Welcome to the Centre for Modern Studies

The Berrick Saul Building, home to the Centre for Modern Studies

Postgraduate study

Image: Rory McCartney, 'Ain't Gonna Eat My Mind' (2010) used with artist's permission‎

Thinking of applying for a Masters course? We are now taking applications for our exciting interdisciplinary MA in Culture and Thought after 1945.  Details of the MA and how to apply.

The Centre for Modern Studies provides excellent intellectual and pastoral support, and the staff are always friendly and helpful. 

Lucy, MA student 

Research strands

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Events

Fri
31
May

Advertising and Consumer Culture

Centre for Modern Studies Postgraduate Forum third annual symposium

Tue
4
Jun

Representing the Industrial Scene: Lowry in Context 1900-1980

Symposium examining the art historical context of L.S. Lowry's work

Tue
11
Jun

Eccentric Objects: Sculpture in the 1960s

A talk and roundtable discussion

Mon
24
Jun

Anti-Happenings/ Anti-Politics: Experimental Art in Late Socialist Central Europe

Centre for Modern Studies postgraduate forum seminar with Dr Klara Kemp-Welch, Courtauld Institute of Art

Wed
26
Jun

Synergies: The Role of Collectors, Critics, Curators in Artistic Practice c. 1780-1914

Afternoon workshop to examine the fraught but often productive relationships between artists, collectors, critics and curators in the long nineteenth century