The MA in History provides distinctive opportunities for postgraduate study in History at Keele. It provides coverage of the attempts of human beings in past societies, from the Middle Ages to the very recent past, to organise life materially and conceptually, individually and collectively. It enables students to engage critically with the contested nature of the past and the role of the discipline as a mediator for understanding both the past and the present. The Masters programme aims to enable students to: Understand historical change over time and the nature of human societies in the past, Develop the ability to construct an historical argument, and to present this coherently, economically and elegantly with the appropriate supporting evidence, Deepen their historical knowledge of a variety of periods, places, topics and themes.