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| Monday March 22, 2010 | University of Exeter > HuSS > History Department > Centre for the Study of War, State and Society > Study > MA |
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MA in War and SocietyThe MA programme in War and Society offers postgraduate students unique opportunities to pursue specialist courses that reflect the diversity of staff interests in various facets of the impact of armed conflict on communities, societies, nation-states and empires.
As its title implies, the War and Society MA integrates the study of differing types of warfare – from international coalition conflict to civil wars and ‘terrorist' insurgencies – with close analysis of the effects of such wars on local populations and civil society. The programme does not, therefore, confine itself to the study of armed forces in conflict, but also considers the social consequences of war and its role as an agent of social, political and cultural change. The programme builds upon the research expertise of staff across the Department of History in diverse subjects linked by their consideration of warfare in processes of historical change. Themes studied include British naval history; technological development and warfare; European conflicts in the twentieth century, national identity and the memorialisation of war, resistance and collaboration in France; struggles of decolonization; United States foreign involvements; and conflict and state formation in Africa. These subjects mirror the research, both collaborative and individual, being undertaken in the Centre. Students are thus enabled to pursue courses that capitalise upon new research findings and current debates in the history of conflict, state development, and societal breakdown. All the staff involved in the MA programme are internationally recognised as outstanding scholars in their research fields. Each brings their expertise to bear in their contributions to the War and Society programme. These include Professor Jeremy Black, an expert in the history of warfare; Professor Richard Overy, whose expertise ranges over the military, economic and strategic history of both the Third Reich and Stalin's Russia; Professor Andrew Thorpe, renowned as a historian of British party politics during World War II; and Dr Tim Rees who specialises in the history of World War I and the Spanish Civil War. Dr James Mark and Professor Martin Thomas, add further breadth to the War and Society programme. Both are interested in facets of the impact of conflict and state repression on twentieth century societies; James Mark specialising in war, memory and national identity in Eastern Europe since 1945, and Martin Thomas in the collapse of European colonial empires and wars of ‘national liberation'. Programme specificationThe programme specification for the MA War and Society gives full details of programme structures and requirements, educational aims, programme outcomes, teaching, learning and assessment methods etc.
Tel: +44 (0) 1392 264183
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