公共历史与文化遗产 MPhil Public History and Cultural Heritage

The MPhil in Public History and Cultural Heritage is designed to provide students with a rigorous grounding in public history and to prepare high-calibre graduates for the management of cultural heritage. The course involves analysis of cultural memory, its construction, reception and loss, and study of the public status and consumption of history in modern society. Political issues surrounding public commemoration and sites of memory are examined, and the role of museums, galleries and the media in shaping public perceptions of the past is considered.