Masters Programmes at the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London

A number of bursaries are available for Masters Programmes at the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London


MRes in Modern Languages: French, German, Hispanic, Italian
This newly offered programme is designed to maximize flexibility of choice and outcome, offering opportunities to those who are looking for specific training for postgraduate research in modern languages, aiming ultimately at a PhD, those who want to take a challenging end-stopped Masters and those who have one, two or three modern foreign languages for whom IGRS is particularly well-equipped to provide supervision, since many of our activities are cross-language, interdisciplinary or comparative. The course is research based, incorporating an important element of research training. There are no taught courses and each student effectively has a bespoke degree: the MRes consists of a combination of group-based training and one-to-one supervision for two long essays and a dissertation.
For further details, see http://www.sas.ac.uk/modernlanguages.html

MA in Cultural Memory
This interdisciplinary programme explores the many different ways in which culture is based on the construction, manipulation and transmission of memories, and the role played by memory in collective and individual identity formation. Cultural Memory is especially productive in relation to the study of local, minority and ethnic communities. It has also been central to examination of the recent resurgence of old, and rise of new, nationalisms, with important work on this subject being carried out throughout the various countries of Europe. The material studied ranges across film, literature, photography, art history, the performing arts, material culture, oral history, anthropology, psychoanalysis, sociology, etc. The degree centres on the cultures of 19th- and 20th- century France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain, and other parts of the world where a Romance or Germanic language is spoken, but other cultures are also regularly covered. All courses are taught in translation by an unparalleled team of specialists from language and other departments, across the University of London and other UK universities.

For further details, see http://www.sas.ac.uk/culturalmemory.html

We are still recruiting for these two degrees, but applications should now be sent in as soon as possible. Application packs and further information can be obtained from:

School of Advanced Study Registry
University of London
Senate House, Malet St
London WC1E 7HU, UK
Email: sas.registry@sas.ac.uk

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the programme or the Institute.
Dr Katia Pizzi and Dr Gill Rye
Programme Directors
igrs@sas.ac.uk