Our postgraduate programmes train students in cutting-edge research and academic specialisation.
Most people's sense of the past comes from public history, through film and television, fiction, museums, heritage sites and memory work. This Public History postgraduate degree looks at the kinds of pasts that are produced in these popular forms. It examines how they are made and the ways in which they are consumed and understood. As part of your Public History degree you'll be able to gain practical experience of working in a cultural heritage site, museum, gallery or archive.
While most creative writing Master's degrees encourage students to sample a variety of written forms, our creative writing degree focuses on the novel, pure and simple. Students begin to write their first novel in a year with the input and supervision of published writers and industry experts.
Our Master’s degree in Literature, Culture and Heritage brings together the historical, cultural and literary heritage of West London. As a student you will benefit from the unique position of St Mary’s University in Twickenham and its proximity to Strawberry Hill House, the home of the Gothic and a physical representation of the impact of the global on the local through its heritage and collections.
You will also engage and collaborate with other historic buildings in the area, such as Chiswick House and Gardens, Hogarth’s House and Orleans Gallery. Through field trips, museum exhibitions, novels, poetry, psychogeography and theatre, as well as the study of a range of historical texts, we will interrogate colonialism, postcolonialism, religion and culture and confront difficult heritage spaces that explore race, religion, gender, nationhood and the role of place.
Postgraduate research degrees
St Mary's offers the opportunity to study for an MPhil or PhD, working on your research project alongside highly experienced researchers. The University has a thriving PhD programme with over 200 students, all supported by a supervisory team of active researchers in the student’s subject area.
Find out more about postgraduate research degrees at St Mary's.