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Postgraduate historians work intensively in a variety of subject areas while achieving a steady progression in core fields such as historiography and methodology. Once again, i was conscious of the paradox of the compound. Hoover dam and the making of the american century, 2010, etc. Greek or latin literature, ancient history, classical archaeology, reception studies, and ancient philosophy. The mlitt in modern history is a taught postgraduate programme run by the school of history.
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