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Newcastle University: Public History

Institution Newcastle University View institution profile
Department School of History, Classics and Archaeology
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Study type Taught

Summary

At Newcastle, you’ll be taught by an international team of experts from the US and the UK. Our guest lecturers are leading practitioners in our local and global networks.

You’ll develop the core skills to become a successful public historian. These include project planning, collaborative ways of working, and flexible communication skills. You'll gain a solid grounding in key theoretical and analytical frameworks, as well as public practices.

You’ll spend a third of your time working on a guided public history project. This could involve working alongside practitioners in the popular history field. This may include:

freelance public historians cultural organisations charities archivists publishers TV and radio producers

This MA Public History is for you if you want to:

shape public understanding of the past think globally about history learn how the past impacts on the present

You'll be suitable if you're:

a History graduate wishing to further develop your skills ahead of a career in the history industry a graduate of a related subject with a keen interest in building knowledge and practical skills in public history currently working or volunteering in the history industry and wishing to further develop your skills to enhance your career

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Newcastle University

Newcastle University is a World Top 140 university (QS World University Rankings 2026) and founding member of the prestigious Russell Group of world-class, research-intensive UK universities.

Committed to excellence, innovation and creativity, it is pioneering solutions that can change the world. Through world-class research it tackles some of the biggest challenges facing society globally, leading in its key strengths of ageing and health, data, cities and place, culture and creative arts, and one planet. The UK’s Research Excellence Framework 2021 assessed its research as world-leading with outstanding impact.

Through high quality teaching it educates …

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