Discovery modules Power and Conflict Discovery modules
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The benefits of enrolling on a Power and Conflict Discovery Module
What do you think when you hear the words power and conflict? Learn how the terms are used in different ways, and how the practice of power and conflict shapes the world we live in.
The influence of power and the risk of conflict are evident in all forms of human interaction. They influence the choices and actions of people, institutions, governments and organisations.
The terms power and conflict might refer to different practices, phenomena or patterns, depending on whether you are studying business, economics, social sciences or the humanities. And these may operate at different scales, from the global to the local, between institutions and individuals. What unites these scholarly approaches is a desire to locate where power is held, understand how it is maintained, and analyse how struggles over power may result in inequalities, injustices, and conflict – or greater equality, justice-seeking and peace-building.
Depending on your interest area, you can pick from a wide range of modules, perhaps finding modules in schools and faculties that surprise you. You can build your knowledge of the Theme in one particular discipline throughout your study, or you can mix and match to understand how different disciplines grapple with similar issues in different ways.
Explore Power and Conflict Discovery modules
If you are an incoming year one student, you should only choose level 1 modules.
Level 1 Power and Conflict modules for the 2026/27 academic year
Early and Medieval Islamic History
- Module code: ARAB1150
Read more about Early and Medieval Islamic History in the module catalogue.
The Greek World: An Introduction
- Module code: CLAS1300
Read more about The Greek World: An Introduction in the module catalogue.
Greek Poets
- Module code: CLAS1615
Read more about Greek Poets in the module catalogue.
Roman Poets
- Module code: CLAS1625
Read more about Roman Poets in the module catalogue.
20th Century German History
- Module code: GERM1200
Read more about 20th Century German History in the module catalogue.
Safeguarding Children - Family Support and Child Abuse
- Module code: LLLC1080
Read more about Safeguarding Children - Family Support and Child Abuse in the module catalogue.
Women, Culture and Islam
- Module code: LLLC1321
Read more about Women, Culture and Islam in the module catalogue.
Economic Institutions (Labour)
- Module code: LUBS1125
Read more about Economic Institutions (Labour) in the module catalogue.
Economic Perspectives and Controversies
- Module code: LUBS1291
Read more about Economic Perspectives and Controversies in the module catalogue.
Economic Institutions (Industry)
- Module code: LUBS1585
Read more about Economic Institutions (Industry) in the module catalogue.
Business and Society (Combined)
- Module code: LUBS1755
Read more about Business and Society (Combined) in the module catalogue.
Business and Society (Organisation Theory)
- Module code: LUBS1760
Read more about Business and Society (Organisation Theory) in the module catalogue.
Business and Society (Social Theory)
- Module code: LUBS1765
Read more about Business and Society (Social Theory) in the module catalogue.
Religion and Culture: Medieval Christianity, Judaism and Islam
- Module code: MEDV1081
Politics, Culture and Society
- Module code: MODL1100
Read more about Politics, Culture and Society in the module catalogue.
British Politics
- Module code: PIED1100
Read more about British Politics in the module catalogue.
Global Development Challenges
- Module code: PIED1201
Read more about Global Development Challenges in the module catalogue.
Making of the Modern World
- Module code: PIED1212
Read more about Making of the Modern World in the module catalogue.
International Politics
- Module code: PIED1511
Read more about International Politics in the module catalogue.
Power and Conflict - an Introduction
- Module code: PIED1551
Read more about Power and Conflict - an Introduction in the module catalogue.
Contemporary Africas: Politics, Society and the Environment
- Module code: PIED1806
Read more about Contemporary Africas: Politics, Society and the Environment in the module catalogue.
Crime and Society
- Module code: SLSP1181
Read more about Crime and Society in the module catalogue.
Identities and Inequalities
- Module code: SLSP1191
Read more about Identities and Inequalities in the module catalogue.
Making Sense of Society: Reading Social Theory
- Module code: SLSP1201
Read more about Making Sense of Society: Reading Social Theory in the module catalogue.
Formations of Coloniality and Modernity
- Module code: SLSP1213
Read more about Formations of Coloniality and Modernity in the module catalogue.
Debating Welfare States
- Module code: SLSP1221
Read more about Debating Welfare States in the module catalogue.
Level 2 Power and Conflict modules for the 2026/27 academic year
Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Module code: ARAB2066
Read more about Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict in the module catalogue.
Global Media: Discourse, Representation and Society
- Module code: ARAB2095
Read more about Global Media: Discourse, Representation and Society in the module catalogue.
Cultures of the Arab Middle East and North Africa
- Module code: ARAB2181
Read more about Cultures of the Arab Middle East and North Africa in the module catalogue.
Global Jihad: From the Taliban to ISIS
- Module code: ARAB2190
Read more about Global Jihad: From the Taliban to ISIS in the module catalogue.
Modern Middle Eastern History
- Module code: ARAB2310
Read more about Modern Middle Eastern History in the module catalogue.
Islamic Law: Authority, Continuity and Change
- Module code: ARAB2312
Read more about Islamic Law: Authority, Continuity and Change in the module catalogue.
The Museum
- Module code: ARTF2092
Read more about The Museum in the module catalogue.
Videogames: Identities in Play
- Module code: COMM2960
Read more about Videogames: Identities in Play in the module catalogue.
Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World
- Module code: EAST2480
Read more about Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World in the module catalogue.
Power of Language
- Module code: ENGL2023
Read more about Power of Language in the module catalogue.
Social Sciences and Emergencies: Theories, Contexts and Approaches
- Module code: FOSS2002
Geographies of Economies
- Module code: GEOG2035
Read more about Geographies of Economies in the module catalogue.
Political and Development Geographies: The shaping of the world
- Module code: GEOG2140
Dealing with difficult pasts: German memory cultures
- Module code: GERM2082
Read more about Dealing with difficult pasts: German memory cultures in the module catalogue.
Transformations of the Roman World
- Module code: HIST2045
Read more about Transformations of the Roman World in the module catalogue.
Most Christian Kings: France, 1515-1715
- Module code: HIST2073
Read more about Most Christian Kings: France, 1515-1715 in the module catalogue.
The Republic in Crisis: Conflict and Identity in France since 1870
- Module code: HIST2079
Later Victorian England: Politics, Society and Culture
- Module code: HIST2103
Read more about Later Victorian England: Politics, Society and Culture in the module catalogue.
Sacred Figures and Social Power: The Saints of Medieval Europe
- Module code: HIST2111
Spain, 1898-1936: Disaster, Reaction and Reform
- Module code: HIST2152
Read more about Spain, 1898-1936: Disaster, Reaction and Reform in the module catalogue.
Patient Voices: Medicine and Healthcare in the Middle Ages
- Module code: HIST2170
Read more about Patient Voices: Medicine and Healthcare in the Middle Ages in the module catalogue.
The History of Africa since 1900
- Module code: HIST2430
Read more about The History of Africa since 1900 in the module catalogue.
The Global Cold War
- Module code: HIST2857
Read more about The Global Cold War in the module catalogue.
From Versailles to Potsdam: Conferences, Crises and Conflicts, 1919-45
- Module code: HIST2875
Violent and Sexually Offending Young People
- Module code: LLLC2222
Read more about Violent and Sexually Offending Young People in the module catalogue.
Working with Change, Conflict and Crisis with Children and Families
- Module code: LLLC2285
Management, Work and Organisations
- Module code: LUBS2000
Read more about Management, Work and Organisations in the module catalogue.
Contemporary Industrial Relations
- Module code: LUBS2060
Read more about Contemporary Industrial Relations in the module catalogue.
Contemporary Industrial Relations
- Module code: LUBS2060
Read more about Contemporary Industrial Relations in the module catalogue.
Contemporary Human Resource Management
- Module code: LUBS2580
Read more about Contemporary Human Resource Management in the module catalogue.
The Labour Party Since 1945
- Module code: PIED2139
Read more about The Labour Party Since 1945 in the module catalogue.
The Political Economy of North-South Relations
- Module code: PIED2221
Read more about The Political Economy of North-South Relations in the module catalogue.
Politics and Policy in the EU
- Module code: PIED2301
Read more about Politics and Policy in the EU in the module catalogue.
Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods
- Module code: SLSP2011
Read more about Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods in the module catalogue.
Disability Studies: An Introduction
- Module code: SLSP2041
Read more about Disability Studies: An Introduction in the module catalogue.
Gender and Society
- Module code: SLSP2052
Read more about Gender and Society in the module catalogue.
Crime, Race and Ethnicity
- Module code: SLSP2146
Read more about Crime, Race and Ethnicity in the module catalogue.
Debates in Childhood and Youth
- Module code: SLSP2151
Read more about Debates in Childhood and Youth in the module catalogue.
The Sociology of Culture
- Module code: SLSP2181
Read more about The Sociology of Culture in the module catalogue.
Key Debates in Social Policy
- Module code: SLSP2651
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Sociology of Religion
- Module code: THEO2251
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Level 3 Power and Conflict modules for the 2026/27 academic year
The Qur’an and the Hadith: Muslim Scriptural Sources
- Module code: ARAB3090
Read more about The Qur’an and the Hadith: Muslim Scriptural Sources in the module catalogue.
Middle Eastern Politics: Regimes, Societies and Conflict
- Module code: ARAB3110
Read more about Middle Eastern Politics: Regimes, Societies and Conflict in the module catalogue.
Modern Japanese History
- Module code: EAST3252
Read more about Modern Japanese History in the module catalogue.
Children, Families and Cultural Diversity: Philosophical Perspectives
- Module code: EDUC3903
Refugee Narratives
- Module code: ENGL3153
Read more about Refugee Narratives in the module catalogue.
Religion and Violence
- Module code: FOAH3150
Read more about Religion and Violence in the module catalogue.
Geographies of Global Insecurities: New Dynamics
- Module code: GEOG3291
Read more about Geographies of Global Insecurities: New Dynamics in the module catalogue.
Nazism, Stalinism and the Rise of the Total State
- Module code: HIST3710
Read more about Nazism, Stalinism and the Rise of the Total State in the module catalogue.
The Breaking of Contemporary Britain: Challenges from the Post-War Period
- Module code: HIST3728
Doomed to Failure? European Great Power Politics from Bismarck to the Outbreak of World War I
- Module code: HIST3999
Gender and Equality at Work in Comparative Perspective
- Module code: LUBS3001
Read more about Gender and Equality at Work in Comparative Perspective in the module catalogue.
Diversity Management
- Module code: LUBS3002
Read more about Diversity Management in the module catalogue.
Global Perspectives on Work
- Module code: LUBS3097
Read more about Global Perspectives on Work in the module catalogue.
Strategic Human Resource Management
- Module code: LUBS3855
Read more about Strategic Human Resource Management in the module catalogue.
Representing the Holocaust: Transgression and the Taboo
- Module code: MODL3200
Read more about Representing the Holocaust: Transgression and the Taboo in the module catalogue.
British Foreign Policy
- Module code: PIED3158
Read more about British Foreign Policy in the module catalogue.
The Politics of National Identity in the UK
- Module code: PIED3171
Read more about The Politics of National Identity in the UK in the module catalogue.
Global Development and Social Protection
- Module code: PIED3208
Read more about Global Development and Social Protection in the module catalogue.
Violence and Reconciliation in Africa
- Module code: PIED3261
Read more about Violence and Reconciliation in Africa in the module catalogue.
The Far Right in Europe and Beyond
- Module code: PIED3305
Read more about The Far Right in Europe and Beyond in the module catalogue.
Europe in the World
- Module code: PIED3325
Read more about Europe in the World in the module catalogue.
Rethinking Resistance
- Module code: PIED3612
Read more about Rethinking Resistance in the module catalogue.
Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture
- Module code: PIED3810
Read more about Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture in the module catalogue.
Crimes of States and Powerful Elites
- Module code: SLSP3212
Read more about Crimes of States and Powerful Elites in the module catalogue.
Children, Young People and Life Course Perspectives
- Module code: SLSP3221
Read more about Children, Young People and Life Course Perspectives in the module catalogue.
Global Terrorism and Violence
- Module code: SLSP3231
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Ethnicity and Popular Culture
- Module code: SLSP3996
Read more about Ethnicity and Popular Culture in the module catalogue.