MA in Paris Studies - History and Culture
Aims of the course
This exciting new Masters programme offers students the opportunity to explore key areas of the cultural and intellectual life of Paris. Since teaching on the MA takes place in Paris itself, students benefit from site-specific fields of study within the unequalled resources offered by the city. It also provides a unique context for direct intellectual engagement with the realities of Paris, both past and present.
Capital Visions
The core course offers a wide-ranging analysis of Parisian history and culture, drawing on research in the humanities and the social sciences. Literature, art, film and television, song, photography and fashion are all examined, as are population trends, social and cultural geography and political ideas and institutions.
Teaching
Teaching is carried out by both Institute staff and teaching staff drawn from the History, English, Geography and Film Studies departments at both Queen Mary, University of London and Royal Holloway, University of London. Students on the course develop practical and theoretical skills in their chosen areas of study. At the same time, they are able to deepen their knowledge of Paris in focused, taught core courses as well as through directed research.
Course leaders
Andrew Hussey, Head of French and Comparative Studies at the University of London Institute in Paris and author of Paris: The Secret History (2006)
Professor Colin Jones, Professor of History, Queen Mary, University of London and author of Paris: Biography of a City (2004).
Course structure and assessment
Students undertake one core course made up of two hours a week and running over a period of 20 weeks, as well as one option in each semester.
Follow the link to download the programme outline for 2009-10:
Programme Information 2009/2010
Research methodology provision
Generic methodology courses are provided during week-long immersion courses, where students on the course may study with other postgraduate students at the Institute and visitors from the School of Advanced Studies of the University of London. These courses take place at the beginning of each semester. Some of these sessions might split into smaller, discipline-specific groups, for specific research training and visits to archival and library resources. Project-specific methodology is also provided by the dissertation supervisors. Students are taught and assessed in English.
Resources and facilities
The MA draws on the research and teaching strengths in intellectual and cultural history of staff based in London and Paris. Students benefit from the rich library of resources in Paris at the Institute, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris, Institut du Monde Arabe and the Library of the Centre Pompidou. Students are introduced to these institutions on site visits. Advanced researchers are able to negotiate unique access to specialist research institutes and private collections. Students also have access to resources across the University of London. Students of Parisian cinema will have access to the film and television archives at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cinemathèque de Paris, as well as historic cinemas in the Quartier Latin. The Institute itself has a state of the art viewing room. The Department of French and Comparative Studies at ULIP offers regular graduate seminars where students, staff and distinguished speakers offer papers. There are also established links with other institutions, so that students can attend graduate seminars in their field of interest at the Sorbonne, Sciences Po, and the Ecole Normale Supérieure.
Entry requirements
Students should have a good upper second class honours degree. There is no language requirement but students are directed towards appropriate private language courses in Paris according to the level they have already attained. French tuition may also be provided in-house and students with a high level of French will be encouraged to read bilingually.
Fees information
Tuition fees for 2009-10 will be £4,200 for home and EU students, and £9,900 for overseas students.
Application procedure
The application form can be obtained by writing to Student and Academic Services at the following address: french@ulip.lon.ac.uk.
There is no specific deadline but applications are normally considered in the spring for September entry.
Further information
For further information about this MA please contact:
Professor Andrew Hussey
Dean of the Institute
University of London Institute in Paris
9-11 rue de Constantine
75340 Paris Cedex 07
a.hussey@ulip.lon.ac.uk
