MLitt Early Modern And Reformation History

The MLitt in Early Modern and Reformation History is a one-year taught postgraduate programme run by the School of History.

Highlights

• • Work with a significant number of scholars of early modern history who can provide a high level of specialised supervision and advanced training in the history of the politics, society and culture of the early modern European and Atlantic worlds.

• • For those choosing to specialise in Reformation history, the course instils a wide contextual awareness of all of the European Reformations, while also offering the chance to pursue detailed study of a particular theological, geographicalmethodological area.

• • Benefit from broad and deep preparation, offering you the chance to explore and critically evaluate both historiography and primary sources.

• • Pursue high-level skills training to build up to your MLitt dissertation.

• • Preparation for students who are interested in subsequent doctoral research.

Teaching format

The MLitt course lasts for one calendar year; taught modules run from September to April, followed by dissertation research and writing over the late spring and summer.

Teaching methods typically include fortnightly seminars, practical classes and tutorials. Class sizes range from individual supervision up to 12 students. The modules are assessed by coursework only; there is no final exam.

The early modern cohort is typically close-knit and friendly, but comprises a diverse, international group with a range of intellectual interests. Students work closely with each other, with early modern research staff, and also with students in parallel MLitt degrees such as Intellectual History and Book History.

Further particulars regarding curriculum development.