MA (History of Ideas & Culture)
College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Celtic Studies
Key facts
Entry requirements
Successful applicants will normally hold a primary degree, or equivalent qualification, at second class honours grade two overall, with grade one level in either History or Philosophy (or a cognate subject).
Duration:
1 year, full-time
Next start date: September 2011
ECTS weighting: 90
Average intake: 12
Closing date:
This Programme will not now run for entry 2011.
Course overview
Course outline
The core module Interpreting History is taught by a combined team of historians and philosophers, and will equip you with the critical tools for discussing history, theory and method.
You will also take two history modules, two philosophy modules, and complete a Project and a Dissertation.
Semester 1
Interpreting History (10 ECTS)
Philosophy Module (10 ECTS)
History Module (10 ECTS)
Semester 2
Project (10 ECTS)
Philosophy Module (10 ECTS)
History Module (10 ECTS)
Summer
Dissertation (30 ECTS)
In 2010-11, the modules on offer will be:
Secret Societies and the Rise of Modern Nations, c.1770-1870 (Dr Enrico Dal Lago)
Interpreting History (Dr. Nick Tosh)
Knowledge and Modernity (Dr Tsarina Doyle)
Rationality and Relativism (Dr Nick Tosh)
Other staff involved in the programme, and available for Project or Dissertation supervision, are Prof. Paul Crowther (philosophies of art), Dr Alison Forrestal (wealth, poverty and religion), Dr Aileen Fyfe (science and society) and Dr Felix Ó Murchadha (memory and history).
The dissertation is due on August 21. All other modules run for one semester, and are assessed by coursework during that semester. Students must pass both the dissertation and the other modules.
Applications and selections
Who teaches this course?
- Dr Gearóid Barry, BA PhD (University of Dublin)
- Prof. Paul Crowther, BA (Leeds), MA (York), Cert Ed (Cantab.), DPhil (Oxon.)
- Dr Enrico Dal Lago, Dott. Lett. (Roma), MA (Kansas), MA PhD (Lond.)
- Dr Tsarina Doyle, BA MA (UCD), PhD (Warwick)
- Dr Alison Forrestal, MA (NUI), PhD (Manchester)
- Dr Aileen Fyfe, MA PhD (Cantab.)
- Dr Felix Ó Murchadha, BA MA Dr.Phil. (Wuppertal)
- Dr Nick Tosh, MSci PhD (Cantab.)
