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MAHistorical Research

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sheffield.ac.uk/..y/historical-research-ma 

Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

Core modules

Dissertation
Research Presentation

Plus a choice of research skills modules including:
Designing a Doctoral Research Project
Research Skills for Historians
Palaeography
Latin and modern languages

Optional modules

Imagining the Unseen in the Middle Ages
Prisoners of War in the Twentieth Century
Crime and Punishment in Late Antiquity
A People’s Conflict: The Union and the US Civil War
Language and Society in Early Modern England
Cold War Histories
Debating Cultural Imperialism in the Nineteenth-Century British Empire
Stories of Activism, 1960 to the present
Directed Reading

Teaching

Seminars
Individual tutorials

Assessment

Bibliographical and source-based exercises
Written papers
Oral presentation
Dissertation (15,000 words)

Apply now! Fall semester 2023/24
Application period has ended
Notes
Please see the university profile or contact us for the deadlines that apply to you
Apply now! Fall semester 2023/24
Application period has ended
Notes
Please see the university profile or contact us for the deadlines that apply to you