Queen Mary, University of London

Program Information

Degree Offered

Master of Arts

Format: Campus

Program Description:

Programme description
(Taught jointly by the Leo Baeck Institute and the Department of History)

(MA title is subject to approval)

The Leo Baeck MA is the only taught postgraduate programme in the UK focusing on the rich field of European Jewish History. You will consider patterns of inclusion and exclusion and questions of citizenship and emancipation as part of a programme which trains scholars towards undertaking independent research on Jewish history, culture and thought in Europe. The MA will introduce you to a wide range of sources for European Jewish studies. Particular attention will be paid to the Jewish response to modernity and problems around issues of assimilation and identity. The role of antisemitism and the origins of the holocaust are central, as is Jewish intellectual history, in particular the ideas of eminent Jewish thinkers about the place of Jews and Judaism in pre-modern and modern society

Programme outline
The MA consists of the core module, three modules chosen from a series of options anda individually supervised dissertation. Students will also take a non-assessed research methods module. Part time students take the core module and one option in the first year, and two options and dissertation in the second year.

Optional modules include:

Modern Jewish History and Culture
Christians and Jews in Europe: Perceptions and Encounters, 1100-1600
Jews, Power and Intellectual History
Antisemitism and the Holocause
Modern European Jewish Literature
Hollywood and the Second World War
Understanding Religion Historically
Overcoming Nazism
Assessment
You wil be required to produce one essay of 5,000 words for the core module and one essay of 4,000 words for each of he three options, in addition to completing a 15,000 word research dissertation.

Entry requirements
An upper or second class honours undergraduate degree of higher in History (or overseas equivalent). Mature students are encouraged to apply.

International students, please see the international students page

Accreditation:

Accredited University

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: No