaped human history. This module also investigates the post-war human rights movement and explores the contemporary challenges to these rights. Finally, the module takes a broad view of justice and identity by considering race, gender, and sexuality, and exploring the historic and contemporary challenges posed to these identities.