English Local History

DPhil in English Local History

Course Code | 000110 

It is possible to study part-time for a doctorate in English Local History. Part-time students normally complete the DPhil in 6 years, of which the MSc in English Local History may comprise the first 2 years.

The Department’s local history research interests and teaching cover a broad range of fields in the medieval, early modern and modern periods, including agrarian, urban, social, economic and religious history. Doctoral students may be supervised by academic staff in the Department or the Faculty of History.

MSc in English Local History

Course Code | 000120

The course is designed to combine a systematic training in historical research techniques with the study of a range of major local historical themes and the chance to undertake an individually researched dissertation.

It will be relevant to potential or practising teachers, archaeologists, environmental planners, archivists, librarians, museum professionals and teachers in adult education, and indeed anyone wishing to pursue the subject for its own sake. 

Teaching is organised in weekly evening classes and occasional Saturday schools, held in Oxford.

• Length of programme: Two years, part-time study 
  
• Core and optional courses:
  
  • Introduction to the nature and practice of local history
    
  • Sources, methods and foundations for two periods in English local history
    
  • Two Advanced Papers chosen from a wide selection of topics
    
  • An individually researched dissertation of 15,000 words
    
• Programme specification

Postgraduate students in the Department for Continuing Education receive an Oxford University Card which gives access to the Bodleian Library and its dependent libraries, including the library in the Department for Continuing Education and the History Faculty Library, and to the University’s wide range of IT facilities.

Information on academic staff profiles

A number of the Advanced Papers for the MSc in English Local History are offered in conjunction with the MSc in Economic and Social History (offered by the Faculty of History).