Modern Irish History (M.Phil. / P.Grad.Dip.)
- Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
- Admission Requirements: See bottom of this page
- Closing Date: 31st July 2013
- Course Director(s): Dr. Anne Dolan
- Course Email(s): adolan@tcd.ie , histhum@tcd.ie
- Course Tel(s): +353-1-896 1020
- Course Fax(s): +353-1-896 2291
- Next IntakeSeptember 2013
- Course Url: www.tcd.ie/history/postgraduate/taught
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To apply, click on the relevant Apply Link below- Modern Irish History (M.Phil. / P.Grad.Dip.), 1 Year(s) Full Time
- Modern Irish History (M.Phil. / P.Grad.Dip.), 2 Year(s) Part Time
Course Details
The M.Phil in Modern Irish History introduces well-qualified Humanities or Social Sciences graduates to research in modern Irish history, to the problems currently addressed by historians and to the methods they apply to study of the subject. Drawing on the current interests of staff, the course is based on the rich resources of Trinity College Dublin’s library and of the adjacent Dublin libraries and archives. The course provides opportunities for in-depth study of selected issues in modern Irish history. It also serves as an introduction to students wishing to pursue doctoral studies.
The course comprises three main elements. A number of research training modules focus on the range of approaches, technologies and resources available to researchers in modern Irish history. In addition students take special subject modules in each term. Topics on offer change from year to year, but cover a range of specialised themes from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries. Some modules concentrate on key moments or developments in Ireland’s history, while others examine Ireland’s relationship with the outside world, whether through emigration or through its place in the British empire. Finally, Students write a dissertation of between 15,000 and 20,000 words on any area of modern Irish history based on primary sources and relevant scholarly writing.
Admission Requirements
Applicants should normally have at least an upper second class (2.1) honors Bachelor degree or equivalent (for example, GPA of 3.3) in a relevant area. Since places on the course are limited, applicants may be interviewed or asked to submit a writing sample for assessment. The initial closing date for applications is 30th April and the first round of offers will be made shortly afterwards, but later applications will be considered. Bursaries are sometimes available: please consult the course web pages.