History and Anthropology

About this course

History and anthropology explore human life across time and across cultures, and they do so in ways that complement each other. History examines how societies change over time, using documentary evidence to understand the past on its own terms while also asking what the past can tell us about the present. Anthropology takes a different angle, studying human diversity across cultures in the present and recent past, asking what it means to be human in different social and cultural settings. Together, they produce a distinctive intellectual formation: one that is sensitive to both time and cultural difference, critical of assumptions about normality, and attentive to the perspectives of people who might otherwise be overlooked. At Goldsmiths' College, this three-year degree develops your skills in both historical research and ethnographic inquiry. In the history strand, you will work with

Where its graduates go

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• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 25% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 45 / 100Media Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →

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