This new MA programme explores the military, cultural, political and social history of the First World War, introducing you to advanced concepts of historiography and cultural theory. Although based in the School of History, this Masters programme takes an inter-disciplinary angle on the First World War drawing on expertise from the School of Arts, and involves the collaboration of the In Flanders Fields Museum, Ieper/Ypres. History, memory and culture are the heart of the programme which is based on two bespoke core modules that introduce different disciplinary approaches examining the history of the war and how it has been interpreted and understood since. You have the opportunity to travel to the battlefields of the Western Front around Ypres, to examine the memorials and cemeteries and engage with the In Flanders Fields Museum staff to explore their collections, and consider the changing ways in which the war has been presented to the public. The programme draws upon an extremely wide range of sources including official documentation, propaganda materials, plays, films, radio broadcasts, architecture and even the landscape itself. The programme aims to: allow students to explore and develop their interest in and understanding of the First World War, based on an interdisciplinary approach to the history and cultural legacy of this period; provide a well-balanced programme of study mixing seminar teaching with a substantial piece of research in the core dissertation element; produce students with the potential to take on research degrees, capable of undertaking high level analysis of specialist material, capable of producing high quality written work and oral presentations. (The last three are valuable transferrable skills.); provide an interdisciplinary approach drawing upon support from Arts (Theatre and Film) and SECL (German), which will provide students with experience of other methodologies and theoretical positions. This will enhance the transferable skills element by imbedding mental flexibility. The programme will also offer students the opportunity to commence (or enhance) modern European language skills through the modules and resources of SECL in order to enrich their studies; allow students, through the use of museum displays and exhibitions, to gain an insight into the way the past is transferred and interpreted in the public realm; provide teaching which is informed by a high degree of research and teaching expertise in this field and is designed to provide a feeder for postgraduate research programmes; provide students with the opportunity to utilise University connections with the In Flanders Fields Museum (Ieper/Ypres), National Army Museum (London) and the Royal Engineers Museum (Chatham), German Literature Archives (Marbach), Austrian State Archives (Vienna), giving them the opportunity to access these institutions’ primary and secondary sources; provide teaching that is based upon a well-provisioned library (both physical and online resources), and which makes use of the additional resources of the School of History’s Centre for the Study of Propaganda, War and Society.