MA in The English Country House 1485 -1945 by Research (part-time)
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In Buckingham
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Postgraduate
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Buckingham
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Course Description This course is to be an interdisciplinary programme enabling students to examine, by way of a thesis, aspects of the history of the English country house between 1485 and 1945. Students will be encouraged to consider the interrelation of architectural history, art history and social history in the evolution of the country house as a political power house, a setting for the display of art and craftsmanship, a self-contained community and a symbol of continuity and loss in a changing world.The seminar programme, which serves to complement the student’s individual research, will explore these themes in a series of ten meetings which will be addressed by some of the United Kingdom’s most distinguished country house historians. These will be prefaced by an introduction to research techniques, with particular reference to the use of primary sources such as inventories, estate records and collections of private papers; an introduction to relevant library resources available in London and through the University of Buckingham’s online subscriptions; and an introduction to the most recent academic approaches to the subject.
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It has been good by now. I am hoping to adapt things completely and soon
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The 2 years course will run so quick you won't understand. the students and professors are really helpful and will guide you with your course.
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I feel proud to choose this university to pursue the course of my choice. Soon I would be all set ot fly high and pursue jobs. This not at all indicate the courses to be intence here but yes they quite demand a bit of hardwork.
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- Teaching
- Art History
- Social History
- English
- Art
- University
- Part Time
- Humanities
- Social Change
- Architectural
Course programme
Adrian Tinniswood, OBE, MPhil, Senior Research Fellow of the Humanities Research Institute, Buckingham, and Visiting Fellow in History and Heritage, Bath Spa Adrian Tinniswood has a distinguished reputation as an architectural and social historian on both sides of the Atlantic. He has worked for many years as a consultant and adviser to the National Trust, and has lectured extensively on the country house and on the architecture and social history of the seventeenth century at British universities including Oxford, Bristol and Nottingham and for the University of California at Berkeley.His books include "His Invention So Fertile: A Life of Christopher Wren", "The Verneys" (short-listed for the 2007 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction) and "The Polite Tourist: Four Centuries of Country House Visiting".His latest book, "The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House between the Wars", was published by Jonathan Cape in June 2016.He was awarded an OBE in 2013 for services to heritage.Associate studentsFor those wishing to attend the evening research seminar programme, but unable to devote the time to the coursework or to register for the MA degree, there is the option of becoming an Associate Student. This status will enable the student to attend the ten research seminars and to meet the guest lecturers, in the first six months of the programme, but does not require the submission of written work. Associate Students are not registered for, and do not receive, the MA degree.For further details contact:
MA in The English Country House 1485 -1945 by Research (part-time)