Course summary

The MSc (by Research) in Economic and Social History provides structured research training while at the same time enabling you to pursue a research project that you design yourself, in consultation with supervisors. It serves as both a self-contained research degree and as preparation for further study for the PhD degree. The programme is designed to meet Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) requirements as a research training masters qualification. It includes recognised courses in research design and methodology, including quantitative and qualitative methods. Economic and Social history addresses the historical processes underlying the evolution of modern society by employing a range of insights and approaches from the social sciences, including economics, sociology and social anthropology. The programme focuses on:

• civil society

• material culture

• youth

• gender

• crime

• cinema

• economic growth

• financial history in a variety of historical contexts

• economic and social theory

• feminist and queer approaches

• Marxist and decolonial methods

• long-term comparisons from the Middle Ages to today