History as a discipline... is to widen students' experience and develop qualities of perception and judgement. History provides a distinctive education by providing a sense of the past, an awareness of the development of differing values, systems and societies and the inculcation of critical yet tolerant personal attitudes. History's ability to promote understanding between cultures and between national traditions remains as important as ever.https://www.lse.ac.uk/International-History/Degrees/why-study-history