MA Early Modern History

The Early Modern History MA at the University of Sheffield offers an in-depth study of the history during the era 1450 to 1850 spanning across different continents. This course is primarily research-focussed and allows students to specialize in their topics of interest. Course Content: The course includes examining areas such as consuming passions, royal and princely courts, religious cultures and deviance in early modern Europe, and archaeological theory and interpretation. The program also places a strong emphasis on research skills, offering insight into manuscript, print, and oral history sources as a part of the course. Students also have to undertake a personally devised research dissertation as part of their study.Key Modules: The course offers three core modules: 'Research Presentation', 'Approaches to Early Modernity', and 'Directed Reading'. Other modules include 'Practising Historical Research', 'Dissertation in History' and a range of optional modules giving freedom to pursue personal interests. Future Careers: Graduates of the Early Modern History MA programme have found jobs in journalism, libraries, teaching, the heritage industry, and at universities. Many alumni pursued further research in history. For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.