Course summary

The information provided on this page was correct at the time of publication (November 2024). For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas. The British and European (1700-1850) strand of the MPhil in History introduces you to interdisciplinary work on British history in the long eighteenth century, on the enlightenment and on the French revolution and its effects. The MPhil in History has a sustained period devoted to archival research and writing, and is designed to give you a thorough training in historical research, improve your ability to conceptualise and engage with historical problems, and enlarge your understanding of the historical and historiographical context in which your own research is set. All strands in the programme can serve as either free-standing graduate qualifications, or as a springboard to doctoral study. Students wishing to proceed to doctoral study will be encouraged to develop their doctoral proposals during the first few months of the second year. Skills training and option-choice are flexible and open-ended, to allow you to gain the knowledge and training needed to complete your research project. Oxford’s historians have risen to the challenge of finding ways of characterising the long eighteenth century that transcend older notions of a passage from ‘traditional’ to ‘modern’, addressing questions about the Enlightenment and all types of revolutions that occurred during the long eighteenth century. You will be able to access outstanding print and digital resources as well as attend specialist faculty seminars and interdisciplinary seminars in other departments. Further information about British and European History (1700 – 1850) research and activities can be found through the faculty website. All graduate students are encouraged to engage with the faculty’s lively research culture of seminars, workshops, and discussions groups. There’s something happening nearly every day of the week and sessions often involve leading international scholars. The faculty also runs the Oxford History Graduate Network, which fosters conversation and collaboration between graduate students. Interdisciplinary activities are available through The Oxford Centre for Research in the Humanities (TORCH). For the full descriptions, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas