MA in Holocaust Studies: Pathway under MA European Languages and Cultures
Coordinator: Dr Cathy Gelbin (email: cathy.gelbin@manchester.ac.uk)
The MA in Holocaust Studies is a modular programme that aims to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of the ethical, aesthetic, cultural and theological questions arising from the Holocaust. The programme is open both to students with prior knowledge of a modern continental European language at the undergraduate degree level and to students without such knowledge. Specialisms include the question of artistic representation of the Nazi atrocities in literature and film, the study of life histories affected by the Holocaust, the responses by German-speaking intellectuals to Nazi politics, and the impact of the Shoah on post-war Jewish culture and religion across the Western world. The MA also provides a thorough grounding in critical theoretical approaches to literary and cultural studies, and makes students conversant with the methods of scholarly research in the humanities and with the resources necessary for that research.
NB: A number of optional courses are taught through materials available in the English language, allowing for cross-cultural comparison, though progression to a research degree in any given culture outside of the English-speaking world would presuppose the relevant second language skills.
Optional course units include:
| Code(s) | Title | Credit(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ELAN 62012 | National Identity in Europe 1945 to the Present | 15 |
| ELAN 60262 | Trauma and Memory in 20th Century French Life Writing | 15 |
| ELAN 60312 | Jewish Culture in the German-Speaking Context | 15 |
| ELAN 60701 | Remembering the Second World War after the Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe | 30 |
| ELAN 60832 | Culture and Society in Fascist Italy | 15 |
| ELAN 60982 | Holocaust Representations in Visual Culture | 15 |
| ELAN 61022 | Literary Representations of the Holocaust | 15 |
| ELAN 61052 | Issues in the Understanding of the Holocaust | 15 |
| ELAN 70081/ELAN 70082 | Language and Totalitarianism in Germany 1933-1989 | 15 |
| ELAN 70142 | Cultural Politics and Artistic Practice in Relation to the Third Reich | 15 |
| HSTM 61022 | Scholars and Experts in Nazi Germany | 15 |
| HIST 60172 | Gender and War in the Twentieth Century | 30 |
| HIST 60351 | Memory and War | 30 |
| MEST 70102 | Time, Language and the Other in Modern Jewish Philosophy | 30 |
| RELT 60112 | Holocaust Theology and the Problem of Evil | 30 |
| RELT 60151 | The 'Jewish Question' in Modern Europe | 30 |