Category:History
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Early Modern History (MA) This degree offers you a unique opportunity to compare early modern European societies in the period from the Renaissance and Reformation to the Enlightenment, with special reference to Britain, France and Italy. One of the most exciting...
Category:Comparative Literature
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Modern and Contemporary Literature (MA) This degree introduces key texts and paradigms that shape our conception of literature from the early twentieth century to the present.
You will gain a thorough grounding in the key concepts of modernism, modernity and...
Category:English Language and Literature
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English (PhD / MPhil) The School of English and Humanities at Birkbeck offers committed, enthusiastic and dynamic research-based teaching, with a constantly evolving curriculum sensitive to developments in contemporary culture.
We actively foster the creation...
Category:Political Science
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Race and Ethnicity: Globalisation and Diasporas (PhD / MPhil) The Faculty of Lifelong Learning offers committed, enthusiastic and dynamic research-based teaching, with a changing curriculum sensitive to developments in policy, politics and culture. Our approach...
Category:Political Science
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Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict (MSc / MRes) The vast majority of wars in the world today involve ethnic conflict within states. In the West, majority groups bemoan a loss of national identity while minority nations press for devolution or independence. Religious...
Category:Political Science
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Global Politics (MSc / MRes) These degrees provide the analytical tools required to examine the changing nature of international politics and the emergence of a global political space. They provide a historical understanding of the evolution of global political...
Category:Geography and Cartography
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Human Geography (Graduate Certificate / Graduate Diploma) If you already possess a background in geography but would like to update your understanding of the changing nature of the subject, including the economic and social geography of Britain and the European...
Category:History
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Victorian Studies (MA) This degree is ideal if you want to pursue an interest in the literature, culture and history of nineteenth-century Britain, or study in preparation for a research degree.
Two academic Schools at Birkbeck currently contribute to the MA:...
Category:Latin American Studies
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Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Cultural Studies (MA / MRes) These programmes offer the possibility of following advanced study in the histories of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American cultures in the light of contemporary theoretical developments in...
Category:History
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Renaissance Studies (MA) This degree is a well-established interdisciplinary programme, which has been running for nearly 20 years and produces about 20 successful graduates annually. Broadly based, it explores a variety of aspects of Renaissance culture, particularly...
Category:Religion
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Religion and Culture (Postgraduate Certificate) This new award is designed to provide an advanced introduction to studying religion, culture and society in the contemporary world. As a whole, the programme will help you to think about questions such as:
-What...
Category:History
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Medieval Cultures (MA) The Middle Ages is a period particularly suited to interdisciplinary study. This programme draws upon the strengths of literature, art, history and archaeology to explore the social, cultural and intellectual life of medieval Europe.
The...
Category:Asian Studies
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Japanese Cultural Studies (MA) Japanese cultural studies, though still a comparatively young field, has produced some of the most fascinating critical debates about, and innovative research in, the fields of modernity, the politics of national identity, ethnicity,...
Category:Cultural Studies
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Humanities and Cultural Studies (MRes) The London Consortium graduate programme brings together five internationally renowned institutions: the Architectural Association School of Architecture, Birkbeck, the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), the Science Museum,...
Category:European Studies
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European Cultures (MA) This programme offers you an opportunity to study at an advanced level multiple dimensions of European cultures, including history, political and cultural thought, literature and the visual arts. The focus is primarily on France, Spain,...
Category:Cultural Studies
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Cultural and Critical Studies (MA) This interdisciplinary degree explores critical and cultural debates across cultural disciplines, offering you the chance to examine work in a diversity of media, including print culture, painting and film.
It combines a thorough...
Category:Creative Writing
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Creative Writing (MA) This degree aims to develop at a professional level the craft of fiction. It seeks to develop your confidence, sensitivity and discernment in the analysis of your own and fellow students’ work, along with greater critical understanding of...
Category:Latin American Studies
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BA Spanish & Latin American Studies This course develops your Spanish language skills to a high level, and also gives you an understanding of key aspects of contemporary Latin America and Spain. We cover a range of literary, cultural, socio-economic and political...
Category:Anthropology
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BSc Social Anthropology This degree aims to enable students with the ability to locate pivotal points of anthropological and comparative change within the contemporary social world. It will enable students to develop the academic, technical, computing and practical...
Category:Historic Preservation and Conservation
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BSc Restoration & Conservation Ideal preparation for anyone wishing to enter the heritage industries, this vocational and practical course will enable you to carry out restoration and conservation work. It also gives you an understanding of passive conservation...
