Masters Degrees (Victorian Studies)

Rapid industrialisation. Class struggles. The Bronte sisters. However you look at it, the Victorian period was truly something. Through the lens of modern cultural and literary theories, you’ll explore a range of perspectives on life, art and literature during this time. Read more

The MA Victorian Studies offers you the chance to explore Victorian life, culture and society, in all their variety and complexity, through studying literature, the arts, and social trends. Read more

Drawing on Birkbeck's position as a world-leading centre in the field of nineteenth-century studies, our MA Victorian Studies offers you the chance to take a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to studying the literature, culture and history of Victorian Britain. Read more

The MLitt in Romantic and Victorian Studies is an intensive one-year taught programme run by the School of English. The course considers texts and topics from across the 18th and 19th centuries. Read more

The MA Creative Writing with English Literary Studies provides the opportunity to combine creative and critical writing at Masters level. Read more

The MA in Gender and Women’s Studies and English combines teaching and scholarship in Gender and Women’s Studies and in English Literature. Read more

Taught by experts from the Centre for Victorian Studies, this course offers you the opportunity to study nineteenth-century literature and art history in… Read more

Taught by experts from the Centre for Victorian Studies, this course offers you the opportunity to study nineteenth-century literature and art history in… Read more

Our taught MA pathway in Romantic and Victorian Literary Studies offers choice, flexibility and the opportunity to specialise within this field. Read more

Eight flexible pathways and a broad range of modules. Valued by employers for the combination of communication and analytical skills it fosters, specifically an enhanced understanding of literature and media in their historical and cultural contexts. Read more

Whether you simply enjoy Victorian literature or are looking to prepare for further research, the Victorian Literature MA pathway provides comprehensive training in nineteenth-century literature and culture. Read more

The MA in Postcolonial Studies develops your understanding of how cultural forms offer a radical resistance to colonial worldviews that are still very much prevalent today. Read more

Staff supervise research in the following areas. Read more

Victorian society and culture was a contradiction – an era of bold vision and technological wonders entwined with deep social fears and cultural anxieties. Read more