Centre for Modern Studies

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

Postgraduate study

We are now taking applications for our exciting interdisciplinary MA in Culture and Thought after 1945. ‌‌

Come and meet us and talk to current students at one of this term's open days.

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Funding opportunities

The facilities available within the Centre for Modern Studies are unrivalled and I feel privileged to be part of such a thriving academic community

Emelia, MA in Culture and Thought after 1945 

Research strands

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Events

Thu
3
May

Art and Politics Today

CModS research seminar by Professor David Barnett (Theatre, Film and Television, York) and Ruth Kelly (Centre for Applied Human Rights, York). Part of the ‘Political Forms’ CModS research strand.

Fri
11
May

New Modes of Reading

A Creative Dissonance research seminar with Alexandra Kingston-Reese (York) and Doug Battersby (University of Tokyo)

Fri
18
May

Atmospheres

A half day interdisciplinary symposium to discuss conceptualisations of 'atmosphere'

Mon
21
May

Fifty Years of Revolution: Gender, Race and Resistance 1968-2018

A two-day interdisciplinary conference

Fri
25
May

Political Memory and its Archives: Symposium

Part of the 'Political Forms' CModS research strand.