History, Power and Identity MA

Course Overview - History, Power and Identity MA

What does it mean to be powerful or powerless? Across different times and places, how have people and groups used or abused power, and how have they gained or lost it? In a world threatened by the rise of far-right groups, invigorated by mass protests such as Black Lives Matter or #MeToo, and rocked by political, economic, and cultural crisis, this MA traces the historical roots of some of today’s most urgent fights for power.

We look at the ways and means by which power has operated in the past to consider who has power, why it might be shared, and how it is resisted. We e...

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Course Information

Study Mode

Part-time

Duration

2 Years

Start Date

10/2025

Campus

Colchester Campus

Course Address
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
CO4 3SQ

Application Details

Course Code

Unknown

Institution Code

E70

Points of Entry

Unknown

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Fees and funding

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland £10,500
EU, International £22,750

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