prospectus

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www.kent.ac.uk/history
Common compulsory modules
for all programmes
• Methods and Interpretation of
Historical Research
• Dissertation of 15-18,000 words
Assessment
For the most up-to-date information,
see website details below.
Modern History MA
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/74
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/82
Locations: Canterbury;
Canterbury and Paris
It is possible to study this
programme entirely in Canterbury
or split between our Canterbury
campus and our Paris School of
Arts and Culture.
The programme focuses on the
period c1500-2000. You develop
your capacity to think critically
about past events, approach
primary and secondary sources
from a variety of perspectives and
strive to understand the complex
issues surrounding context
and significance. In addition,
you engage with the wider
historiography and discourse
associated with your studies,
understanding the structure and
nature of cultural, political and
social forces in the modern period.
If you are studying on the split-site
programme, you spend your first
term in Canterbury before
relocating to our Paris School for
the spring term, studying in the
heart of historic Montparnasse.
All teaching is provided in English,
by University of Kent academics.
For further information about the
Paris School of Arts and Culture,
please see p257.
Course content
All students take the compulsory
modules plus a selection from:
• The British Army and the Great
War; Deformed, Deranged and
Deviant; Europe in Crisis, 1900-
1925; From Hitler to Adenauer,
1933-1963; Geiger Counter
at Ground Zero; Home Front
Britain; Landscapes of the
Great War: Interpretations and
Representations; Medicine,
Environment and Society in
the Modern World; Museums,
Material Culture and the History
of Science; Religion and
Society in 17th-century
England; Science, Ethics
and Controversy; Science
and Medicine in Context;
Spend, Spend, Spend!
Shopping and Selling in Pre-
Industrial Europe; Testimonies
of War; War, Propaganda and
the Media.
Paris students also take:
• Literary Undergrounds and
Anarchists in the Basement
• One module from the range
of modules available in Paris.
History of Science, Medicine,
Environment and Technology
MA
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/83
Location: Canterbury
This MA teaches the collective
history of science, medicine,
environment and technology.
It offers modules that combine
imperial, ethical and military
history with general areas of
history of science and medicine.
You are taught how different
societies, cultures and races have
conceptualised disease, reacted
to changes in environment and
created different technological
artefacts and scientific knowledge.
Course content
Compulsory modules plus:
• Science and Medicine in
Context
• At least one from: Deformed,
Deranged and Deviant;
Geiger Counter at Ground
Zero; History of Modern
Medicine; Medicine,
Environment and Society in
the Modern World; Museums,
Material Culture and the History
of Science; Science, Ethics and
Controversy; War, Propaganda
and the Media
First World War Studies MA
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/765
Location: Canterbury
This new MA programme explores
the military, cultural, political and
social history of the First World
War, introducing you to advanced
concepts of historiography and
cultural theory. The programme
is interdisciplinary in nature, and
reinforces the different intellectual
approaches to the war.
Course content
Compulsory modules plus:
• Landscapes of the Great War:
Interpretations and
Representations
• Landscapes of the Great War:
Public Histories
• Optional modules include: The
British Army and the Great War;
Home Front Britain; Ireland and
the Great War; Writing the City
Imperial History MA
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/360
Location: Canterbury
This programme examines key
themes and regions in the making
of world history, from the 18th
century to the present day,
working closely with the Centre
for the History of Colonialisms
and the Centre for the Political
Economies of International
Commerce.
Course content
Compulsory modules plus:
• Themes and Controversies:
Modern Imperial History
• Optional modules include:
An Intimate History of the
British Empire; Britain and