Early Modern Studies MPhil/PhD

UCL Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom

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36 monthsProgram duration

22,900 GBPTuition Fee/year

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Program overview

Main Subject

History

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The Early Modern Studies PhD programme adopts a distinctively interdisciplinary approach, alongside a thorough grounding in skills and is underpinned by the unparalleled resources available to students on our doorstep in Bloomsbury. The literature, culture, history, philosophy, art and material remains of the world in the period 1500 – 1800 can only be fully understood through this multifaceted prism.

Renaissance Literature, early modern history, the literature and cultures of the early modern world, book history, marginalia and annotation, history of reading, colonial history, Spanish imperial history, Italian academies and pastoral drama, Mesoamerican art, drama.

In addition to these areas, the Centre for Early Modern Exchanges promotes interest in the following broad areas:

Travel, exile and migration in early modern Europe and the New World
Trade and flows of material as well as cultural goods within and beyond Europe
Translation, translators and language learning
Literary influences across national, provincial and linguistic borders
Representations of intra- and extra-European ‘others’ in literature and art
Religious and political interactions in the wake of the Reformation
Occasions of significant cultural contact and/or heightened intranational anxiety
The production, circulation, and collection of books and manuscripts across Europe, the emergence of libraries and the book trade
Dissemination and development of scientific and medical knowledge, spread and transfer of technology
Old worlds and New worlds, from botanical and medicinal exchanges to pathogens, people and practices, colonialism and ethnography
Interplay between past and present, historiography, the archaic, nostalgia and the newfangled, classical and medieval pasts, archaeology and material cultures.

Program overview

Main Subject

History

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

In addition to these areas, the Centre for Early Modern Exchanges promotes interest in the following broad areas:

Travel, exile and migration in early modern Europe and the New World
Trade and flows of material as well as cultural goods within and beyond Europe
Translation, translators and language learning
Literary influences across national, provincial and linguistic borders
Representations of intra- and extra-European ‘others’ in literature and art
Religious and political interactions in the wake of the Reformation
Occasions of significant cultural contact and/or heightened intranational anxiety
The production, circulation, and collection of books and manuscripts across Europe, the emergence of libraries and the book trade
Dissemination and development of scientific and medical knowledge, spread and transfer of technology
Old worlds and New worlds, from botanical and medicinal exchanges to pathogens, people and practices, colonialism and ethnography
Interplay between past and present, historiography, the archaic, nostalgia and the newfangled, classical and medieval pasts, archaeology and material cultures.

PTE Academic

75+

TOEFL

7.5+

Bachelor GPA

3.3+

IELTS

109+

Cambridge CAE Advanced

191+

A minimum of a first or a very high upper second-class UK Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard and a Distinction or indication of Distinction-level work at Master's level (or equivalent).

Program Duration

3 Years

Starting Month(s)

Sep

Tuition fee and scholarships

Tuition Fee
Scholarships

Domestic Students

Tuition Fee/year

5,690 GBP

Tuition Fee (Out of State)

International Students

Tuition Fee/year

22,900 GBP

Other Expenses

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