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MA History (SSEES)

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year - 2 years

Masters Degree Description

MA History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies provides a range of options for studying the history of the SSEES region (Central, Eastern and South-East Europe and Russia) from the early modern period to the present. Students can explore, among other themes, the rise of nationalism, modernisation, transition to democracy, architecture, arts, and urbanisation in territories where mighty empires and many nations have interacted and competed over the centuries: the Russian Empire, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Habsburg Monarchy, the Ottoman Empire, the German Empire, and their successor states.

Entry Requirements

Normally an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Popular career paths for SSEES History graduates include Academic Research and HE; Accountancy & Financial Services; Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism; IT, Technology & Telecoms; and Publishing, Journalism, or Translation.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • M.A. Dissertation
  • Historical Methods and Approaches
  • Russian Monarchy: Court Ritual and Political Ideas, 1498-1917
  • The Crisis Zone: Central Europe 1900-1990
  • The Soviet Unions Cold War
  • Little Hitlers? Right Radicalism in Central and Eastern Europe, 1900-1945
  • Metropolis: History of Berlin 1871-1990
  • The Soviet Cultural Experiment II, 1945-1991
  • Religion in South-Eastern Europe: From the Age of Empires to Post-Communism
  • Waterscapes, Wildlife and Wastelands: An Environmental History of Water in Central-Eastern Europe & Russia
  • Nationalism in East Central Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century
  • The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1569-1795

Optional modules

  • Russian Monarchy: Court Ritual and Political Ideas, 1498-1917
  • The Crisis Zone: Central Europe 1900-1990
  • The Soviet Unions Cold War
  • Little Hitlers? Right Radicalism in Central and Eastern Europe, 1900-1945
  • Metropolis: History of Berlin 1871-1990
  • The Soviet Cultural Experiment II, 1945-1991
  • Religion in South-Eastern Europe: From the Age of Empires to Post-Communism
  • Waterscapes, Wildlife and Wastelands: An Environmental History of Water in Central-Eastern Europe & Russia
  • Nationalism in East Central Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century
  • The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1569-1795
  • reasonable adjustments
  • Student Support and Wellbeing Services
  • UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services
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