MA History

This MA will help you develop the sophisticated analytical skills to understand the past, while permitting you to specialise in particular period or to explore a variety of different chronological spans. It is designed to encourage both a broad engagement with historiography and research skills. During the course, you will build on historical enthusiams developed during your undergraduate degree, taking you to a higher level of understanding and comprehension. A specially-tailored core Research Methods module gives you the chance to develop research skills through hands-on sessions in the archives and to determine the theoretical and methodological approaches that best match your chosen dissertation topic. The dissertation itself taking advantage of expert supervision within the department allows students to immerse themselves in primary sources and sophisticated debates.