Welcome to the MA Modern History at Canterbury Christ Church University.
John Bulaitis
Course Director
Course Director
Key dates
Course start date: 16 September 2024
Academic Calendar: Trimesters
View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2024-25 including when teaching starts and finishes and when you break for holidays.
Welcome and induction
Your Welcome Week is an essential introduction to your course and student life at CCCU, helping you to feel confident and prepared for your studies right from the very start.
It is important to check your Welcome Schedule for all the activities you are required to attend during the week.
If any of your welcome activities are in groups, your course team will contact you before your arrival to let you know which group you will be in.
Your teaching timetable
UniTimetables provides an overview of all teaching activities on a course. Your individual timetable will be available via MyTimetable and is personalised to show you what modules and groups you are expected to attend.
Your individual student timetable can only be produced once you have engaged with online registration and created your computing account. It is essential you complete these tasks when invited, so that your course team can assign you to your teaching activities and publish your individual timetable.
Find out more about all aspects of timetabling for new students including user guides.
Welcome
You will be able to choose from a range of modules taught by leading experts in their field, design your own short courses, receive training in research skills, run your own reading group, undertake work placements, and complete a dissertation. Canterbury Christ Church University has a vibrant and supportive postgraduate community, where you will be able to participate in and present at workshops, seminars, and conferences.
Getting started
I will email you in early September with information about a specially designed series of induction events that will support your understanding of how to make the most out of the MA.
You are not expected to undertake any pre-arrival tasks before you arrive at the University.
Your welcome and induction will be w/c 16 September 2024 - we look forward to meeting you then.
Pre-course reading
- Cannadine, Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empire (2001)
- Alon Confino, ‘Collective Memory and Cultural History: Problems of Method,’ The American Historical Review, Vol 102, no 5 (1997), pp. 1386-1403.
- Peter Mandler, ‘The Problem with Cultural History’, Social and Cultural History, Vol 1, no1 (2004), pp. 94-117.
- Readman, ‘The State of Twentieth-Century British Political History,’ Journal of Policy History, Vol. 21, no 3 (2009), pp 219–38.
- Joan Scott, ‘Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis’, The American Historical Review, Vol 91, no 5 (1986), pp. 1053-75. [Or you could look at another version of this article in her book Gender and the Politics of History]
It is useful to note that the University Bookshop offers 10% discount on most titles in print and have some price-beating book bundles. They also price match Amazon on core texts recommended in the module handbooks you will receive when you start in September.
International student success programme
International students: don't miss out! Make sure you register for our international student success programme which provides practical advice on preparing to live and study in the UK.