SCHOOL OF HISTORY - University of Kent · 2018-04-17 · 2 INTRODUCTION Any study of history engages a natural human curiosity about the past, and how it relates to our present. It

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INTRODUCTION

Any study of historyengages a natural humancuriosity about the past,and how it relates to ourpresent. It is an excitingand diverse subject, whichis reflected in the range ofpostgraduate programmeswe offer at Kent.

Leading research-leddepartmentKent’s School of History is adynamic, research-led department,where postgraduate students aregiven the opportunity to workalongside academics recognisedas experts in their respective fields.

The School is renowned for bothresearch excellence and teachingquality. Based on our results in themost recent Research ExcellenceFramework, history was ranked 8thnationally for research intensity bythe Times Higher Education. In TheGuardian University Guide 2018,more than 93% of History studentswere satisfied with the teaching ontheir course.

Wide-ranging expertiseThe wide range of researchinterests within the School meanswe can offer an equally broadscope of teaching and researchsupervision. The School is hometo recognised experts on African,American, British and Irish,European (including French,German and Russian), Islamicand imperial history, with particularstrengths in the history of medicine

and science, military history,medieval culture and socio-culturalhistory.

Strong academiccommunityThere is a strong community spiritwithin the School. Postgraduatescan expect full engagement withour experienced academic staff,who are passionate about theirspecialist areas. We offer numerouslectures, seminars and socialevents, which postgraduates arewelcome to attend alongside theirown studies. Our ResearchSeminars provide a forum forstudents, academics and membersof the general public to engage withthe latest research by our academicstaff, research postgraduates andguest academics.

A global outlookOur international reputation meansthat we attract staff and studentsfrom around the world, and ourareas of expertise stretch farbeyond the UK and Europe toAfrican, American and Islamichistory. We encourage our researchstudents to utilise overseas studyand archives during the course oftheir research. With our excellentEuropean links, the continent iswithin easy reach for archives, field trips, day trips and breaks.

Excellent study resourcesAll of our students have access tothe resources of the TemplemanLibrary, which holds more than1 million items including books,ebooks, databases and journals,across a range of study areas.

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Media and Society, which has itsown distinctive archive of written,audio and visual propagandamaterials – particularly in film.

Locally, our postgraduates alsoreceive privileged access to therare books and manuscripts ofthe Canterbury Cathedral Archive.

We are also within easy reach ofthe National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, Kent History andLibrary Centre at Maidstone, andthe country’s premier researchcollections and archives in London.The national libraries and archivesfound in Paris and Brussels are alsowithin easy reach.

Funding opportunitiesThe School of History offers arange of studentships and fundingopportunities to support itspostgraduate students.

The School also offers severalmore specialist studentships,covering areas such as the Historyof Science, Medieval and EarlyModern History.

Research studentships andGraduate Teaching Assistantshipshave also been awarded, offeringboth funding and guaranteedteaching opportunities to thosestudying for a PhD. For full details,see: www.kent.ac.uk/history/postgraduate/funding

The Library is also a designatedEuropean Documentation Centre,and is home to the British CartoonArchive and many other primarysources, including an onlinenewspaper archive, an extensiveaudio-visual library, and a completeset of British Second World WarMinistry of Information propagandapamphlets.

Kent is also one of only two UKuniversities to have full access to the Visual History Archive, a videocollection of primary sourcetestimonies from survivors and witnesses of genocide.

The School of History offers apostgraduate common room anddedicated ‘quiet study’ space to allhistory postgraduates, and is hometo the Centre for the Study of War,

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What are your career options? I’m considering doing a PhD, butI’d like to try going out to work first,especially as I’ve been studying forfive years. If I go on to a PhD thenI’d like to stay in academia orwithin the heritage sector; workingin museums or archives.

Have you had any employabilitysupport from the University?I’ve been doing the Global SkillsAward Programme which includeslectures on subjects outside yourdiscipline and workshops toimprove your skills such aspresentations and interviews,which will help me in the future.

What have you gained frompostgraduate study?I’m definitely more confident thanI was as an undergraduate and I’mnow more comfortable with sharingmy ideas. That’s partly becauseone of my seminar leaders reallyencourages us to come to theextracurricular seminars andget involved and engaged.

What advice would you give to a prospective postgraduatehistory student? Make sure you do all your readingand are well prepared. Get involvedwith as many things as you can,including the extra seminars outsideyour specialism. There are so manythings to get involved in – so soak itall up!

Katie Slane completedher degree in FrenchandHistory at Kent. She is now studying foraMaster’s in ImperialHistory.

Why did you go on topostgraduate study?By the time I’d finished myundergraduate degree, I’d reallyengaged with the topic and hadstarted to feel more like a historian.That made me realise that I wasn’tquite finished with my studies.After my Master’s, I’d like to takemy studies further, on to a PhD. A Master’s was a good way oftesting if I want to do that.

What do you particularly enjoyabout your programme?It’s a taught Master’s but, becauseit includes the dissertation, I’ve beenable to include French as well: it’sgood having that freedom to mixmy interests.

I also feel more confident abouttalking in seminars. That’s partlybecause I’ve chosen thisprogramme so I find the topicsparticularly interesting and alsobecause it’s easy to interact withthe academic staff. I like that weget to study the history of Historyon the core taught module. That’ssomething that we covered on theundergraduate degree, but not inmuch detail.

What are the main differencesbetween undergraduate andpostgraduate study?There’s a lot more reading to doand a difference in how much more engaged the students are with history. You feel like you’re on a more level playing field withthe academics: it’s not so much thatyou’re being taught, as involved withdebates and you feel more a part ofthings. That’s the most noticeabledifference and it’s something that I really like.

What is the postgraduatecommunity like at the School,and at the University ingeneral?One of the really nice things aboutthe Imperial History course is thatthere’s only a small number of otherstudents on the course, so it’s aclose-knit community and a supportbase.

How does the School supportyou in your studies? Seminar leaders are alwaysapproachable and open to givingyou advice and support whetherthat’s by email or in a meeting.There are extra lectures and eventsyou can go along to: The Centre for the History of Colonialisms putson lectures and the School hasoptional lectures and PhD seminars.

STUDENT PROFILE

Careers and EmployabilityServiceOur award-winning Careers andEmployability Service can help youto plan for your future by providingone-to-one advice at any stage inyour postgraduate studies. It alsooffers online advice on employabilityskills, career choices, jobapplications and interview skills.

Further informationFor more information on the careershelp we provide at Kent, visit ourEmployability web page atwww.kent.ac.uk/employability

“In recent years, historygraduates have held keypositions in civil society.They have become celebratedlawyers, press barons, well-known TV and newspaperjournalists, famous comediansand entertainers, award-winning authors, heads ofadvisory bodies and charities,directors of major museums,top diplomats and civilservants, chief constables,high-ranking officers in thearmed forces, and businessmillionaires.”

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IMPRESSIVE CAREER PROSPECTS

Postgraduate study atKent helps you to developboth specialist knowledgeand an impressive rangeof skills, both of which areattractive to potentialemployers.

In addition to academic support,we provide a comprehensivepackage of skills developmenttraining programmes, careersadvice, and volunteering and paidwork opportunities to help enhanceyour career prospects.

Transferable skills trainingHistorians develop excellent skillsof analysis, frequently assessingmultiple and often conflictingsources before condensingopinions into concise, well-structured prose.

Kent also helps you to developother key transferable skills thatare essential within the competitiveworld of postgraduate employment,such as the ability to adapt tochallenges, analyse complexreal-world problems and developoriginal ideas that can be appliedto all aspects of employment.

The University’s Graduate Schoolco-ordinates the ResearcherDevelopment Programme forresearch students, providingaccess to a wide range of lecturesand workshops on training, personaldevelopment planning and careerdevelopment skills.

The Graduate School also deliversthe Global Skills Award programmeof workshops and lectures forstudents following taughtprogrammes of study. This isspecifically designed to consolidateyour awareness of current globalissues and improve youremployment prospects.

For further details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool

Exciting career options Kent has an excellent record forpostgraduate employment: of Kentstudents who graduated in 2016and responded to a national survey,98% were in work or further studywithin six months (DLHE).

Career prospects for historygraduates are wide ranging dueto the valuable transferable skillsacquired and developed duringthe course of postgraduate study.Postgraduates are prepared for avariety of career options, includingresearch roles within governmentand NGOs; museums, galleries andlibraries; records management andinformation officers in a variety ofworkplaces; journalism; numerousroles in the public sector; teaching;and politics.

For many postgraduate students,a PhD is a natural and logicalprogression from an MA. If youwish to become a professionalhistorian, both qualifications arenow considered essential.

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What have you gained frompostgraduate study?I think my MA really did develop mypersonal and academic interest inhistory, and has really helped withmy plans for the future. I have a verydifferent outlook on academia thanI did as an undergraduate, myown interests and research havedeveloped, and having the timeto study them for myself was anamazing opportunity.

Where are you working now –and what are your plans for thefuture?I’m working in the School ofHistory as the Taught ProgrammesCoordinator now. It’s been anamazing opportunity for me to getinvolved with the other side of theprogramme. I’d love to apply to doa PhD at some point, but I neededa bit of time after my MA to earnsome money, and get some otherexperience as well.

What advice would you give to aprospective postgraduatehistory student? The advice I would give is, if youenjoy studying and academia, gofor it! With the postgraduate loansnow available, and the support oncampus, it really is an amazingopportunity if you are consideringfurther study. Personally, myMA year was my favourite at theUniversity. It’s busy, and stressfulat times, but it’s worth it.

Amy Harrison graduatedfrom Kent with an MA inModern History. She isnow working at theUniversity and planningto pursue a PhD.

Why did you go on topostgraduate study?I still had so many things I wantedto research and study, and I knewpostgraduate study would be anamazing opportunity to keeplearning and developing my skills.

What attracted you to theMaster’s at Kent?It appealed to me because of thechoices offered and the atmosphereat Kent. A lot of the modules linkedto things I’d enjoyed in myundergraduate degree and seemedso specialist to Kent. So many of themodules are not things you’d findanywhere else.

What did you particularly enjoyabout your programme?I particularly enjoyed opportunitiesthat studying at Kent gave me.The University is so close to Londonand mainland Europe, that tripsto museums and archives in thecapital, as well as France andBelgium, were an integral partof the programme.

What were the main differencesbetween undergraduate andpostgraduate study?The main difference for mewas the confidence I feltbeing a postgraduate student.

I felt my research and interests weretaken more seriously by academics,and I felt encouraged to researchfor myself more than just forassignments. I took the time toenjoy my studies far more than Idid as an undergraduate student.

What was the postgraduatecommunity like?The community in the Schoolis amazing. As there are fewerstudents doing further study it’seasier to create friendships andsupport one another through theprogramme. The Kent GraduateSchool Association held socialsto help students meet otherpostgraduates around theUniversity, and everybodyreally is lovely and supportive.

How did the School supportyou in your studies? I found the School supported mereally well in my studies. I knew whoto go to if I had any issues and theSchool was amazingly quick athelping me out.

How approachable were theacademics? During my MA, I found theacademics very approachable.My advice would be to make use ofyour academics’ office hours, evenif you didn’t as an undergraduate,as there is nothing better fordeveloping your ideas and researchthan being able to discuss it with aspecialist in the field.

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DissertationAll students write a dissertationunder the supervision of a suitablemember of staff in the School.The dissertation is expected tobe an original contribution toknowledge and should be basedon your own research of primarymaterial related to the dissertation’ssubject.

Your supervisor is able to adviseyou on your approach and thematerials that you use, but you areexpected to be the driving forcebehind the project.

Modern History MALocations: CanterburyAttendance: One year full-time,two years part-timeStart: SeptemberEntry requirements:Minimum 2.1honours degree or equivalent inhistory or a relevant subject (egpolitics, international relations,archaeology). For more, see p25.

This popular MA programmefocuses on the period c1500-2000,and draws on the considerablerange of expertise within the Schoolto offer a broad selection of taughtmodules, allowing you to tailor theprogramme to your own interests.

You learn from academics regardedas experts in their fields andresearch areas.

You develop your capacity to think critically about past events,approach primary and secondarysources from a variety ofperspectives, and strive to

Seminar debates are a crucialfeature of taught modules, andwill enable you to develop yourcommunication and interpersonalskills.

Assessment on School of Historypostgraduate modules is bycoursework. The most commonform of coursework assessmentis essay assignments, but a widevariety of other assignment types are also used, includingpresentations, source analyses,blog-based assignments andmany more. The precise nature ofthe assessment varies by module.

In addition, students on taughtprogrammes complete adissertation, submitted as theculmination of their studies withthe School.

Modules Please note that the module listsdetailed in this brochure are notfixed as new modules are alwaysin development and choices areupdated yearly.

For further information, visitwww.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate

Fuller descriptions of most of themodules listed here can be foundon p14–21. For further details oneach module, go to:www.kent.ac.uk/courses/modulesand search by the module code.

There is a range of taughtpostgraduate programmeson offer, so you can choosethe degree that reflectsyour interests.

The School of History offers thefollowing Master’s degrees basedon coursework:• Modern History MA• First World War Studies MA• History of Medicine and HealthMA

• Imperial History MA• Science Communication MA• War, Media and Society MA.

In addition, the School offers severaltaught Master’s programmes incollaboration with other schools at Kent:• American Studies MA • Medieval and Early ModernStudies MA.

Teaching and assessment On each of our taught programmes,you select options from a range ofmodules, each led by a research-active member of staff. Thesemodules are taught by regularseminar sessions, where you willdiscuss topics and themes relatedto that module, guided by anexperienced member of academicstaff.

You are expected to completerelevant background reading andresearch in preparation for eachseminar, which will inform thediscussions and debates thattake place.

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understand the complex issuessurrounding context andsignificance. In addition,you engage with the widerhistoriography and discourseassociated with your studies,understanding the structure andnature of cultural, political andsocial forces in the modern period.

In the final term, all studentscomplete the MA programmeby writing a 15-18,000 worddissertation on a research topicdefined in collaboration with anacademic supervisor.

Course content All students take these compulsorymodules:• Methods and Interpretations ofHistorical Research (HI878)

• To Tell You The Truth: SovietPropaganda and Persuasion(HI830)

• War in the Hispanic World since1808 (HI813).

AssessmentAssessment is by coursework andthe dissertation (which counts forone-third of the final grade).

First World War StudiesMALocation: CanterburyAttendance: One year full-time,two years part-timeStart: SeptemberEntry requirements:Minimum 2.1honours degree or equivalent in arelevant subject (eg politics,international relations, archaeology).For more, see p25.

• History dissertation of 15-18,000words (HI993).

Optional modules may include:• The British Army and the GreatWar (HI860)

• Colonial Childhoods (HI889)• Deformed, Deranged andDeviant: Doctors and Difference1850-2000 (HI817)

• Geiger Counter at Ground Zero:Explorations of Nuclear America(HI857)

• Knowledge in the Real World(HI887)

• Landscapes of the Great War:Interpretations andRepresentations (HI915)

• Money and Medicine in Britainand America since 1750 (HI888)

• Museums, Material Culture andthe History of Science (HI881)

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History of Medicine andHealth MALocation: CanterburyAttendance: One year full-time, twoyears part-timeStart: SeptemberEntry requirements:Minimum 2.1honours degree or equivalent in arelevant subject (eg politics,international relations, archaeology).For more, see p25.

The History of Medicine and HealthMA explores how medicine hasshaped who we are. It coversmedical ideas, technologies andinterventions and takes into accounteveryday experiences of health,illness and wellbeing.

This programme introduces you tothe advanced study of the historyof medicine and health in themodern period and equips you withthe conceptual and practical skillsto carry out independent historicalresearch in this field.

Course contentAll students take these compulsorymodules: • Methods and Interpretations inHistorical Research (HI878)

• Modern Medicine and Health,1850 to the present (HI835)


Optional modules may include:• Deformed, Deranged andDeviant: Doctors and Difference1850-2000 (HI817)



• Money and Medicine in Britainand America since 1750 (HI887).

Imperial History MA Location: CanterburyAttendance: One year full-time,two years part-timeStart: SeptemberEntry requirements:Minimum 2.1 or equivalent in a relevant subject.For more see p25.

The Imperial History MA traces theevolution of the modern worldthrough its imperial and colonialpasts.

Bringing together a range ofmodules and approaches related to histories around the world, thisprogramme offers students an in-depth insight into the structures ofpower that underpinned Europeanexpansion, as well as the role ofindigenous agency in resisting andnegotiating that power.

As such, this programme allows youto examine key themes and regionsin the making of world history fromthe 18th century to the present day.Students will emerge not only withan understanding of the imperialpast, but of the apparentlypostcolonial present as well.

This MA programme explores the military, cultural, political andsocial history of the First World War, introducing you to advancedconcepts of historiography andcultural theory. The compulsorymodules are interdisciplinary,and aim to reinforce the differentintellectual approaches to the war.

Course contentAll students take these compulsorymodules:• History dissertation of 15-18,000words (HI993)

• Landscapes of the Great War:Interpretations andRepresentations (HI915)

• Landscapes of the Great War:Public Histories (HI932)

• Methods and Interpretations ofHistorical Research (HI878)


• The Imperial War GravesCommission, 1917-1939 (HI832)

• War, Propaganda and the Media(HI815).

AssessmentThis depends on which modulesyou choose, but it is typically bycoursework and the dissertation(which counts for one-third of thefinal grade).

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Do you love science but know thata career at the lab bench is not foryou? MA Science Communication isthe perfect step forward to broadenyour skills and career options whiledeveloping your passion forscience.

This MA is unique to Kent in that itincludes both practical and criticalaspects of the subject.

You engage with a variety of media,including print, audio-visual andweb-based presentation.You aretaught by lecturers in medical andscience humanities, and byscientists. These include nationallyrecognised teachers; a blogger fora national newspaper; museumexperts and regulars on nationalmedia.

Course contentAll students take these compulsorymodules:• Science and Medicine in Context(HI866)

• Science at Work (BI830)• History dissertation of 15-18,000words (HI993).

Optional modules may include:• Deformed, Deranged andDeviant: Doctors and Difference1850-2000 (HI817)



• Money and Medicine in Britainand America since 1750 (HI888)

• Museums, Material Culture andthe History of Science (HI881)

• Work Experience Module (HI883).

There may be other modules run bythe School of Biosciences whichmay be relevant to you on thisprogramme.

War, Media and SocietyMALocation: CanterburyAttendance: One year full-time,two years part-timeStart: SeptemberEntry requirements:Minimum 2.1honours degree or equivalent inhistory or a relevant subject (eg.politics, international relations,archaeology). For more, see p25.

This MA programme explores howconflict occured across a variety ofcountries and landscapes in the late19th and 20th centuries, and howsuch conflict is managed andpresented through media andpropaganda.

It takes in different types of conflict,from conventional trench warfareand geopolitical stand-offs toguerrilla tactics and civil defenceinitiatives. It also examines theapplication of technology in warfare,the impact of the media on publicopinion, and the increasingimportance of the home front in20th-century warfare.

Course contentAll students take these compulsorymodules:• Methods and Interpretations ofHistorical Research (HI878)

• Themes and Controversies inImperial and International History(HI834)


Optional modules may include:• An Intimate History of the BritishEmpire (HI831)

• Colonial and PostcolonialDiscourses (EN852)

• Colonial Childhoods (HI889)• Europe in Crisis, 1900-1925(PO959)

• Liberation Struggles in SouthernAfrica (HI833)

• War in the Hispanic World since1808 (HI813)

• Writing of Empire and Settlement(EN855).

AssessmentAssessment is by coursework andthe dissertation (which counts forone-third of the final grade).

Science CommunicationMALocation: CanterburyAttendance: One year full-time,two years part-timeStart: SeptemberEntry requirements: Minimum 2.1honours degree or equivalent in arelevant subject. For more, see p25.


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Medieval and EarlyModern Studies MA Location: CanterburyAttendance: One year full-time,two years part-timeStart: SeptemberEntry requirements: Minimum 2.1honours degree or equivalent in arelevant subject.

This unique interdisciplinaryprogramme provides theopportunity for intensive historical,literary or art-historical study.

It challenges you to engage with theevidence and methods of differentdisciplines in order to equip youwith the wide range of researchtechniques crucial for studyingthe period.

Course content All students take these compulsorymodules:• Methods and Interpretations ofHistorical Research (HI878)

• War, Propaganda and the Media(HI815)




• Liberation Struggles in SouthernAfrica (HI833)

• To Tell You the Truth: SovietPropaganda and Persuasion(HI830)

• War in the Hispanic World(HI813)

• Work Experience Module (HI883).

AssessmentAssessment is by coursework, andthe dissertation (which counts forone-third of the final grade).

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The MA provides a thoroughgrounding in the skills required foradvanced study in the medieval andearly modern periods, as well as acompulsory module in disciplinarymethods and an exciting and variedrange of optional modules.

In addition, you produce a finaldissertation for which you receiveone-to-one supervision.

Course contentAll students take these compulsorymodules:• Beginners’ Latin (CL349)• Palaeography and Manuscripts(MT866)

• Reading Evidence (MT867)• Dissertation (MT998).

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You develop specialist knowledgeand research skills in a range ofdisciplines by navigating complexhistorical, cultural, geopolitical andenvironmental issues.

A sophisticated awareness of thereach (and the limitations) of UShegemony, as well as issues ofcultural collision, media penetration,region and identity, give ourgraduates an intellectual groundingwell-suited to many careers, inaddition to a solid foundation forfurther graduate work at MPhil orPhD level.

Course contentAll students take these compulsorymodules:• Transnational American Studies:Methods and Approaches(US800)

• Dissertation (US801).

Optional modules may include:• Affect in Contemporary AmericanLiterature (EN912)

• American Modernism, 1890-1940(EN818)

• The Awkward Age: TransatlanticCulture and Literature inTransition, 1880-1920 (EN866)

• Film History: Research Methods(FI813)


• Illness and Disability in AmericanCulture (EN900)

• Inventing the American 'Indian' inthe 18th Century (EN908)

• Myth, Image, Fashion andPropaganda in the CubanRevolutionary Era (LS908)

• Provocations and Invitations:Postmodern Poetry and Poetics(EN872)

• Reading the Contemporary(EN842).

Assessment Assessment is by coursework, oralpresentation and the dissertation.

Optional modules may include:• Approaches to Early EnglishPerformance (MT879)

• The Black Death and theTransformation of Europe,1346-1400 (MT875)

• The Crisis of Church and State(MT841)

• Cultures of Piety (MT876)• The First Information Revolution:Manuscript, Print and Rumourc1480-1700 (MT881)

• Reading the Medieval Town(MT864)

• Remembering and Forgetting inEarly Modern England (MT804).

Assessment Assessment is by examination,coursework and the dissertation(which counts for one-third ofthe final grade).

American Studies MA Location: CanterburyAttendance: One year full-time, twoyears part-timeStart: SeptemberEntry requirements: Minimum 2.1honours degree or equivalent in arelevant subject.

This interdisciplinary Master’sprogramme provides an opportunityfor you to deconstruct the Americanexperience at an advanced level.It interrogates, challenges andmoves beyond the Exceptionalistrhetoric and nation-states ideologyof traditional American Studies toconsider the USA (and itsneighbours) in an insightful,challenging and relevant way.


“This is clearly a very excitingtime for postgraduate studiesat Kent. Never before hasthere been such a diverseand outstanding researchand teaching programmein the School of History, frommedieval visual culture andearly modern religious history,the history of the environmentand medical science, to thehistories of modern conflictand the Cold War.”

Professor Ulf SchmidtProfessor of Modern History

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Colonial and PostcolonialDiscourses (EN852)Here, you are introduced to a widerange of colonial and postcolonialtheoretical discourses. The modulefocuses on the construction of thehistorical narrative of imperialism,the psychology and culture ofcolonialism, nationalism andliberation struggles, andpostcolonial theories of complicityand resistance. Through the studyof crucial texts and events, youanalyse the birth of imperialistnarratives and their complexconsequences for the world today.

Colonial Childhoods (HI889)This module introduces students tothe field of the history of childhoodthrough cross-colonial comparison.Students are introduced to some of the key debates surroundingchildhood studies, including: whatdefines childhood and how doesthat definition change through timeand in different places? How doclass, race and gender affectexperiences of childhood? And how can we uncover children'sexperiences and perspectives from the archives? After thishistoriographical introduction,students work through a number ofcase studies of colonial childhoodsin the contexts of Spanish, French,British, American and Italiancolonisations. In particular, themodule focuses on the clashbetween indigenous notions ofchildren and childhood andimposed colonial ideals.

The Black Death and theTransformation of Europe,1346-1400 (MT875)Having arrived from the East inlate 1347, a deadly and mysteriousepidemic ravaged Europe, killingabout 50% of its population. TheBlack Death also left a profoundmark on European economy,society, mentality and art. In thismodule, you explore the causes,spread, impact and consequencesof the plague. Since no historicalevent or phenomenon can bestudied in isolation, you alsoexamine the Black Death in thelarger context of the 14th-centurycrisis, comprising populationpressure, the Great Famine(1315-21), Cattle Plague (1319-21),anti-Jewish violence, violent warfareand social unrest.

The British Army and theGreat War (HI860)You examine aspects of the BritishArmy during the Great War, suchas the (in)effectiveness of Britishgeneralship. You also consider thestructure and expansion of the ‘fourarmies’ (regular, territorial, Kitchenerand conscript), and look at howeffectively the British Army copedwith this massive expansion andtrained these newly formed units.You also look at manpower policyduring the Great War. There is somediscussion about the propagandaelements involved in the voluntaryrecruiting campaigns of 1914-16and the British experience ofconscription in 1916-18. Thediscipline and morale of the British Army is also explored.

There are a wide rangeof modules on our taughtprogrammes, allowingyou to tailor your studiesto your own interests.The list below providesinformation on a selectionof them, which are subjectto student recruitmentand tutor availability.

Please note: the module listsdetailed in this brochure are notfixed as new modules are alwaysin development and choices areupdated yearly.

For further information, visitwww.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate

For further details on each module,go to:www.kent.ac.uk/courses/modulesand search by the module code.

An Intimate History of theBritish Empire (HI831)When it comes to the history of theBritish Empire, matters of intimacywere matters of state (Stoler).Colonial governments, communitiesand individuals were allvoyeuristically involved in the politicsof intimacy – from the bedroom tothe bazaar. Inspired by theapproaches of New ImperialHistory, feminist history and culturalstudies, this module explores thehistory of empire by examining itsimpact upon the intimate, everydaylives of those involved in Britain’scolonial project.

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Deformed, Deranged andDeviant: Doctors and Difference1850-2000 (HI817)From those viewed as medicalmarvels in the 19th century toquestions surrounding quality oflife in the late 20th century, thismodule explores the continuitiesand changes in the relationshipbetween medical science anddifference. You investigate theways that medicine has understood,categorised and treated thosewhose body or behaviour wasconsidered different. You alsoexamine the body and mind ascontested sites; spaces occupiedby those considered different; the establishment of normalityversus deviance; the changingconceptions of difference in thishistorical period and the shiftingtheories and methodologies ofmedical practice in relation to it.

Europe After Napoleon1815-1849 (HI886)This module introduces studentsto the latest research, theoriesand controversies surroundingthe history of the EuropeanRestorations. Each week a theme,event or controversy is chosen.Students are presented with akey historiographical text and akey primary source. Every week,they try to gauge how well theinterpretations and argumentsof historians fit the period.The primary goal of this moduleis to demonstrate that, far fromstagnant, the Post-Napoleonic agewas a crucial étape in the transitionto what we today understand asmodernity.

Geiger Counter at Ground Zero:Explorations of NuclearAmerica (HI857)Here, you critically examine thesurface and decay of NuclearAmerica in the 20th century.Responsible for ushering in themodern atomic era, the USA iswidely acknowledged as a pioneerin nuclear technology andweaponry. Receptivity towards theatom has nonetheless shifted overtime: atomic materials, onceheralded the saviour of Americansociety, have also been deemedresponsible for long-termenvironmental problems anddoomsday anxieties. Along withevents of global significance (suchas the bombing of Hiroshima), themodule covers the more intimateviews of American citizens livingand working close to Ground Zero.In particular, you examine the roleof media, propaganda and image ininventing popular understandings ofthe nuclear age.

History dissertation (HI993)All students write a dissertationunder the supervision of a suitablemember of staff in the School.The dissertation is expected tobe an original contribution toknowledge based on your ownresearch. Your supervisor canadvise you on your approach andthe materials that you use, but youare expected to be the driving forcebehind the project.

Europe in Crisis, 1900-1925(PO959)The module aims to addresstopical events in the processes ofeuropean integration and externalrelations, taking crises as a potentialengine for change. Students areasked to engage in this processof change through scholarlyinvestigation that uses primarytextual and visual sources frommultiple critical perspectives.

The module is intended to beboth theoretically sophisticatedand accessible to students, thusproviding invaluable knowledgefor understanding and analysingthe contemporary policy practicesof the European Union.

Extremes of Feeling: Literatureand Empire in the EighteenthCentury (EN888)Here, you investigate Britons’complex aspirations during theage of Enlightenment: wealthand politeness, adventure andthe cult of sensibility, collectingrare commodities, seeking‘extreme experiences’, discoursingon sympathy while owning slaves.How did a backward island nationbecome an imperial power?You explore fiction, travel writing,political theory and philosophy.The 18th century was a period ofdynamic change and radical socialupheaval that has left us withlegacies whose effects are stillbeing felt today.

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post-war resistance to the IWGCand the continuation ofalternative solutions provided byindependent pressure groups

• the creation of the IWGC, itsimmediate tasks, the debatesover its authority, reach and role,and its eventual triumph as thecrucial agency.

Ireland and the First World War(HI828)Here, you explore the experience ofIreland during the First World War.The Irish recruitment to the Britisharmed forces between 1914 and1918 forms the basis for seminars,considering Nationalist and Unionistreactions and the place of Irelandwithin wider UK recruitment.

You also study politicaldevelopments, caused by thedecline of the Irish ParliamentaryParty, rise of the Sinn Féinmovement and Irish Unionism’sacceptance of partition. In addition,you focus on commemoration of theGreat War in Ireland and overseas,as well as considering the Irisheconomy and paramilitarism duringthe war.

Knowledge in the Real World(HI887)This module is organised arounda series of themes, includingeducation, popular writing, visualmedia, audio-visual media, newmedia, and exhibition. Thecurriculum is flexible to allowstudents to follow their particularinterests.

Seminars offer the opportunity to discuss appropriate reading, to reflect critically on acts ofcommunication that have beenobserved, and to generate practicalprojects for assessment. Theyare an opportunity for students toreceive and discuss feedback onwork they have achieved, and forgiving presentations to share theirexperiences with other students.Separate to the seminars, there isalso the opportunity for one-to-onefeedback and discussion.

Landscapes of the Great War:Interpretations andRepresentations (HI915)This module looks at the wayin which different academicdisciplines have dealt with the threemain overarching experiences ofthe Great War – mobilisation,attrition, and endurance andremobilisation – studying thediffering interpretations and theirmajor differences. Where possible,each seminar has multipleacademic contributors, with eachsection consisting of a tripartiteformat. Week one sets up thefollowing week in SpecialCollections with the final week beingreflections on what was examinedand interpreted, according to theapproaches of different academicdisciplines.

Home Front Britain, 1914-18(HI827)This module examines aspectsof the British Home Front duringthe Great War, providing acomprehensive study of the nationat war. You focus on the higherdirection of the war and politicaldevelopments; the creation of a‘nation in arms’ and responsesto war; war and the growth of thestate, industrial and agriculturalmobilisation and their implications;the experience of labour and ofwomen; changes in social valuesand leisure; the development ofstate welfare; the management ofmorale; the treatment of aliens and‘the enemy within’; commemorationand popular memory.

The Imperial War GravesCommission 1917-1939 (HI832)This module provides students witha detailed study of the evolution andwork of the IWGC during the firstperiod of its existence. The modulecurriculum considers the followingissues: • the way in which the masscasualties of the war causedpeople, as individuals, asfamilies, and as groups acrossthe Empire, as well as theimperial authorities, to considerthe issue of suitablecommemoration of those whohad given their lives in the serviceof the Empire

• the competing demands andvisions of the various'stakeholders' throughout theperiod 1914-1939 including the

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discipline, question the notion ofemployment and consider theimpact that other disciplines havehad on the study of history. You are required to present on your own speciality and encouraged to critique other students’presentations. A number ofworkshops will be arranged tohelp you with your dissertation.

Modern Medicine and Health,1850 to the present (HI835)This course will explore howcontemporary medical ideas,technologies and health practiceshave been shaped by the past.It also examines how developmentsin these areas from the recent pastwill shape the medical ideas andtechnologies and health practicesof the future. Central themes includethe changing nature of medicalcare in a range of contexts,implications for health, and thepatient experience. Topics mayinclude: • medicine, health anddemography

• medical technology• medical museums• medicine and the body• places and spaces for medicine• military medicine• human experimentation andmedical ethics

• healthcare in the future.

The module makes use of a widerange of primary source material,including textbooks, media,newspapers, objects, ephemeraand patient records.

Money and Medicine in Britainand America since 1750 (HI888)A central theme of the modulewill be the tension between theprovision of healthcare as auniversal right and as a commodity.The module examines the ways inwhich this tension affects the qualityand therapeutic effectiveness of the care and goods provided in the British and American contexts.It also makes use of a wide range of source material. As well asnewspapers, reports and textbooks,it will draw on advertising media,film, newspapers and patientrecords.

Museums, Material Culture andthe History of Science (HI881)This module explores the physicalthings, from pencils and airpumps to buildings and particleaccelerators, that are essential tomaking scientific knowledge and,therefore, to understanding andcommunicating its history andpractice.

It explores the literature on usingobjects, images and buildings ashistorical sources and museologicalapproaches to the collection andinterpretation of scientificinstruments and related objects.

Students visit museums and havethe opportunity to talk to curatorsabout their work, as well asreflecting on existing displays.

The module will be assessedthrough a mixture of practical tasks,based on real objects and displays,and an essay, encouraging critical

Landscapes of the Great War:Public Histories (HI932)This module builds on Landscapesof the Great War: Interpretationsand Representations, moving youtowards the public presentation ofthe war, concentrating on museums,galleries and the processes ofre-enactment/performance. Here,you apply the different disciplinaryapproaches and nature of thematerials you have seen to thepresentation of the conflict.

Liberation Struggles inSouthern Africa (HI833)The overthrow of white settlerminority rule and apartheid bythe peoples of South Africa andZimbabwe marked a key periodin the history of the 20th century.This module traces the trajectoryof these linked struggles, both byexamining contemporary writtenand visual sources and byengaging with current debates.You discuss the dynamics of anti-colonial nationalism, the tactic andstrategy of armed insurrection, andthe ambiguities of independence.

Methods and Interpretations ofHistorical Research (HI878)You investigate the nature ofhistorical research at its highestlevel and are encouraged toconsider history as a widerdiscipline and to broaden yourapproach to evidence andinterpretation. You are expected toconsider and deconstruct a varietyof intellectual viewpoints andmethodological approaches to the


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Our examples come from 400 yearsago up to the present day, andhighlight how changes in the mediaof knowledge have shaped ourunderstanding of science – printingpresses, public lectures, museumsand TV. How have audience needsand interests changed during thistime, and how has the mediumaffected the message? Themes and topics may include: • the printing press and thescientific revolution

• science on display in the 18thcentury

• science and the steam-drivenpress in the 19th century

• science and film in the 20thcentury

• science wars• the public understanding ofscience in the late 20th century.

Science at Work (BI830)Science has a profound influenceon professional practice in theprivate and public sector. Thismodule considers the ways inwhich different professions interactwith science and scientists, andhow this influences the work theydo. Their interaction with the publicwill also be discussed. A series ofspeakers with diverse professionalbackgrounds (education, industry,government, policymaking, the law,the media) will describe their work,the role of science in the profession,and the way in which scienceinfluences their actions andinteractions with the public and other professions.

reflection on the scholarship andmuseum practice encountered overthe term.

Religion and Society in17th-century England (HI874)Religion has often been regardedas the motor for change andupheaval in 17th–century England;it has been seen as the prime causeof civil war, the inspiration for thegodly rule of Oliver Cromwell and‘the Saints’, and central to theGlorious Revolution of 1688-89.Fears of popery, it has beensuggested, helped to forge Englishnational identity. This modulereflects critically on these claims.It addresses issues of theology, theclose relationship between politicalpower and religious change, thenature of debates on religion atnational and local level, and trackselements of continuity and changeover a formative century in Englishreligious experience.

Remembering and Forgetting inEarly Modern England (MT804)This module, drawing upon a rangeof classical, medieval and earlymodern writings about memory andmnemonic technique, and readingwidely across discipline and form,investigates the role thatremembering plays within earlymodern English culture.

Science and Medicine inContext (HI866)There is no better way tounderstand how scientificknowledge is made and consumedtoday than to look at how thishappened in the past.

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chronological, but in such away as also to allow for a thematicapproach. The module initially looksat early Bolshevik propaganda, bothin 1917 and during the Civil War. It then goes on to look at thepromotion of Stalinism in relation toindustrialisation, history, education,the personality cult and religion.

War, Propaganda and the Media(HI815)You explore the concept ofpropaganda and the role of masscommunications media in times ofconflict. Using case studies fromthe First World War to the presentday, you think critically about howpropaganda is disseminated inwartime, and the pressures thatgovernments, media organisationsand journalists face in times ofconflict. You examine how differenttypes of conflict and changingtechnology have elicited differentrelationships between the media,the military and government, of theimpact of the media upon publicopinion and the part played by the‘home front’ in 20th-century warfare.

War in the Hispanic World since1808 (HI813)This module explores how war andthe threatened or actual useof armed force shaped the regional,national and transnational politicsand societies of Modern Spain andLatin America. It follows a broadlychronological theme embracingSpain's Peninsular War, LatinAmerican Independence Wars,Spain's Carlist Wars, Latin Americanwars of borders and nation-building, Mexican Revolutionary

and Cristero Wars, Spanish CivilWar, and the revolutionary andcounter-revolutionary wars of Cold War Latin America.

Work Placement (HI883) This module is organised arounda work experience placement,undertaken in an institutionrelevant to the student's Master’sprogramme. This may be amuseum, archive, school or otherinstitution involved in engaging orcommunicating history and/orscience to specific audiences orthe general public. The curriculumis flexible to allow students to workaround other modules, to adapt tothe requirements of differentplacements and to follow theirinterests. Placements should,with support from teaching staff,be researched and confirmed inthe autumn term, with tasks/projectsagreed.

Writing of Empire andSettlement (EN855)You read selected prose writing (inEnglish), which appeared during theperiod of high imperialism and intothe mid-20th century (1880s-1940s)and trace the evolution of particularwritings of empire. The module is acomparative study of writing fromdifferent locations of empire.You explore representations ofrelations between the coloniser andthe colonised in literary texts, whichare also studied as expressions ofa particular vision of European self-representation and its conception of the challenge of the colonised.

Themes and Controversies inModern Imperial History (HI834)This is a core module for the MA inImperial History. Its chief objective isto survey the field of imperial historyand chart the momentous changesit has undergone since the heydaysof Western imperialism.

The module explores the principalcontroversies that have shaped thisfield of scholarship over the pastcentury. By focusing on a series of past and ongoing scholarlydebates, students gain a thoroughunderstanding of complextheoretical issues pertaining to theoperations and consequences ofWestern empires.

Themes explored include: • the relationship between empire,slavery and the industrialrevolution

• 'peripheral' readings of latenineteenth-century imperialismand the Scramble for Africa

• ‘gentlemanly capitalism’ andBritish imperialism

• violence and settler colonialism• colonial knowledge production• popular imperialism• the imperialism of decolonisation• empires as global networks.

To Tell You The Truth: SovietPropaganda and Persuasion(HI830)The module offers a comprehensiveoverview and examination of thepropaganda used by the Sovietregime in its attempts to buildcommunism and defend theinterests of the Soviet regime.The seminar structure is broadly


RESEARCH DEGREES

The School of Historyhas an exceptionally richand stimulating researchenvironment – the breadthof our expertise enablesus to offer high-qualityresearch supervisionacross a wide rangeof areas in history.

Our research programmesThe School of History offersthe following research degreeprogrammes:• History MA, PhD

We welcome research applicationsacross the range of expertise withinthe School. We run regular seminarsin medieval and Tudor studies,modern history and the history and cultural studies of science.

In addition, the School offersthe following research degreesin conjunction with the Centrefor American Studies at Kent:• American Studies MA, PhD

We also offer the following researchdegrees in conjunction with theCentre for Medieval and EarlyModern Studies at Kent:• Medieval and Early ModernStudies MA, PhD

Research programmes are bestsuited to students who have a clearidea of a topic they would like toinvestigate in detail.

The MA by Research entailsproducing a 30,000-word thesis; thePhD programmes demand a highlevel of research and analysis,resulting in a 100,000 word thesis.

SupervisionThe School of History is able tooffer supervision on a wide rangeof topics and subject areas. Forguidelines as to who might be bestsuited for supervision in a range ofpopular areas, please refer to theresearch areas listed below. Furtherinformation on staff researchinterests can be found on p22-24.

Research trainingAll first-year research studentsattend a Methodologies andResearch Skills seminar, which issplit between components run bythe School and others provided bythe Faculty of Humanities. Thistraining improves your knowledgeof both historical theory andmethods of using primary material, and can assist in fundingapplications. In addition, researchstudents benefit from the skillstraining offered by the University’sGraduate School – for details, see:www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool

Research centresMedieval and Early ModernStudiesCovering c400-1500, incorporatingsuch themes as Anglo-SaxonEngland, early-modern France,palaeography, British and Europeanpolitics and society, religion andpapacy, the crusades, history ofart, architecture, and warfare.

StaffDr Barbara Bombi, ProfessorKenneth Fincham, Dr Emily Guerry,Dr Suzanna Ivanic, Dr LeonieJames, Dr Jan Loop, Dr EdwardRoberts, Dr Phil Slavin.

War, Media and SocietyThe Centre for the Study of War,Media and Society is committedto a systematic study of war andpropaganda on an interdisciplinarybasis and in its widest possiblehistorical context.

The centre is recognisedinternationally as a hub of researchin the field of war studies.

StaffDr Julie Anderson, Dr PhilipBoobbyer, Dr Timothy Bowman,Dr Ambrogio Caiani, Professor Mark Connelly, Dr Peter Donaldson,Dr Stefan Goebel, Professor GaynorJohnson, Dr Mark Lawrence,Dr Juliette Pattinson, Professor Ulf Schmidt.

History of Medicine, Ethics andMedical HumanitiesThe Centre for the History ofMedicine, Ethics and MedicalHumanities is committed to a visionof the history of medicine, historyof medical ethics and medicalhumanities which is chronologicallyexpansive, thematically andgeographically diverse, and which draws upon a wide range ofsources, disciplines and expertise.

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This interdisciplinary Master’sprogramme provides an opportunityfor you to deconstruct the Americanexperience at an advanced level.Members of the Centre forAmerican Studies providesupervision in many aspects ofAmerican studies. Supervision isteam-based and reflects the activeresearch interests of the Centre.

Medieval and EarlyModern Studies MA, PhD Location: Canterbury Attendance:MA one year full-timeor two years part-time; PhD threeyears full-time or five to six yearspart-time. Start:MA: beginning of autumnterm only. PhD: beginning ofautumn, spring or summer terms.Entry requirements:Minimum 2.1honours degree or equivalent inan appropriate subject.

This unique interdisciplinaryprogramme provides theopportunity for intensive historical,literary and art-historical study.It challenges you to engage with theevidence and methods of differentdisciplines in order to equip youwith the wide range of researchtechniques crucial for studying the period. Staff at the Centre forMedieval and Early Modern Studiesare drawn from different schoolsacross the University and from theCanterbury Archaeological Trust.


History MA, PhDLocation: CanterburyAttendance:MA one year full-timeor two years part-time; PhD threeyears full-time or five to six yearspart-time.Start:MA: beginning of autumnterm only. PhD: beginning ofautumn, spring or summer terms.Entry requirements:Minimum 2.1honours degree or equivalent inhistory or a relevant subject (forexample, politics, internationalrelations, archaeology).

We welcome applications froma wide variety of disciplinarybackgrounds, and are able to offersupervision on a wide range oftopics and subject areas. We runregular seminars in medieval andTudor studies, modern history andthe history and cultural studies ofscience.

American StudiesMA, PhDLocation: Canterbury Attendance:MA one year full-timeor two years part-time; PhD threeyears full-time or five to six yearspart-time. Start:MA: beginning of autumnterm only. PhD: beginning ofautumn, spring or summer terms.Entry requirements:Minimum 2.1honours degree or equivalent in anappropriate subject (for example,American studies, history or Englishdegrees with US study component).

StaffDr Julie Anderson, Dr StefanGoebel, Dr Claire Jones, Dr KarenJones, Professor Ulf Schmidt.

History of the SciencesThe Centre for the History of theSciences belongs firmly to a newera of research into the making ofscientific knowledge.

StaffDr Rebekah Higgitt, Dr Claire Jones,Dr Karen Jones, Professor CharlotteSleigh, Dr John Wills.

History of ColonialismsThe Centre for the History ofColonialisms highlights thedynamicity of the history of colonialworlds; it uses history as a creativetool to understand the past as wellas the contemporary realities ofAsian, African and Latin Americancountries and, in the process, seekto refine the craft of writing historyitself.

StaffDr Temilola Alanamu, Dr AndrewCohen, Dr Mark Lawrence, Dr JanLoop, Dr Giacomo Macola, Dr EmilyManktelow.

American StudiesIncorporating such themes asthe American West, the AmericanRevolution, Atlantic history between1500 and 1800, 20th-century UShistory and American constitutional,political and diplomatic history.

StaffDr Karen Jones, Dr Ben Marsh,Dr John Wills.

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Professor Mark ConnellyProfessor of ModernBritish HistoryBritish modern history; Britishmilitary history; the British at warfrom 1800; the image of war inpopular culture. Publicationsinclude: Steady the Buffs! ARegiment, a Region and theGreat War.

Dr Peter DonaldsonSenior Lecturer in History The cultural impact of the GreatWar; 19th and 20th-century militaryhistory. Publications include:Ritual and Remembrance: TheMemorialisation of the Great Warin East Kent.

Professor Kenneth Fincham Professor of EarlyModern HistoryEarly modern British politics andreligion; the clergy of the AnglicanChurch; the era of the Civil Wars.Publications include: AltarsRestored: The Changing Face ofEnglish Religious Worship 1547-c1700 (co-author).

Dr Stefan GoebelReader in Modern British HistoryModern British and German history;war and commemoration; theimpact of war on cities; collectivememory; 20th-century urban history.Publications include: The Great Warand Medieval Memory: War,Remembrance and Medievalism inBritain and Germany, 1914-1940.

Dr Philip BoobbyerReader in ModernEuropean HistoryRussian and Soviet history,especially Russian religious andpolitical philosophy. Publicationsinclude: Conscience, Dissent andReform in Soviet Russia.

Dr Timothy Bowman Senior Lecturer in BritishMilitary History British military history in the 19thand 20th centuries; Irish historyc1775-1998. Publications include:Ireland and the First World War.

Dr Ambrogio CaianiSenior Lecturer in ModernEuropean History European political, military anddiplomatic history 1715-1848; the French Revolution; NapoleonicEurope; royal courts; constitutionalmonarchies; Alexis de Tocqueville;French liberalism; politicalradicalism after the Congress ofVienna. Publications include: LouisXVI and the French Revolution,1789-1792.

Dr Andrew CohenLecturer in Imperial History The relationship between business and politics during thedecolonisation of the British Empireand, in particular, the activities ofthe British multinational company,Lonrho, in Africa. Publicationsinclude: The Politics and Economicsof Decolonization in Africa: TheFailed Experiment of the CentralAfrican Federation.

The academic staff of theSchool of History supportteaching and researchacross a range of areaswithin the discipline.

For full details of staff researchinterests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/history/staff

Dr Julie Anderson Reader in the History ofModern MedicineThe cultural and social history of20th-century medicine in Britainand the Commonwealth, inparticular with regard to war andmedicine, surgery and disability.Publications include: War, Disabilityand Rehabilitation in Britain: ‘Soul ofa Nation’.

Dr Amy BlakewayLecturer in Early Modern HistoryPolitical history of 16th-centuryScotland, in particular the governedas well as the governors, and therelationship between them.Publications include: Regencyin Sixteenth-Century Scotland.

Dr Barbara BombiReader in Medieval HistoryEcclesiastical and religious history,1200-1400; canon law and historyof the medieval papacy; crusadesand history of the military orders;Anglo-papal relations in the 14thcentury; Latin diplomatic andpalaeography. Publications include:Oliviero di Colonia, I Cristiani e ilfavoloso Egitto. Scontri e incontridurante la V crociata.

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Dr Suzanna IvanicLecturer in HistoryReligion, travel, Central Europe, andmaterial and visual culture.

Dr Leonie James

Lecturer in Early Modern HistoryAnglicanism in Scotland and Irelandduring the 17th century. Publicationsinclude: 'This Great Firebrand':William Laud and Scotland,1617-1645

Professor Gaynor JohnsonProfessor of HistoryThe international history of the 20thcentury, the origins of the First andSecond World Wars, internationaldiplomacy, diplomats, the history ofinternational peace organisations,the history of the Foreign Office.Publications include: Lord RobertCecil: Politician and Internationalist.

Dr Claire JonesLecturer in History and MedicineHistory of medicine and health inmodern Britain, with particularemphasis on the relationshipbetween medicine and commerce,and ways in which this relationshipaffects professional socialstructures, ethics, and technologies.Publications include: The MedicalTrade Catalogue in Britain, 1880-1914

Dr Karen JonesReader in Environmental andCultural HistoryThe American West; environmentalhistory; the wolf: science andsymbolism; hunting, natureand American identity; humanrelationships with animals;nuclear culture; parks and othertourist/heritage landscapes.Publications include: Epiphany inthe Wilderness: Hunting, Nature and Performance in the Nineteenth-Century American West.

Dr Mark LawrenceLecturer in Military History Napoleonic and post-NapoleonicEurope, in particular war, radicalismand society in Spain and thecomparative history of civil war.Publications include: The SpanishCivil Wars: a Comparative Study ofthe First Carlist War and the Conflictof the 1930s.

Dr Emily GuerryLecturer in Medieval HistoryHistory of art, in particular gothicdevotional culture in medieval visualculture and across Western Europe.

Dr Rebekah HiggittSenior Lecturer in Historyof ScienceHistory of science, especially thephysical sciences, in 17th to 19th-century Britain; relationship betweenscience, government and thepublic; scientific institutions; popularscience; biography. Publicationsinclude: The Bureau and the Board:change and collaboration in the finaldecades of the British Board ofLongitude (co-author).

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Dr Jan LoopSenior Lecturer in History The intellectual, religious andcultural history of Europe and theNear East, with a special focus onWestern knowledge of the Arab,Ottoman and Persian worldbetween 1450-1800. Publicationsinclude: Johann Heinrich Hottinger:Arabic and Islamic studies in theSeventeenth Century.

Dr Giacomo MacolaReader in African History Central African political andintellectual history from the 18thcentury to the present. Publicationsinclude: The Gun in Central Africa:A History of Technology andPolitics.

Dr Emily ManktelowLecturer in British ImperialHistory The social, cultural and familialhistory of the British Empire inthe 19th century; colonial andpostcolonial history. Publicationsinclude: Missionary Families:Race, Gender and Generationon the Spiritual Frontier.

Dr Ben MarshSenior Lecturer in History Social and economic history ofthe Atlantic world c1500-1800and the settlement of early America,

including gender, race history,the US South and slave societies,demography, the AmericanRevolution and the textile industry.Publications include: Silk and theAtlantic World c1500-1840

Dr Juliette Pattinson Reader in History; Head of School Socio-cultural history, in particularthe Second World War in Britain,France and Germany; genderhistory. Publications include: Men inreserve: British civilian masculinitiesin the Second World War.

Dr Edward RobertsLecturer in Early Medieval HistoryCarolingian, Ottonian or Anglo-Saxon history between the eighthand eleventh centuries; political,social and cultural change inWestern Europe between c.850 andc.1050.

Professor Ulf SchmidtProfessor of Modern History German and European modernhistory, especially the history ofmedicine, eugenics and medicalfilms during the Weimar Republic,the Third Reich and the Cold War.Publications include: SecretScience: A Century of PoisonWarfare and Human Experiments.

Dr Phil SlavinSenior Lecturer inMedieval History Environmental, economic and socialhistory of late-medieval and earlymodern British Isles and the northAtlantic world. Publications include:Bread and Ale for the Brethren: TheProvisioning of Norwich CathedralPriory, 1260-1536.

Professor Charlotte SleighProfessor of Science HumanitiesHistory and culture of the lifesciences in the 19th and 20thcenturies; history of natural history;literature; gender. Publicationsinclude: Literature and Science.

Dr John WillsReader in American Historyand CultureModern US history; environmental,cultural and visual history; Americannuclear landscapes; Californiaprotest culture; Disney; tourism;1950s America; cyber-society.Publications include: ConservationFallout: Nuclear Protest at DiabloCanyon.


All applicants are assessedindividually and entry requirementscan vary. If you do not reach therequired standard, you can applyfor one of our pre-sessionalcourses. For more information, see:www.kent.ac.uk/international-pathways

Making an applicationYou can apply for a Kent higherdegree via our website atwww.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/apply

If you are applying for a researchdegree, it is strongly recommendedthat you contact the School ofHistory in the first instance so thatyou have an opportunity to discussyour study plans with the Directorof Graduate Studies.

Application deadlinesWe strongly recommend you applyat least three months before yourintended start date. For moreinformation, please see:www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/how-to-apply

Start datesTaught Master’s programmesMost taught degrees begin inSeptember. Please check the latestinformation online.

Research Master’s programmesOur research Master’s programmesstart in September so you are able to take part in our inductionprogramme. Please check the latestinformation online.

General entryrequirements If you wish to apply for a higherdegree, you must normally havea first or upper second classhonours degree in a relevantor appropriate subject, or theequivalent from an internationallyrecognised institution. For specificentry requirements, please refer toindividual programme entries.

In certain circumstances, theSchool will consider candidateswho have not followed aconventional education path.These cases are assessedindividually by the Director of Studies.

English languageThe University requires applicants tomeet its minimum English languagerequirements. This is to ensure thatyour spoken and written English is atthe required level for postgraduatestudy. All students need anappropriate score in an approvedEnglish language examination.

UK studentsFor UK students, this usually meansa grade C/4 or above in GCSEEnglish language or equivalent.

International, EU and non-visastudentsPlease see the English languagerequirements section of our websitefor a list of accepted qualifications:www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/how-to-apply

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PhDsThere are three PhD entry pointsper year; in September, January andMay. These coincide with the startof each term so you can takeadvantage of our inductionprogramme. Please check thelatest information online.

International studentsThere is a fixed application deadlinefor international students. Pleasecheck the latest information online.

Campus accommodationIf you wish to apply for on-campusaccommodation, an applicationmust be made online by 31 July.For more information, see:www.kent.ac.uk/accommodation

Tuition feesFor the most up-to-dateinformation on tuition fees, visitwww.kent.ac.uk/finance-student/fees

Contacts If you have enquiries in relationto a specific programme, pleasecontact:School of History University of KentCanterburyKent CT2 7NX, UK

T: +44 (0)1227 823710E: [email protected]

GENERAL INFORMATION

The UK’s EuropeanuniversityKent is known as the UK’sEuropean university. Our two mainUK campuses, Canterbury andMedway, are located in thesouth east of England, close toLondon, and we also have specialiststudy locations in Brussels, Paris,Athens and Rome.

We have a diverse, cosmopolitanpopulation with 157 nationalitiesrepresented. We also have stronglinks with universities in Europe, andfrom Kent, you are around two hoursaway from Paris and Brussels bytrain.

Research excellenceAs a student at Kent, you are taught by leading academics, whoproduce research of internationalstanding. Following the most recentResearch Excellence Framework,Kent was ranked in the top 20 inthe UK for research intensity in the Times Higher Education,outperforming 11 of the 24 RussellGroup universities.

Strong academiccommunityKent’s postgraduate studentsare part of a thriving intellectualcommunity that includes staff and students from all our locations.In addition to lectures, seminars andone-to-one supervisions, you benefitfrom a rich and stimulating researchculture.

A global outlookKent has a great internationalreputation, attracting academic staffand students from around the world.Our academic schools are engagedin collaborative research withuniversities worldwide and we offera range of opportunities to studyabroad and an approach that istruly global.

The Graduate SchoolAs a postgraduate student, youalso have the support of theGraduate School, which promotesyour academic interests,co ordinates the ResearcherDevelopment Programme and theGlobal Skills Award, and facilitatescross-disciplinary interaction andsocial networking.

FundingKent provides a variety of financial support opportunities for postgraduate students. Theserange from research studentships,location-specific funding, sport andmusic scholarships, and fundingspecifically for overseas fee-payingstudents. For more details seewww.kent.ac.uk/pgfunding

Enhanced careerprospectsAt Kent, we want you to be in agood position to face the demandsof a challenging environment.During your studies, you acquire ahigh level of academic knowledgeand specialist practical skills.We also help you to develop keytransferable skills that are essentialwithin the competitive world of work.

Further informationFor information about applyingto Kent, or to order a copy ofthe Graduate Prospectus,please contact:The Recruitment and AdmissionsOffice, The Registry, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NZ, UKT: +44 (0)1227 768896www.kent.ac.uk/pg

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LocationsCanterbury

FacultyFaculty of Humanities

School School of History

ContactSchool of History,University of Kent,Canterbury,Kent CT2 7NX, UKT: +44 (0)1227 823710E: [email protected]

ApplicationsOnline atwww.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/apply


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