Dr Peter Claus
Teaching Activities:
British History VII (since 1900)
British History VI (1815-1924)
General History 4 (1815-1914)
General XII (1856 - 1914)
General XIV (1941 - 1973)
General XVIII (Imperial and Global History 1750 - 1914)
Approaches to History
Disciplines of History
Intellect and Culture in Britain
Industrial work and working class life (1890-1914)
Political Pressures and Social Policy in Great Britain (1899-1914)
Research Interests:
Historiography and Historical Methods: An Introduction (Pearson Longman, forthcoming 2011)
Work on a research bid ‘Skill, Knowledge and Learning in the British Economy 1870 – 1992’ in collaboration with the University of Southampton, the University of Glasgow and the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
I have a particular interest in widening participation, pioneering teaching strategies that use the archive as a way of enthusing students from non-traditional backgrounds and from cultural or ethnic minorities.
