Our postgraduate teaching reflects our faculty’s strengths in South Asian history across several historical periods and themes, including the Mughal Empire; literary and cultural history; Sufism; the history of emotions; postcolonial Pakistan, and colonial India. Thematic and theoretical strengths reflect our commitment to staying connected with the cutting-edge discourses. Our graduate programme features courses on Religious Pluralism, Nineteenth-Century India and Colonial Interception, Colonial Punjab, History of Emotions, Movement in the Modern Historical Discourse, and Approaches to Cultural History. International collaborations allow our students to be taught by instructors from leading universities, and exchange knowledge with their peers across the world.
Our faculty is committed to ensuring that research students receive a high standard of supervision. Our students’ research engages contemporary debates and considers the currents trends in publications. Throughout the period of their degree, students are encouraged to participate in workshops and attend special lectures and seminars to develop their research skills.
Our graduate course portfolio boasts more than 70 courses covering 5000 years of history across the globe. Our courses explore various methodological, theoretical, and epistemological trends in history writing enabling students to understand the past.
We offer a rigorous degree programme that encompasses in-depth courses ranging from South Asian history and culture to Russian, American, and Central Asian history. In the first four semesters, students typically study History courses such as introduction to the history, global history, continental and regional histories. In the second half of the degree, History majors study exclusively at the History department where they study courses on European history and South-Asian history, ending their degree with a thesis on a topic of their interest.
| Year - I | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester - I | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS-1101 | Ancient India | 3 |
| HIS-1102 | British India (1707 - 1857) | 3 |
| HIS-1103 | A Global History | 3 |
| HIS-1104 | History of the Americas | 3 |
| HIS-1105 | British History | 3 |
| HIS-1106 | Muslims in Spain | 3 |
| Semester - II | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS-1201 | Ancient Europe | 3 |
| HIS-1202 | Freedom Movement | 3 |
| HIS-1203 | Modern Central Asia | 3 |
| HIS-1204 | Modern China | 3 |
| Year - II | ||
| Semester - III | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS-2101 | State and Society in Medieval India | 3 |
| HIS-2102 | European History-I (1789 - 1871) | 3 |
| HIS-2103 | History of World Religions | 3 |
| HIS-2104 | Umayyads and Abbasids | 3 |
| HIS-2105 | Safavid Empire | 3 |
| HIS-2106 | Ottoman Empire (13th to 20th Century) | 3 |
| HIS-2107 | South Asia since 1947 | 3 |
| HIS-2108 | History of Australia | 3 |
| Semester - IV | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS-2201 | History of South Asian Art | 3 |
| HIS-2202 | Medieval Europe | 3 |
| HIS-2203 | Social and Intellectual History of Modern Europe | 3 |
| HIS-2204 | European History-II (1871 - 1945) | 3 |
| HIS-2205 | Modern South-East Asian History | 3 |
| HIS-2206 | Themes in African History | 3 |
| HIS-2207 | History of Russia | 3 |
| HIS-2208 | History of Middle East | 3 |
| HIS-2209 | History Writing Skills | 3 |
| Year - III | ||
| Semester - V | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS-3101 | Key Concepts in Social Sciences | 3 |
| HIS-3102 | Research Method | 3 |
| HIS-3103 | Medieval India - I | 3 |
| HIS-3104 | Introduction to US History | 3 |
| HIS-3105 | Political Economy of Pakistan | 3 |
| HIS-3106 | Challenges to Islam in Modern World | 3 |
| HIS-3107 | Historical Sources in Arabic Language | 3 |
| HIS-3108 | Themes in Art & Architectural History | 3 |
| Semester - VI | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS-3201 | Introduction to Philosophy of History | 3 |
| HIS-3202 | Medieval India - II | 3 |
| HIS-3203 | Modern History of Afghanistan | 3 |
| HIS-3204 | Islamic History | 3 |
| HIS-3205 | Modern Asia | 3 |
| HIS-3206 | Sufi Shrines and Identity Construction in South Asia | 3 |
| HIS-3207 | Sufis and Colonial States | 3 |
| HIS-3208 | Ancient Civilizations | 3 |
| HIS-3209 | History and Literature | 3 |
| Year - IV | ||
| Semester - VII | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS-4101 | History of Colonial Punjab | 3 |
| HIS-4102 | Discourses of History in the 19th and 20th Centuries | 3 |
| HIS-4103 | Social and Cultural History of Medieval India | 3 |
| HIS-4104 | International Relations | 3 |
| HIS-4105 | Social Sciences; Key Concepts | 3 |
| HIS-4106 | Historical Sources in Persian Language | 3 |
| HIS-4107 | Cultural Institutions in Colonial India | 3 |
| HIS-4299 | Research Project / Internship | 3 |
| Semester - VIII | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS-4201 | New Trends in History | 3 |
| HIS-4202 | Emergence of USA as Global Power | 3 |
| HIS-4203 | Pakistan and the Contemporary World | 3 |
| HIS-4204 | Early Indian History | 3 |
| HIS-4205 | Social and Intellectual History of India | 3 |
| HIS-4206 | Nationalism in Europe | 3 |
| HIS-4207 | Historical Sources in Pakistani Languages | 3 |
| HIS-4299 | Research Project / Internship | 3 |
| Semester - I | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS - 1102 | British India 1707-1857 | 3 |
| Semester - II | ||
| HIS - 1202 | Freedom Movement | 3 |
| Semester - III | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS - 2102 | European History-I 1789-1871 | 3 |
| Semester - IV | ||
| HIS - 2204 | European History II 1871-1945 | 3 |
| Year – I | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester – I | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS – 7101 | Philosophy of History | 3 |
| HIS – 7102 | Research Methodology | 3 |
| HIS – 7103 | Nineteenth Century India and Colonial Interception | 3 |
| HIS – 7104 | Transformation of Europe from Medieval to Modern Age | 3 |
| Semester – II (The students will study Four Courses) | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS – 7201 | International Political Economy with Specific Reference to Pakistan | 3 |
| HIS – 7202 | Agrarian System under Mughal (1526 – 1707) | 3 |
| HIS – 7203 | Government and Politics in America | 3 |
| HIS – 7204 | Domestic and Foreign Policy of USA since Second World War | 3 |
| HIS – 7205 | Specialized Study of World Civilizations | 3 |
| HIS – 7206 | Movement in the Modern Historical Discourse | 3 |
| HIS – 7207 | Foreign Policy of Pakistan in the Post Cold War Era | 3 |
| HIS – 7208 | State and Society History of Muslims in India 1206 – 1707 A.D. | 3 |
| HIS – 7209 | Cultural and Social History of Muslims in India 1206-1707 A.D. | |
| HIS – 7210 | International Relations | 3 |
| HIS – 7211 | History of Feminism | |
| HIS – 7212 | Religious Pluralism | 3 |
| HIS – 7213 | Economic History of India under British Colonial Rule | 3 |
| HIS – 7214 | Colonial Punjab | 3 |
| HIS – 7215 | History of Knowledge | 3 |
| HIS – 7216 | Research Methodology | 3 |
| HIS - 7217 | Approaches to Cultural History | 3 |
| Year – II | ||
| Semester – III & IV | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS – 7499 | Thesis | 12 |
| Semester - I | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS - 8101 | History As A Discourse | 3 |
| HIS - 8102 | State and Society in Pakistan | 3 |
| HIS - 8103 | Economic History of India Under British Colonial Rule | 3 |
| HIS - 8104 | Sufi Shrines and Identity Construction in South Asia | 3 |
| HIS - 8105 | Preliminary Persian Language | 3 |
| HIS - 8106 | Islamic Science: A Critical Study of Sources | 3 |
| Semester - II | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HIS - 8201 | History of Mystical Thought | 3 |
| HIS - 8202 | History of Colonial Punjab | 3 |
| HIS - 8203 | Pakistan Foreign Policy Imperatives | 3 |
| HIS - 8204 | Tasawwuf: A Critical Study of Sources | 3 |
