Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Historical and European Studies

Welcome to the School of Historical and European Studies The School offers an innovative teaching program that is informed by research at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The research profile of the School is internationally renowned and provides excellent research opportunities. Dr Jim Hammerton , Head of School

Latest News

La Trobe wins seven Future Fellowships
The School of Historical and European studies congratulates Dr Colin Smith on his ARC Future Fellowship award for Molecular Archaeology: Carbon isotope analysis of amino acids as a means to investigate diets, physiology, metabolism and palaeoenvironment.

Course Road Test
Julia Proctor from The Age puts the Bachelor of European Studies at La Trobe to the test. Read the full article on the Course Road test.

Australian Research Council Projects and grants awarded
Congratulations to our staff who were successful with gaining ARC support for research projects within the School.

Disciplines and areas of study

Archaeology

Art History - Available at multiple campuses Albury Wodonga, Bendigo, Bundoora, Mildura

European Studies

French

Greek Studies

History - Available at multiple campuses Albury Wodonga, Bendigo, Bundoora, Mildura

Italian

Latin American Studies

Religion & Spirituality Studies

Spanish (with Portuguese and Catalan)

Quality Assurance of Units - feedback on student surveys of our undergraduate units.