The MSc Contemporary India Studies degree offers a critical, cutting edge study of present day India. The programme takes an interdisciplinary approach and provides analytical training. ...Read more
The MA Modern and Contemporary Writing will introduce you to the key writers, texts, compositional methods, literary movements, and critical perspectives of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. ...Read more
The MA in Medieval and Early Modern Studies is aimed at anyone interested in studying the past in depth. Our students usually include recent graduates wishing to continue their studies, mature students...Read more
This exciting course examines the role of contemporary literature in a number of different contexts. You will have the chance to explore a diverse range of texts, across varied modules, from Modernists...Read more
English Literary Studies (Twentieth Century and Contemporary) MA
The programme comprises a wide range of topics and approaches, enabling students to practise textual, cultural and theoretical modes of analysis important to advanced research in English and the humanities in general. ...Read more
International Relations (Contemporary Asia Pacific Studies) MA/PGDip
This programme is for students who want an advanced knowledge of the main issues, problems and actors in the diverse region of East Asia today, or who wish to expand their knowledge of a dynamic and rapidly...Read more
This course is designed for students with a legal background who wish to pursue further study and research into legal topics of contemporary interest. Those completing the LLM will have become competent...Read more
The MSc in Contemporary China Studies attracts students with diverse backgrounds and study/work experiences. Students may come from undergraduate degrees in various social science subjects such as Economics,...Read more
Development Studies (Contemporary India Pathway) MSc
We welcome applications from those who have worked in a broad field of development, but also from students without relevant work experience who can demonstrate a strong interest in, and understanding...Read more
Literary Studies: Pathway in Shakespeare: Early & Modern MA
This pathway of the MA Literary Studies is ideal if you’re keen to study Shakespeare at an advanced level. Centred on Shakespeare and early modern literature and culture, you’ll also explore the reception...Read more
Our MA Medieval and Early Modern Studies masters course will give you the opportunity to pursue your interest in the literatures, histories and cultures of the European Middle Ages and Early Modern periods. ...Read more
The MSc in Modern South Asian Studies is a new 12-month, taught masters course, offered jointly by the Faculty of Oriental Studies and the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies. ...Read more
The Early Modern Studies MA offers an innovative blend of skills training (palaeography and historical bibliography), object-based learning and museum visits. The core modules cover a wide range of disciplines,...Read more
In this course, students undertake supervised but independent research, at the end of which they submit a thesis embodying the results of that research. This thesis must demonstrate familiarity with,...Read more
This course explores disciplinary perspectives on “the contemporary” and approaches to defining and disseminating knowledge, discusses how a common lexicon might bridge disciplines, and considers ways...Read more
The Masters by Research in Early Modern Studies offers transferrable and employment-related skills. For example: project planning and management; time management; research and data analysis; digital literacy;...Read more
This pathway of the MA Literary Studies focuses especially on twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Youll look at the most significant trends, influences, and movements in twentieth-century literature. ...Read more
The MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies is a new 21-month, taught masters course, offered jointly by the Faculty of Oriental Studies and the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies. ...Read more
This interdisciplinary MA promotes the understanding of Europe in its political, social and philosophical dimensions. Choosing specialisms within European thought, society, history and politics you will...Read more
The MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies is a two-year course intended for students from all social science and humanities backgrounds. The course provides intensive training in a Middle Eastern language,...Read more