English and History BA

Explore how literature and history have shaped our culture and society. You investigate literature in diverse historical, political and cultural contexts. You ll engage with historical evidence of international interest in our special collections. These include the papers of Virginia Woolf and Rudyard Kipling, and the Mass Observation Archive, housed at The Keep, a state-of-the-art archive conservation building located next to the Sussex campus. You re taught by literary experts and historians working in the field. You re encouraged to shape your study and produce your own critical and creative response to the world we live in today.