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University of Glasgow: Modern History
| Institution | University of Glasgow View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | College of Arts and Humanities |
| Web | glasgow.ac.uk |
| jochen.schenk@glasgow.ac.uk | |
| Study type | Taught |
MSc
Summary
This Masters brings together social and political historians, active in research on topics from the French Revolution to refugees in the 20th century. The programme provides you with thorough research training and a wide set of transferable skills in the conception, design and execution of a research project.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
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Glasgow offers exceptional resources for the historian, including our university museum, The Hunterian, Scotland’s oldest public museum with over a million items, and our library, one of Europe’s oldest and largest university libraries, with extensive collections from the medieval to the present.
-
The Hunterian provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography, while the library offers collections like the Baillie Collection, which contains printed medieval and modern sources on Scottish, Irish, and English history.
-
Our staff are all leaders in their fields and members of Centres such as the:
-
Centre for Gender History
-
Scottish Centre for War Studies and Conflict Archaeology
-
Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies
-
Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will take: - One core course
- Five optional courses
You will also produce a dissertation.
Core Course Doing History: Sources and Skills for Historians
Dissertation Dissertation (MSc History)
Optional Courses Optional courses within History available include:
Issues, Ideologies And Institutions Of Modern Scotland Gender, Politics And Power Gender, Culture and Text Military Scotland in the Age of Proto-globalization, c.1600-c.1800 Making a Living: Work, Gender and Society 1700-1850 Scottish Radicalism 1848-1950 A 'New Form of Slavery'?: Indentured Labour in Post-Slavery Caribbean Societies, c. 1836-1917 Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Political Violence
With permission, you can also take courses from other subjects in the College of Arts & Humanities and beyond.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | 2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in History or Politics or International Relations or Archaeology or Archives/Library Studies. We may also accept degrees in other subjects. Work experience may be considered in lieu of qualifications. A personal statement is required for this programme. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
Summary
This Masters brings together social and political historians, active in research on topics from the French Revolution to refugees in the 20th century. The programme provides you with thorough research training and a wide set of transferable skills in the conception, design and execution of a research project.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
-
Glasgow offers exceptional resources for the historian, including our university museum, The Hunterian, Scotland’s oldest public museum with over a million items, and our library, one of Europe’s oldest and largest university libraries, with extensive collections from the medieval to the present.
-
The Hunterian provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography, while the library offers collections like the Baillie Collection, which contains printed medieval and modern sources on Scottish, Irish, and English history.
-
Our staff are all leaders in their fields and members of Centres such as the:
-
Centre for Gender History
-
Scottish Centre for War Studies and Conflict Archaeology
-
Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies
-
Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will take: - One core course
- Five optional courses
You will also produce a dissertation.
Core Course Doing History: Sources and Skills for Historians
Dissertation Dissertation (MSc History)
Optional Courses Optional courses within History available include:
Issues, Ideologies And Institutions Of Modern Scotland Gender, Politics And Power Gender, Culture and Text Military Scotland in the Age of Proto-globalization, c.1600-c.1800 Making a Living: Work, Gender and Society 1700-1850 Scottish Radicalism 1848-1950 A 'New Form of Slavery'?: Indentured Labour in Post-Slavery Caribbean Societies, c. 1836-1917 Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Political Violence
With permission, you can also take courses from other subjects in the College of Arts & Humanities and beyond.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | 2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in History or Politics or International Relations or Archaeology or Archives/Library Studies. We may also accept degrees in other subjects. Work experience may be considered in lieu of qualifications. A personal statement is required for this programme. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
Summary
This Masters brings together social and political historians, active in research on topics from the French Revolution to refugees in the 20th century. The programme provides you with thorough research training and a wide set of transferable skills in the conception, design and execution of a research project.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
-
History at University of Glasgow is top 10 in the UK for History programmes (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022).
-
Glasgow is an outstanding resource hub for the study of Modern History. The university library holds superb printed and manuscript collections from the medieval to the present. You can also use the Baillie Collection of printed medieval and modern sources in Scottish, Irish and English history.
-
Members of the Centre for Gender History, the Scottish Centre for War Studies and Conflict Archaeology, the Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies and the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies are all leaders in their fields.
-
The University’s Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will take: - One core course
- Five optional courses
You will also produce a dissertation.
Core Course DOING HISTORY: SOURCES AND SKILLS FOR HISTORIANS
Optional Courses Optional courses within History available in session 2020-2021 include:
APPROACHES TO HISTORY (FOR POSTGRADUATES) SCOTTISH RADICALISM 1848-1950 ISSUES, IDEOLOGIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF MODERN SCOTLAND CULTURE, POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN THE HIGHLAND CLEARANCES GENDER, POLITICS AND POWER GENDER, CULTURE AND TEXT MILITARY SCOTLAND IN THE AGE OF PROTO-GLOBALIZATION, C.1600-C.1800 MEDIEVAL PALAEOGRAPHY: AN INTRODUCTION TO READING MEDIEVAL DOCUMENTS HERETICS AND INQUISITORS IN EUROPE,800-1600 THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1945 WORKING WITH MANUSCRIPTS AS HISTORIANS
With permission, you can also take courses from other subjects in the College of Arts and beyond.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
Summary
This Masters brings together social and political historians, active in research on topics from the French Revolution to refugees in the 20th century. The programme provides you with thorough research training and a wide set of transferable skills in the conception, design and execution of a research project.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
-
History at University of Glasgow is top 10 in the UK for History programmes (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022).
-
Glasgow is an outstanding resource hub for the study of Modern History. The university library holds superb printed and manuscript collections from the medieval to the present. You can also use the Baillie Collection of printed medieval and modern sources in Scottish, Irish and English history.
-
Members of the Centre for Gender History, the Scottish Centre for War Studies and Conflict Archaeology, the Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies and the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies are all leaders in their fields.
-
The University’s Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will take: - One core course
- Five optional courses
You will also produce a dissertation.
Core Course DOING HISTORY: SOURCES AND SKILLS FOR HISTORIANS
Optional Courses Optional courses within History available in session 2020-2021 include:
APPROACHES TO HISTORY (FOR POSTGRADUATES) SCOTTISH RADICALISM 1848-1950 ISSUES, IDEOLOGIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF MODERN SCOTLAND CULTURE, POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN THE HIGHLAND CLEARANCES GENDER, POLITICS AND POWER GENDER, CULTURE AND TEXT MILITARY SCOTLAND IN THE AGE OF PROTO-GLOBALIZATION, C.1600-C.1800 MEDIEVAL PALAEOGRAPHY: AN INTRODUCTION TO READING MEDIEVAL DOCUMENTS HERETICS AND INQUISITORS IN EUROPE,800-1600 THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1945 WORKING WITH MANUSCRIPTS AS HISTORIANS
With permission, you can also take courses from other subjects in the College of Arts and beyond.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
Summary
This Masters brings together social and political historians, active in research on topics from the French Revolution to refugees in the 20th century. The programme provides you with thorough research training and a wide set of transferable skills in the conception, design and execution of a research project.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
-
Glasgow offers exceptional resources for the historian, including our university museum, The Hunterian, Scotland’s oldest public museum with over a million items, and our library, one of Europe’s oldest and largest university libraries, with extensive collections from the medieval to the present.
-
The Hunterian provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography, while the library offers collections like the Baillie Collection, which contains printed medieval and modern sources on Scottish, Irish, and English history.
-
Our staff are all leaders in their fields and members of Centres such as the:
-
Centre for Gender History
-
Scottish Centre for War Studies and Conflict Archaeology
-
Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies
-
Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will take: - One core course
- Five optional courses
You will also produce a dissertation.
Core Course Doing History: Sources and Skills for Historians
Dissertation Dissertation (MSc History)
Optional Courses Optional courses within History available include:
Issues, Ideologies And Institutions Of Modern Scotland Gender, Politics And Power Gender, Culture and Text Military Scotland in the Age of Proto-globalization, c.1600-c.1800 Making a Living: Work, Gender and Society 1700-1850 Scottish Radicalism 1848-1950 A 'New Form of Slavery'?: Indentured Labour in Post-Slavery Caribbean Societies, c. 1836-1917 Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Political Violence
With permission, you can also take courses from other subjects in the College of Arts & Humanities and beyond.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | 2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in History or Politics or International Relations or Archaeology or Archives/Library Studies. We may also accept degrees in other subjects. Work experience may be considered in lieu of qualifications. A personal statement is required for this programme. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
Summary
This Masters brings together social and political historians, active in research on topics from the French Revolution to refugees in the 20th century. The programme provides you with thorough research training and a wide set of transferable skills in the conception, design and execution of a research project.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
-
Glasgow offers exceptional resources for the historian, including our university museum, The Hunterian, Scotland’s oldest public museum with over a million items, and our library, one of Europe’s oldest and largest university libraries, with extensive collections from the medieval to the present.
-
The Hunterian provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography, while the library offers collections like the Baillie Collection, which contains printed medieval and modern sources on Scottish, Irish, and English history.
-
Our staff are all leaders in their fields and members of Centres such as the:
-
Centre for Gender History
-
Scottish Centre for War Studies and Conflict Archaeology
-
Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies
-
Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will take: - One core course
- Five optional courses
You will also produce a dissertation.
Core Course Doing History: Sources and Skills for Historians
Dissertation Dissertation (MSc History)
Optional Courses Optional courses within History available include:
Issues, Ideologies And Institutions Of Modern Scotland Gender, Politics And Power Gender, Culture and Text Military Scotland in the Age of Proto-globalization, c.1600-c.1800 Making a Living: Work, Gender and Society 1700-1850 Scottish Radicalism 1848-1950 A 'New Form of Slavery'?: Indentured Labour in Post-Slavery Caribbean Societies, c. 1836-1917 Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Political Violence
With permission, you can also take courses from other subjects in the College of Arts & Humanities and beyond.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | 2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in History or Politics or International Relations or Archaeology or Archives/Library Studies. We may also accept degrees in other subjects. Work experience may be considered in lieu of qualifications. A personal statement is required for this programme. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
Summary
This Masters brings together social and political historians, active in research on topics from the French Revolution to refugees in the 20th century. The programme provides you with thorough research training and a wide set of transferable skills in the conception, design and execution of a research project.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
-
History at University of Glasgow is top 10 in the UK for History programmes (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022).
-
Glasgow is an outstanding resource hub for the study of Modern History. The university library holds superb printed and manuscript collections from the medieval to the present. You can also use the Baillie Collection of printed medieval and modern sources in Scottish, Irish and English history.
-
Members of the Centre for Gender History, the Scottish Centre for War Studies and Conflict Archaeology, the Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies and the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies are all leaders in their fields.
-
The University’s Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will take: - One core course
- Five optional courses
You will also produce a dissertation.
Core Course DOING HISTORY: SOURCES AND SKILLS FOR HISTORIANS
Optional Courses Optional courses within History available in session 2020-2021 include:
APPROACHES TO HISTORY (FOR POSTGRADUATES) SCOTTISH RADICALISM 1848-1950 ISSUES, IDEOLOGIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF MODERN SCOTLAND CULTURE, POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN THE HIGHLAND CLEARANCES GENDER, POLITICS AND POWER GENDER, CULTURE AND TEXT MILITARY SCOTLAND IN THE AGE OF PROTO-GLOBALIZATION, C.1600-C.1800 MEDIEVAL PALAEOGRAPHY: AN INTRODUCTION TO READING MEDIEVAL DOCUMENTS HERETICS AND INQUISITORS IN EUROPE,800-1600 THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1945 WORKING WITH MANUSCRIPTS AS HISTORIANS
With permission, you can also take courses from other subjects in the College of Arts and beyond.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
Summary
This Masters brings together social and political historians, active in research on topics from the French Revolution to refugees in the 20th century. The programme provides you with thorough research training and a wide set of transferable skills in the conception, design and execution of a research project.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
-
History at University of Glasgow is top 10 in the UK for History programmes (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022).
-
Glasgow is an outstanding resource hub for the study of Modern History. The university library holds superb printed and manuscript collections from the medieval to the present. You can also use the Baillie Collection of printed medieval and modern sources in Scottish, Irish and English history.
-
Members of the Centre for Gender History, the Scottish Centre for War Studies and Conflict Archaeology, the Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies and the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies are all leaders in their fields.
-
The University’s Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will take: - One core course
- Five optional courses
You will also produce a dissertation.
Core Course DOING HISTORY: SOURCES AND SKILLS FOR HISTORIANS
Optional Courses Optional courses within History available in session 2020-2021 include:
APPROACHES TO HISTORY (FOR POSTGRADUATES) SCOTTISH RADICALISM 1848-1950 ISSUES, IDEOLOGIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF MODERN SCOTLAND CULTURE, POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN THE HIGHLAND CLEARANCES GENDER, POLITICS AND POWER GENDER, CULTURE AND TEXT MILITARY SCOTLAND IN THE AGE OF PROTO-GLOBALIZATION, C.1600-C.1800 MEDIEVAL PALAEOGRAPHY: AN INTRODUCTION TO READING MEDIEVAL DOCUMENTS HERETICS AND INQUISITORS IN EUROPE,800-1600 THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1945 WORKING WITH MANUSCRIPTS AS HISTORIANS
With permission, you can also take courses from other subjects in the College of Arts and beyond.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
The University of Glasgow is one of the UK’s most prestigious seats of learning, and the fourth oldest university in the English speaking world. Established in 1451 and recognised for its world-changing research and teaching, our people have always been at the forefront of innovation, including eight Nobel Laureates, two UK Prime Ministers, three First Ministers of Scotland, 10 Fellows of the Royal Society and 11 Fellows of the British Academy. Our past achievements inspire our current world changers.
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- is ranked 79th in the world: QS World University Rankings 2025
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