Master of Arts - Modern History

Situated at the heart of a World Heritage Site, the MA Modern History builds on Canterbury’s highly successful BA History (Hons) course. The University offer a research-led and student-inspired postgraduate course aimed at developing the professional skills of students, equipping them with essential skills to thrive in an increasingly global and digitalised world.

Students can study aspects of modern History. Across the modules on this course, they will explore the role of social change, investigate intellectual, political and cultural history, interrogate social memory and learn about histories of emotion and sentiment. Students customise their degree. They will be able to design their own individually negotiated topic as well as their own research dissertation, a signal achievement that employers will recognise. This degree offers students pathways into the cultural and heritage sectors, and they will develop their skills and knowledge through involvement in public history, digital history, and heritage at MA level.

The MA Modern History allows students to study History from the 18th century to the present day. This period saw rapid progress in globalisation, conflict and the expansion of human rights. From the brutal slave trade; growth and decline of empires; wars between Great Powers; Cold War superpower confrontation; to the struggles for national independence; and the terrorism of 9/11 students will experience the clash of ideas, cultures and politics in order to better understand how the contemporary world was made.