MA Public History

Modules Studied

Emphasis is placed upon students using course concepts to develop their own interests. Students write a portfolio of six pieces of work and a dissertation, which reflects their own interests. Students are encouraged to prepare their work for publication and presentation. This is something that many students have done successfully.

The first year comprises three modules : Introducing broad themes of approaches to Public History; The role of the visual and Orality, Time and Memory.Students undertake two pieces of work for their portfolio for each module.

The second year is devoted to the preparation of a dissertation of c.20k words.

Examples of topics might include: Writing myself into history, contested ideas of heritage, collectors and their pasts, personal memory and national histories, Picturing the past: reading the family photo album, Memory and Movement: Creating Collective Identities.