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Offered in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), this new programme offers an unparalleled opportunity to study the social, political, cultural and economic development of the modern city from historical perspectives and through comparative experience of two of the great urban laboratories of the Western world, Paris and London. You can choose a full year in Paris or the split-site option in Paris and London.
In this interdisciplinary programme, taught in English, you will explore the development of urban topography and planning through site visits and analysis, using a primarily bifocal approach to the growth of city living and management, and how that has shaped the fabric of the world.
With faculty expertise drawn from ULIP and three Schools in QMUL’s Faculty of the Humanities and Social Science, as well as its split-site delivery, the programme enables students to develop both their empirical understanding of and their methodological approaches to what distinguishes and what connects these two cities, while expanding these comparative insights towards a broader engagement with urban history and culture, and the challenges cities face today.
Students should have an upper second-class honours degree in a relevant Humanities-related subject. A recognised equivalent from an accredited overseas institution is also accepted.
If English is not your first language, satisfactory evidence of your English language proficiency must be provided. IELTS 7.0 (minimum writing 6.5) is the minimum level for entry to the course.
The degree is taught entirely in English and there is no French language requirement.
The programme consists of four modules plus a dissertation and an assessed research methodology component. Two core modules are delivered in the autumn term in Paris at ULIP, and two optional modules taken from a range offered in Paris at ULIP and in London at Queen Mary University of London in the second term. You can choose, therefore, between a split-site programme in Paris and London or a full year in Paris.
Modules
Full-time study will be organised as follows*:
Students may complete all of these modules in Paris at ULIP, with short visits to London, or may choose to spend semester 2 in London and complete some modules in London at QMUL’s on Mile End Campus.
Semester 1
Teaching will take place in Paris at the University of London Institute in Paris. Students must complete the following two compulsory modules:
· Encountering the City: Historical Enquiry in Action (30 credits)
· Interpreting the City: Cultural Constructions and their Material Effects (15 credits)
Semester 2
Teaching can either take place in Paris at ULIP, or in London at QMUL:
Paris at ULIP: Students will have to take the compulsory module – Research design and methods (15 credits) – and choose two out of the following optional modules:
· Paris and the Nineteenth Century (30 credits)
· Exiles and Outsiders: Parisian Avant-Gardes (30 credits)
· Screening the city (30 credits)
· Centrality and the City (30 credits)
London at QMUL: Students will have to take the compulsory module – Research design and methods – and choose two out of the following optional modules:
· Art, Performance and the City (30 credits)
· Empire, Race and Immigration (30 credits)
· Sociability: Literature and the City (30 credits)
· Metropolitan Matters: A Material History of London from the Victorians to the Present (30 credits)
· The Making of Modern Paris (30 credits)
· Writing the East End (30 credits)
Semester 3
All students will complete a 15, 000-word dissertation (60 credits)
*All courses listed above are subject to availability.
Students must declare their intention to spend semester 2 in London at the beginning of the session at the end of September, beginning of October.
The programme is delivered via small-group seminars where you will be encouraged to discuss key issues and participate through seminar presentations. The programme will also be supported by a hands-on approach, including site visits and workshops. Sessions are led by members of faculty from ULIP, and the Schools of History, Geography and English and Drama from QMUL in weekly seminars led by staff members with original research qualifications and interests in the area.
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