Our BA (Hons) History and English Literature combines your study of the past with the literature past societies have produced. Learn from what has come before us in a region steeped in history; one which inspired poets Hedd Wyn and RS Thomas and authors William Wordsworth and Kate Roberts.

This joint History and English Literature degree is deliberately flexible, allowing you to pursue your passions and interests. Our provision in both subjects spans from the early medieval period, right through to the contemporary world.

ou’ll learn to process and synthesise vast amounts of information, form ideas and opinions, construct arguments, communicate and present written and verbal findings. In doing so, you’ll be honing skills useful for work in various different industries.

History has been taught at Bangor University since the University was established in 1884. In medieval and early modern history, strengths encompass the Normans and Anglo-Normans; Welsh princes, Tudors, and Stuarts. Our expertise in modern and contemporary history includes nationalism, the labour movement, consumerism, protest, government policy, country houses and estates, gender and colonialism.