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Full time | Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London | 1 year | 23-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

23-SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

History

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

All histories are grounded in place. Communities shape our identities, whether through local neighbourhoods or global diasporas, or the stories we remember together over time.
Today, the intersections between history, place and community have never been more visible in public discourse, heritage interpretation, conservation and policy.

This exciting new programme is designed to be flexible and centred on your needs: whether you’re building the foundations for higher-level research, looking to develop applied skills for your professional development, or simply interested in your own place and its history.

Hybrid teaching includes online seminars and asynchronous content, as well as intensive ‘conference style’ teaching days each term, making the most of the outstanding IHR collections and our location at Senate House in the heart of London.

Your final project can be either a traditional dissertation, or a special project like a podcast series or creative piece – or you can choose the placement route, tackling a critical challenge through hands-on experience with one of our partners across the heritage and archives sector.

By the end of the programme, students will be able to:

  • understand the complex and charged discourses around ‘community’ and ‘place’ and contribute to them with their own original research and analysis
  • critically address problems in knowledge or understanding of historical places and communities, Identifying and selecting appropriate methods, tools and analytical frameworks to bring to bear upon them
  • use a wide variety of scholarly tools and services to undertake independent historical research
  • communicate research findings to academic and public audiences
  • apply historical research skills in a variety of professional environments
  • frame, plan and execute a substantial historical research project

The programme re-imagines postgraduate taught study for the post-Covid era, with an emphasis on flexibility, student-centred formats, wide geographical accessibility, and bespoke learning. From the start this course has been designed with flexibility in mind, with extensive use made of blended and online learning, and a mixture of synchronous and asynchronous teaching. We understand the need for study opportunities that allow students to combine the MA programme with other activities or employment, and we recognise that they will not always want to be present in London. Both full-time (one year) and part-time (two year) modes of study are available, allowing students to choose a level of commitment appropriate to their circumstances.

Teaching on the MA in History, Place & Community is blended, that is to say it partly takes place online and partly occurs in person either at the IHR in London or on field trips elsewhere. Online teaching will normally happen on Wednesdays during the 'taught' terms (terms 1+2 for full-time students; terms 1, 2, 4 and 5 for part-time). In-person teaching will take place in the first, middle and last weeks of the taught terms. The degree course consists of a total of seven modules: six taught modules and a final independent study module, which can take the form of either a dissertation or a placement. The MA can be taken full-time (one year) or part-time (two years).

Students can also exit with PGDip, PGCert awards.

Modules

The purpose of this module is to prepare students for their independent research project (dissertation, alternative output project, or placement), developing and refining the intended project’s question and aims and, by the end, producing the final proposal and plan.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£9,180

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£14,280

Entry requirements

The normal minimum entry requirement is an upper second-class honours degree from a British university, or an equivalent qualification from a foreign institution, in any discipline in the humanities which is related to the course. All students whose first language is not English must provide recent evidence that their written and spoken English is adequate for postgraduate study.