Post-conflict Cultures (MA) – (M.A.)

Course Content

Drawing on an international team of researchers belonging to the Centre for the Study of Post-Conflict Cultures (established at Nottingham in 2004), the course will encourage you to assess the impact of contemporary conflict on notions of identity, citizenship, sovereignty and human rights.

A diversity of approach is made possible by the collaborative nature of the course, with modules offered by the Department of Critical Theory and Cultural Studies, and by the Schools of Politics and International Relations, Law, Sociology and Social Policy.

By looking at specific case-studies of conflicts - such as those in Rwanda, Somalia, The Falklands-Malvinas, the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq - the course content will ensure that you are able to examine critically the representation of conflicts in recent and contemporary media as well as in academic discourse.

Core modules on this course may include:

* Sovereignty and Conflict
* Totalitarian Cultures

Modules offered by the Department and other participating Schools may include:

* Globalisation, Citizenship and Identity
* Civil Society: The Role of NGOs
* Postcolonialisms
* International Human Rights Law
* Mass Media
* Human Rights and Modern Slavery
* Photography of Conflict and Post-Conflict
* Critiques of War

Please note that all module details are subject to change.

You will be assigned both a personal tutor and dissertation tutor to guide you through your coursework.

Course Structure
You may follow the MA in Post-Conflict Cultures over 1 year, full-time (October to September - the year is divided into two semesters and a summer period) or part-time over 2 to 3 years.

Across the two semesters, you will take two core modules worth 60 credits, plus another 60 credits from the list of core modules or from elective modules administered by the participating Schools.

You will then complete a 60-credit dissertation over the summer period (this is submitted in September).

Part-time students can complete this within 24 or 36 months, depending on their circumstances. Candidates with non-traditional qualifications are welcomed.

Teaching on this programme is primarily in seminar format with the expectation that you will actively contribute to these sessions.

Core modules are assessed by single coursework essays of between 4,000 and 6,000 words in length.

The other forms of assessment you undertake will depend on your choice of optional modules.

The dissertation module is assessed by a piece of written work of between 15,000 and 20,000 words, and is usually submitted in early September.