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Miriam, MA in Cultures of Empire Alex, MA in Film and Literature‌ Emily, MA in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture Ellen, MA in Medieval Literatures‌ Simon, MA in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture‎ Catherine, PhD James, MA in Modern Literature and Culture‌ Sarah, MA in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture Hedley, PhD Camilla, MA in Renaissance Literature, 1500-1700‎ Lavanya, MA in Cultures of Empire  Kirby, MA in Modern Literature and Culture  Inderjit, MA in Renaissance Literature, 1500-1700 Claire, MA in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture and PhD Judith, MA in Modern Literature and Culture ‎ Abigail, MA in Medieval English Literatures  Alex, MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture‌ AnnaMaria, PhD in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies‌ Jenny, MA in Victorian Literature and Culture‌ Leigh, MA in Renaissance Literature, 1500-1700‌ Lucy, MA in Poetry and Poetics Laura, PhD Marie, PhD‌ Tom, MA in Film and Literature‌ Richard Lukey, MA in English Literary Studies

Inderjit, MA in Renaissance Literature, 1500-1700

Inderjit, MA in Renaissance Literature, 1500-1700 

A year ago when I began my search for a university to pursue an MA in Renaissance Literature, there was only one school that I really wanted to attend, needless to say it was the Department of English and Related Literature at York.

I graduated from university about four years earlier and had been teaching 'A' Level Literature for that time period. So when the opportunity arose to do an MA, I was hoping to attend a university with not only excellent research and teaching credentials but a strong interest in the field of the Renaissance. I got that and more in York.

Apart from the excellent credentials, the teaching staff in the department, which is very affable apart from learned, encourages us to follow our passions and provides us the space to do so. The creation of CREMS has been an added bonus with regular opportunities to interact with leading scholars in the field from near and far. The city with its history and quaint feel, and the campus with its wild fowl and open spaces make York an ideal place to live and work - a definite change from the hustle of a city like Singapore.