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MA - Master of Arts
University of Warwick
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
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MA - Master of Arts
University of Warwick
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
MA - Master of Arts
University of Warwick
Part Time
SEP-25
2 years
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Study the MA by Research in Renaissance Studies under the supervision of a specialist member of the Centre. Warwick's Centre for the Study of the Renaissance provides an interdisciplinary research environment where you will conduct a research project choosing from a wide range of specialist areas.
Course Overview
As this is a personal research project the choice of the composition of your supervisory team and the methodology of your research will depend on your chosen topic.
Students complete a dissertation of 40000 words under the direction of academic staff from the Centre’s allied departments (Classics English History History of Art and the School of Modern Languages and Cultures). Single or joint supervisions are possible. Students are encouraged to audit the core module of the Taught MA in Term Two develop their language skills and attend the training sessions offered by the Centre including Latin for Research Palaeography and academic writing skills. The starting month is flexible. The MA by Research is an excellent stepping stone to embarking on a PhD.
Research Themes
History of the Book and Reading Practices; Religious Art Polemics Thought and Literature; The Classical Tradition (including neo-Latin and vernacular cultures; Plato; Aristotle); The History of Ideas (especially science and medicine ethics and politics); Theatre and Performance (especially in England); Gender; Society and Power; Court and Civic Culture; Renaissance Learned Culture (including humanist circles academies universities); Popular Culture; Visual Culture and Debates on the Arts; Venetian Economy Art and Culture; Travel Colonialism and the New World.
Teaching and Learning
Students will be able to attend skills training language and palaeography sessions provided for our PGT students and audit some taught MA modules in Renaissance Studies.
Entry requirements 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a related subject.
Students living in
Domestic
£4,950 per year
Students from Domestic
Our tuition fee rate for UK postgraduate research students (Home) will be aligned to the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) fees which have not yet been confirmed for the 2024/25 academic year. The figure we have in the table above is an illustrative estim
£23,070 per year
Students from EU
Our tuition fee rate for UK postgraduate research students (Home) will be aligned to the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) fees which have not yet been confirmed for the 2024/25 academic year. The figure we have in the table above is an illustrative estimate only and is subject to change once RCUK agree and publish the UKRI fee rate
£23,070 per year
Students from International
Our tuition fee rate for UK postgraduate research students (Home) will be aligned to the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) fees which have not yet been confirmed for the 2024/25 academic year. The figure we have in the table above is an illustrative estimate only and is subject to change once RCUK agree and publish the UKRI fee rate