MLitt Early Modern European Studies at University of the Highlands and Islands

MLitt Early Modern European Studies examines Europe in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries through different sources and disciplinary approaches, from the Renaissance and Reformation to the age of revolutions. Teaching is research-led and linked to the Renaissance and Early Modern Research Alliance (REMRA). It is studied online with weekly live sessions and can be taken from anywhere in the world.

Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time  |  Intake: September, January  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Location: Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

PgCert core modules are Crossing the seas: migration, identity and community in the early modern North Sea and Baltic regions, Early modern studies: debates and practice, and Faith, fury and fraternity: the making of modern Europe, 1500-1800. The PgDip adds three 20 credit options such as Case studies in Renaissance drama, Castles in context, Maritime lives and Renaissance Venice. The MLitt requires a research dissertation.

Career pathways

Research, tourism and heritage, conservation, civil service, journalism and media, policy, publishing, consulting, teaching and education, and law enforcement and the armed forces; progression to MRes or PhD.

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