Global History: Empires, States and Cultures MA

Birkbeck, University of London

This MA Global History: Empires, States and Cultures will expand and deepen your understanding of world history as you explore diverse interconnections across geographical and national boundaries. Why choose this course? Taught by experts in African, Asian, Atlantic, European and Middle Eastern histories, societies and cultures, this course offers you the opportunity to examine theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of global interactions across history. You will be able to explore fascinating themes such as empires and imperialism nations and nationalisms decolonisation, migrations and diasporas environmental history the transnational history of ideas. The course offers you valuable preparation for a range of academic and non-academic careers by providing you with training in research methods and the use of primary sources, while also nurturing your own specialised research interests. What you will learn You will study a compulsory module that explores specific topics in global history and highlights the advantages as well as the challenges of this approach. Following your interests, you will then be able to choose from option modules that cover a wide variety of subject areas. These include history, classics and archaeology and allow you to specialise in the history of particular regions or time periods and deepen your knowledge further by original research for your dissertation. How you will learn This course is available to study full- or part-time and follows an evening timetable. It is taught via a combination of lectures and seminars, with a strong emphasis on your analysis and discussion of pre-assigned readings. The October-start route of this MA is part of our Birkbeck Flexible Master’s UK, which gives you the choice of how you want to study - on campus, online or via flexible learning, which combines both. If you require a Student visa to study in the UK, you will only be able to apply for the on-campus study option for this course. Online and flexible options will not be available to you because they may affect the conditions of your visa.

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