European History MA

Students are introduced to different theoretical, methodological and historiographical approaches to writing European history. The chronology of the various components covers the ancient, medieval, early modern, modern and contemporary periods.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of three taught elements: one core module (30 credits), compulsory European language module (15-30 credits), optional modules (30-45 credits), and dissertation (90 credits).

• Advanced Skills, Concepts and Theory for MA Historians
• Modern European Language
• Dissertation

Options available to students in 2017-18:

• Weber for Historians
• American History on Film
• Continental Connections: Britain and Europe in the Eighteenth Century
• Hollywood Genres
• Britain and Decolonisation since 1945
• Public History, Slavery, and the British Colonial Past
• Gender and Sexuality in Modern Britain, c. 1850 to the present
• Enlightenment Histories: History and Time in Eighteenth Century Thought and Culture
• The Ottoman Mediterranean: Reform and Integration, 1800-1914
• Paradoxes of Enlightenment
• Latin America in Global Intellectual History
• Theories of Totalitarianism
• Colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Twentieth Century British History: Ideologies, Identities, Cultures, Controversies
• Pornography, Obscenity and Politics in Europe since 1789
• Crisis and Future in 19th Century European Thought
• Students may also take modules from other UCL departments, subject to the approval of the degree tutor

This list is indicative only: not all modules are available every year.

All students undertake an independent research project on a topic in European history which culminates in a dissertation of up to 15,000 words.

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, and a language module taught either through the UCL Centre for Language & International Education or through the language departments. Students will be assessed by a variety of methods including unseen written examination, oral assessment, written coursework and the dissertation.