International Slavery Studies MA in University of Liverpool, UK

International Slavery Studies MA in University of Liverpool

Why study International Slavery at Liverpool?

• Our regular research seminars offer unparalleled opportunities to debate fresh approaches with a programme of renowned international speakers
• The unique partnership between the University and the International Slavery Museum offers students the opportunity to work with the curators of the Museum as they consider how to develop its galleries in the future.
• Our library boasts a wide range of resources, many available online, with a particularly strong collection for the study of slavery, abolition and resistance.
• This programme is a pioneering opportunity to choose your disciplinary skills training to suit your interests and aspirations, permitting you to pick from a wide variety of literary, historical and social science modules. 

Breadth of expertise

The interests of our staff and PhD students are extremely diverse and span the medieval, early modern and modern periods.

Their work encompasses political, social, cultural, economic, military and diplomatic history, across Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas.

Active seminar programmes, linked to our research centres and MA programmes, enable staff and postgraduates to present their work and listen to eminent visiting speakers.

 These are our on-going seminar series:

• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Eighteenth-Century Worlds
• Contemporary Cultural and Social
• History Department Seminar
• International Slavery
• New Research (run by our postgraduate students)

Recent conferences and workshops have addressed ‘Religion in the Spanish Baroque’, ‘Text and Place in Medieval and Early Modern Europe’, ‘Re-thinking PostSlavery’ and ‘British Nuclear Culture’.

Career prospects

Our MA degrees are designed to provide students with a wide range of transferable skills. Our taught programmes are designed to meet the training requirements of the AHRC and the ESRC and thus to equip you for further study towards an MPhil/PhD. However, our MA students go into a wide range of professions, including media, public sector management and school teaching, as well as academia.

This course will appeal to you whether you want to study for the MA or progress further towards a PhD. There are special modules covering theory, methodology, and research skills, which prepare students for a wide variety of careers, including those working on topics related to slavery, abolition, resistance and their commemoration.

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