prospectus

Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 827272 www.kent.ac.uk/pg
145
the Modern World; Colonial
and Postcolonial Discourses;
Europe in Crisis, 1900-1925;
Extremes of Feeling: Literature
and Empire in the Eighteenth
Century; Liberation Struggles
in Southern Africa; No End of
a Lesson: Britain and the Boer
War; Writing of Empire and
Settlement
War, Media and Society MA
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/84
Location: Canterbury
This MA explores how conflict
occurs across a variety of
countries and landscapes in the
late-19th and 20th centuries, and
how such conflict is managed
and presented through media
and propaganda. It takes in
different types of conflict, from
conventional trench warfare and
geopolitical stand-offs to guerrilla
tactics and civil defence initiatives.
It also examines the application of
technology in warfare, the impact
of the media on public opinion,
along with the increasing
importance of the home
front in 20th-century warfare.
Course content
Compulsory modules plus:
• War, Propaganda and the
Media
• At least one from: The British
Army and the Great War;
Geiger Counter at Ground Zero
Related taught programmes
American Studies MA
See p38.
Medieval and Early Modern
Studies MA
See p172.
Science, Communication and
Society MSc
See p214.
Research programmes
For the most up-to-date information,
see website details below.
History MA, PhD
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/89
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/782
Locations: Canterbury;
Paris (PhD only)
We welcome research
applications across the range of
expertise within the School. We
run regular seminars in medieval
and Tudor studies, modern history,
the history and cultural studies of
science, and the study of
propaganda.
All first-year research students
attend a Methodologies and
Research Skills seminar. This
training improves your knowledge
of both historical theory and
methods of using primary
material, and can assist in
funding applications.
Cartoons and Caricature MA,
MPhil, PhD
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/91
Location: Canterbury
The British Cartoon Archive
was established in 1973 at the
University of Kent, to collect and
preserve British cartoons of social
and political comment, and make
them freely available for study. It
is a library, archive, gallery and
registered museum, dedicated
to the history of British cartooning
over the last 200 years.
CartoonHub, an online cartoon
database shared with a number
of other institutions, is also the
world’s largest electronic archive
of cartoons, with a catalogued
database of over 120,000 images,
the majority of which are stored
in original in the Centre. It is
therefore an excellent resource
for research students, capable
of supporting a range of different
research interests and
specialities.
STAFF PROFILE
Mark Connelly
Professor of Modern British
Military History
Professor Mark Connelly is an
expert in modern British military
history.
Fascinated by history from a
young age (largely shaped by
Ladybird history books, visits
to castles and Airfix kits), his
profession now involves
combining his love for military
history with his interests in
culture, films, television and
visual images.
His research interests primarily
centre on the British at war from
1800, and the image of war in
popular culture.
As well as publishing extensively,
he has made numerous
appearances with the BBC and
is considered an expert on the
cultural history of Christmas.
CONTINUED OVERLEAF