约克大学 · 早期现代史文学硕士 硕士

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The course consists of:

• a core module
• taught option modules
• a research training module
• 14,000–16,000-word dissertation
• Modules
• Dissertation
• Approaches to Early Modern History
• Research Training

You will also study three option modules. Examples can be found below. Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.

• Speculation: Risk Taking and Money Making in England
• Violence in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700
• Smell and the Past
• Women in Early Modern England: Gender, Print and Politics
• De/colonising Memory: Public Histories of Empire, Colonialism and Postcolonialism
• Fiction, Archives and Histories from Below
• Performing, Playing, and Re-enacting the Long Eighteenth Century
• The Margins of Empire: Frontiers and Borderlands in the Americas and Southeast Asia, 1550-1800
• Medicine and Spiritual Healing in the Early Modern World
• Representing Power in Early Modern England
• The Supernatural in Early Modern Europe, c.1450-1749
• Becoming British? Nations and Identities in the Early Modern Atlantic World
• Taking Pleasure in the Eighteenth-Century: England, 1650-1800
• Senses of the Past: Remembering the English Reformation

Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.

• Research Dissertation

You will write a dissertation of between 14,000 - 16,000 words on a topic of your choice. Using a variety of source materials and analysis techniques, you will craft the findings into an independently researched dissertation.

You will receive support, advice and guidance from your dissertation supervisor throughout your project. The range of expertise of our staff and of our source materials means we can provide you with guidance on a wide range of topics.

You will have five one-to-one meetings with your dissertation supervisor across Semester 2 and the summer period (June/July). In these meetings, you will discuss the feasibility of your project and receive feedback on two draft chapters of your dissertation.

Every course at York is built on a distinctive set of learning outcomes. These will give you a clear understanding of what you will be able to accomplish at the end of the course and help you explain what you can offer employers. Our academics identify the knowledge, skills, and experiences you'll need upon graduation and then design the course to get you there.

• Understand and give illuminating accounts of key changes and continuities in the religious, social, political, economic and cultural histories of the early modern period (c. 1450-c. 1750) by deploying an in-depth and extensive knowledge of relevant scholarship.
• Engage critically with historical scholarship and select relevant scholarly contexts in which to situate research findings.
• Design and pursue high quality research questions for essays and a dissertation, demonstrating a capacity for independent thought and action.
• Formulate and defend historical arguments grounded in the interpretation of sources.
• Reflect critically on how historians handle a wide variety of sources for the study of the early modern period including printed materials, manuscripts, and visual sources and choose appropriate sources and methods for independent research.
• Respond responsibly and resourcefully to the ethical and practical issues that arise during advanced historical research, including disciplinary differences between historical methods and those deployed by cognate disciplines and be alert to the value of working across these boundaries.
• Communicate research findings imaginatively, lucidly and succinctly using a variety of media forms including short reports, oral presentations and extended pieces of writing.

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You’ll work with world‐leading academics who’ll challenge you to think independently and excel in all that you do. Our approach to teaching will provide you with the knowledge, opportunities, and support you need to grow and succeed in a global workplace.

Most of your modules will consist of weekly two-hour seminars. You will normally work in small groups of fewer than 15 students.

We are home to the Borthwick Institute for Archives , a major archive repository in Britain. It holds the records of the Archbishopric of York from the early thirteenth century onwards, and specialises in the study of ecclesiastic institutions.

There are several other important archives housed at York, including the JB Morrell Library and the Raymond Burton Library for Humanities Research. These contain collections covering subjects such as the British Civil Wars, French Revolution and Modern Asian history. Find out more about our libraries .

You will be based in the Department of History in Vanbrugh College on Campus West. Most of your teaching will take place in or close to Vanbrugh College.

You will also get the opportunity to visit and be taught at local museums and heritage sites close to the city.

Our beautiful green campus offers a student-friendly setting in which to live and study, within easy reach of the action in the city centre. It's easy to get around campus - everything is within walking or pedalling distance, or you can always use the fast and frequent bus service.

🎯 入学要求

You will need to submit examples of written work with your application. Please see our guidance on submitting written work .

If English isn't your first language you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. We accept the following qualifications:

For more information see our postgraduate English language requirements .

You may be eligible for one of our pre-sessional English language courses . These courses will provide you with the level of English needed to meet the conditions of your offer.

The length of course you need to take depends on your current English language test scores and how much you need to improve to reach our English language requirements.

After you've accepted your offer to study at York, we'll confirm which pre-sessional course you should apply to via You@York .

You can apply and send all your documentation online. You don’t need to complete your application all at once: you can start it, save it and finish it later.

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