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University of Glasgow: Reparatory Justice
| Institution | University of Glasgow View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | Online |
| Web | www.glasgow.ac.uk/ |
| Study type | Taught |
Summary
This double degree Masters programme offers a unique opportunity to work with leading scholars in Reparatory Justice at The University of the West Indies (UWI) and the University of Glasgow (UofG). Directed by the Glasgow-Caribbean Centre for Development Research (GCCDR), the programme is a collaboration between the Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies in Glasgow and the Centre for Reparations Research at The UWI. With a specific focus on the Caribbean and the slavery reparations movement, the programme will also draw on case studies of campaigns for reparative justice in other global contexts. You will learn how to conduct practical and theoretical research using archival, interviews and legal research while also gaining experience in organisations doing reparative work to produce a final research project on reparative justice.
The University of the West Indies is a world-leader in the formulation, activism and academic research underpinning claims for reparations for slavery. Students will be able to access archives and library collections in Barbados and Jamaica for research.
The University of Glasgow offers access to primary source materials and material culture holdings and draws on a range of expertise across the study of slavery, genocide and human rights violations.
The University of the West Indies is a world-leader in the formulation, activism and academic research underpinning claims for reparations for slavery. Students will be able to access archives and library collections in Barbados and Jamaica for research. The University of Glasgow offers access to primary source materials and material culture holdings and draws on a range of expertise across the study of slavery, genocide and human rights violations. * This double degree will allow students to graduate with a degree from both institutions and will leverage the close relationship and official partnership between The University of the West Indies and The University of Glasgow and GCCDR. * Watch our online Q&A recording to find out more and meet our staff.
You will take:
- four core courses (two offered by The UWI, two by UofG)
- two optional courses
You will also produce a dissertation.
Core courses
Semester one
- SLAVERY, CONFLICT AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- REPARATIONS NOW
Semester two
- PEDAGOGY OF REPARATORY JUSTICE
- QUALITATIVE APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE
Optional courses
You will choose two optional courses from an available range of topics. The optional courses are updated each year, but may include:
- AFRICAN DIASPORA STUDIES
- PSYCHO-HISTORIOGRAPHY AND REPARATORY JUSTICE
- SEEKING REFUGE FROM SLAVERY: ENSLAVED RESISTANCE FROM AFRICA TO THE AMERICAS
- RAW MATERIAL: LITERATURE, EMPIRES, COMMODITIES (PGT)
- POSTCOLONIALISM: WRITING AND THEORY (PGT)
- A 'NEW FORM OF SLAVERY'?: INDENTURED LABOUR IN POST-SLAVERY CARIBBEAN SOCIETIES, C. 1836-1917
Summer: April to September
- DISSERTATION. REPARATORY JUSTICE.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching is mainly seminar and discussion-based in small classes. As students will be based in both the Caribbean and the UK, seminars will be delivered in a ‘hybrid’ format, meaning some students will be in the classroom at the University of the West Indies, with University of Glasgow students joining via online video link and vice versa.
Technical skills are taught in the core courses, while conceptual foundations are explored in weekly seminars. Independent and self-reflective critical work is fostered through written assignments and seminar presentations, culminating in the dissertation.
The research skills and methods you’ll gain on this programme give you the transferable skills for positions in NGOs, the public and private sectors, including heritage policy and projects, activism, media and teaching.
The programme is also an excellent foundation for PhD study in a similar field.
MSc/MA
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, the University has inspired thinkers from eminent scientist Lord Kelvin and the father of economics Adam Smith, to Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Rankings
The University:
is ranked 81st in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2023
- is in the top 100 in the world: Times Higher World University Rankings 2023
- 95.9% of students in employment or further study 6 months after graduation …
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