History MA

Introduction

The programme provides training in advanced research methods, historiographical analysis, and theoretical approaches, incorporating insights from related disciplines. You will develop the skills necessary for independent research and critical analysis, culminating in a dissertation that allows you to investigate a historical topic of your choice in depth.

Balancing structured learning with academic flexibility, the MA offers opportunities to specialise while maintaining breadth in historical study. For those focusing on the Mediaeval period, a more structured pathway includes core modules in Latin and Palaeography, equipping students with essential skills for engaging with primary sources.

Who is this course for?

This programme will appeal to a wide range of students, including those who’ve recently graduated in History or a related discipline or have decided to return to university later in life. The structure of the course provides a good grounding for those intending to proceed to doctoral research.

What you'll learn

This MA draws together social, cultural, and political histories from Britain and Europe, the European empires, Asia, and the Americas from antiquity to the present day.

Modules include*:

• How We Study the Past (with integrated Methods workshops).
• Making Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
• Gender, Sexuality and the Body
• History as Fiction
• Research assistantship
• The Unbelieved
• Revolutions in the Eighteenth Century
• Health and the Environmental Humanities
• Placement module
• Paris study exchange
• Directed Research
• Dissertation

*Information provided above is indicative and changes may be made according to programme development and teaching availability