Holocaust: History, Experience, Heritage (MA)

University of Southampton

This Holocaust studies master’s is for students who are interested in exploring the Holocaust as a historical event and as a source of memory. Our Holocaust master’s programme will prepare you for a career in areas such as Holocaust education, outreach, heritage curation, public history and commemoration. You’ll also build a foundation for postgraduate research in a variety of Holocaust Studies fields.The Holocaust: History, Experience, Heritage degree is delivered by the internationally renowned Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations. The Institute brings together leading researchers and authors on cutting-edge research on the Holocaust, its aftermath and its antecedents and experts in outreach and public engagement.Studying with as, you can:take part in a field trip to European Holocaust sites and museumsdiscover our unique archives and library holdings - one of the largest Western European collections on modern Jewish historyparticipate in practical workshops on the curation of Holocaust objects delivered in collaboration with external expertsYou’ll engage with the different ways in which the Holocaust has been explored, discussed and presented through a range of specialist modules such as:Jewish Life and AntisemitismThe Genocide of the European Jews, 1933-1945The Holocaust as Public HistoryAfter the Holocaust. Jews and Others after 1945The Holocaust in Art, Film, Literature and MusicField TripMA dissertation – a research project on an aspect of the Holocaust that interests you the most

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