Race and Resistance
Postgraduate
In Leeds
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Postgraduate
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Leeds
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This unique interdisciplinary degree will allow you to study race and strategies of resistance from a variety of historical and theoretical approaches.
A broad transnational framework allows you to combine African, U.S., Caribbean, British and Southeast Asian history under the guidance of leading researchers in English, History, Gender Studies, Spanish, and Latin American studies. You’ll be trained in historical research methods and use varied materials such as novels, films, speeches, newspapers and organisational records to explore issues of race and resistance across very different periods and cultures.
Supported by the Institute for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies, you could study the slave trade, Mexican-American identity, race and feminism in the US, political violence in India or apartheid, among many others. It’s a fascinating and vital opportunity to gain an understanding of the roles that race and resistance have played in shaping the modern world – and how this complex relationship is evolving.
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We have a wide range of resources to help you explore the topics that interest you. Among our library resources are microfilm collections of American, Indian and South African newspapers as well as journals relating to US civil rights. British and US government papers are also on microfilm, and an extensive set of British documents on end of empire and foreign affairs.
The Church Missionary Society Archives, the Black Power Movement archive and the Curzon papers are all available, and we have access to extensive online resources to access original material for your independent research.
With the chance to participate in our active research groups – such as Identity, Power and Protest; Women, Gender and Sexuality; and Health, Medicine and Society – and benefit from an impressive range of expertise among our tutors, you’ll find that the University of Leeds is a fantastic place to gain the knowledge and skills you need.
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Entry requirements
A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (Hons) in History or a related subject.
We accept a range of international equivalent qualifications. For information contact the School of History admissions team.
English language requirements
IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in all components.. For other English qualifications, read English language equivalent qualifications.
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Course programme
The first semester will lay the foundations of your studies, introducing you to historical research methods and approaches to the study of race and resistance. You’ll explore issues such as diasporas and migration, the legacy of non-violence and sexuality and race.
In Semester Two, you’ll build on this knowledge with your choice from a wide range of optional modules across different subject areas, on issues such as the Black Atlantic, postcolonial literature, British settler colonies in Africa and more.
Throughout the programme, you’ll develop your knowledge across a variety of areas as well as key skills in research and critical analysis. You’ll showcase these when you complete your dissertation, which will be independently researched on a topic of your choice and submitted by the end of the programme in September.
You’ll also have the opportunity to work collaboratively with partner organisations, such as the West Yorkshire Archive Service, by studying the ‘Making History: Archive Collaborations’ optional module
If you choose to study part-time, you’ll study over a longer period and take fewer modules in each year.
Course structure
These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.
Modules Year 1Compulsory modules
- Research Methodology in History 30 credits
- Approaches to Race 30 credits
- MA Race and Resistance: Dissertation 60 credits
- Caribbean and Black British Writing 30 credits
- Something Rotten: Transatlantic Capitalism and the Literature of Waste 1945-Present 30 credits
- Race, Empire, Romanticism 30 credits
- Turks, Moors, and Jews: Staging the Exotic in the Renaissance 30 credits
- Global Genders 30 credits
- Making History: Archive Collaborations 30 credits
- Women, Gender and Sexuality: Archives and Approaches 30 credits
- Black Internationalism 30 credits
- India since 1947: Community, Caste and Political Violence 30 credits
- Sexuality and Disease in African History 30 credits
- Contesting Patriarchy: Debating Gender Justice in Colonial and Post-Colonial India. 30 credits
- Latin America and the Caribbean from Rebellion to Revolution, 1765-1845 30 credits
- Insurgency and Counterinsurgency 30 credits
- Anti-Apartheid: Cultures of the Struggle 30 credits
- Race and Second Wave Feminism in the US 30 credits
- 'Race', Identity and Culture in the Black Atlantic 30 credits
- Researching Inequality in the Media 30 credits
For more information on typical modules, read Race and Resistance MA Full Time in the course catalogue
For more information on typical modules, read Race and Resistance MA Part Time in the course catalogue
Learning and teachingIndependent study is an important part of this degree, allowing you to develop your own ideas and improve your skills in research and analysis. You’ll then come together with tutors and other students for weekly seminars where you’ll discuss issues and themes in each of your modules.
AssessmentAll of the modules on this programme are assessed by coursework. This can take a range of forms, including essays, discursive writing, bibliographies, reviews and presentations among others. Optional modules are usually assessed by two 3,000-word essays.
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