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U of G Graduate Studies
European Studies: MAThis innovative interdisciplinary program combines humanities and social science perspectives to the study of Europe, both past and present. It aims to provide students with a flexible approach to European Studies that allows for specialization within a core discipline and promotes expertise in European culture, history, and contemporary politics and society.
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Program
In the European Studies MA, you will:■ Develop a program of study customized to your research interests
■ Work with faculty who are leaders in European Studies
■ Develop the ability to look at world issues through a variety of lenses
■ Develop critical thinking, communication and analytical skills relevant to your career goals
■ Gain intercultural understanding both during your study at the University of Guelph and through international experiences
■ Engage in dynamic classroom and research experiences which will help you develop relevant, applicable and valued skills
Faculty Expertise
■ Cultures of Sport and Leisure in Global Europe
■ Myth, Fairy Tales and European Identities
■ Representing Gender ■ European Identities (gender, minorities, national)
■ Nineteenth-Century Studies■ Literature, Music, and Art in Comparative Perspective
■ Trauma, Memory, and Migration
Admission Requirements
The normal requirement for admission to the European Studies MA program is the equivalent of an Honours degree from a recognized institution with at least a B+ average in the last four full-time semesters of study. A reading competence in a European language in addition to English is recommended. Coursework for the program is normally done in English. Students wishing to enter the program do so in September.
The following documents must accompany your request for admission:
■ The official application form uoguel.ph/gradapply
■ A detailed up-to-date curriculum vitae.
■ A one-page statement of research (letter of intent) outlining your reasons for applying to this program.
■ A sample of writing that displays your aptitude for research and analytical thinking (approx. 2,500 words).
Application Deadline:
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN:
■ European history, culture and politics■ Europe in relation to other continents or Europe in a global world
■ Identity formation (e.g. minority, national, gender)
■ Nationalism and internationalism■ Interplay between culture and politics
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
■ Government Ministries/Civil Service/International Organizations
■ Teaching■ Private Sector with ties to Europe■ International Education■ Arts Administration
CONTACT INFORMATIONGraduate Program Coordinator: Prof. Alan McDougall519- 824 4120 ext. [email protected] Program Assistant: Flora Laird519-824-4120 ext. [email protected]
Paris, France
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Margot Irvine
Margot Irvine is interested in women’s access to careers in the arts in the late 19th and early 20th-century France and in the reception they received from literary and cultural institutions. She has published on women and literary prizes, prize juries, academies and literary collaborations between men and women.
Her current work concerns women as founders of museums, women as public speakers in the late 19th century, and women writers’ epistolary networks.
Paola Mayer
Paola Mayer’s research interests focus on German Romantic aesthetics, myth and fairy tales in German Romantic literature, the uncanny and fantastic in German literature and thought from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, exile and Jewish writers in the early twentieth century.
She has published on the reception of mysticism in German Romanticism, the aesthetics of fear in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, German Romantic adaptations of myth and fairy tales, and satire between the two world wars.
Alan McDougall
Alan McDougall’s research focuses on transnational histories of European sport and culture, particularly football. He has published on football under communism, football and cinema, and youth cultures and youth politics in Cold War Germany.
He is currently working on two projects: an international social history of Liverpool Football Club and a short global history of modern football.
Dorothy Odartey-Wellington
Dorothy Odartey-Wellington’s research expertise is in Afro-Hispanic literatures and cultures, Contemporary Spanish fiction and fictional narratives of migration in Spain. Her particular interests are in the work Equatorial Guinean and Saharawi diaspora writers in Spain.
Her recent publications include “Newcomers and Host Nations: Literary Images Associated with Immigrants in Spanish Fictional Narrative” (2016). Her current research is focused on notions of national identity in Hispano-Saharawi literature.
Sandra Parmegiani
Sandra Parmegiani’s research interests focus on the following areas: eighteenth and early nineteenth century Anglo-Italian relations, eighteenth century journalism, contemporary Italian literature and film, and digital humanities. She has published on Anglo-Italian literary and cultural relations, Italian Romanticism and contemporary Italian literature.
Her current DH project focuses on the reception of English novels in Italian and French journalism in the long eighteenth century.
For a complete list of faculty and research areas, please visit our website.
“Both of my advisors have been excellent. Not only have they been remarkably encouraging but also, they have held me and my work to a high standard. They push me to be a true scholar rather than just a student.” – Shane Hubbard, 2018 MA European Studies
“My advisor provides me guidance in a comfortable and supportive environment where I am treated as an equal. I am encouraged to pursue my interests and develop my skills, while exploring new territory that challenges me. My advisor is genuinely interested in my work.” – Trusha Dash, 2018 MA European Studies
CONTACT INFORMATIONGraduate Program Coordinator: Prof. Alan McDougall519- 824 4120 ext. [email protected] Program Assistant: Flora Laird519-824-4120 ext. 53241 [email protected]
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European Studies: MA
Crossways in Cultural NarrativesEuropean Studies at the University of Guelph participates in the Erasmus Mundus MA program, Crossways in Cultural Narratives, offered in collaboration with eight European partner universities, as well as associate partner universities in Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. It is a two year Master’s program in Comparative Literature, Cultural Anthropology, Textual, Visual and Inter-Media Studies.master-crossways.univ-perp.fr/
Program
Students will spend semesters 2 and 3 in the same University and semesters 1 and 4 in two different Universities. On completion, successful students will receive both an international diploma supplement, which conforms to the European standards of the Bologna process, and a Masters Degree Certificate from each of the three universities that they attend.
Faculty Expertise
■ Cultures of Sport and Leisure in Global Europe
■ Myth, Fairy Tales and European Identities
■ Representing Gender ■ Trauma, Memory, and Migration
Partners
The program is delivered by a consortium of 8 partner universities: University of Perpignan Via Domitia, France (Coordinating Institution); University of Bergamo, Italy; University of Guelph, Canada; New University of Lisbon, Portugal; Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland; University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; University of Saint Andrews, United Kingdom; University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Application Deadline:January 20
Admission Requirements
The Master’s program is opento students who: have successfullycompleted an undergraduate degreein the field of Arts, Languages orSocial Sciences, particularly a ModernLanguages Degree (e.g. language,literature, thought and cultural studiesprograms of a high, specialized levelrelating to one or more of the following:Britain, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain,Germany – or Europe as a whole); havean attested level of First Class or 2:1Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree (orequivalent); are among the top 5-10students of their year; possess a near-native,degree-level command of TWOof the following languages: English,French, Italian, Portuguese, Polish,German and Spanish – together with abasic knowledge of, or a willingness toacquire, a third language.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN:
■ Understanding and exploring European languages, society and culture in depth
■ Studying abroad and collaborating with students and professors from different intellectual traditions
■ Pursuing a career relating to Europe, in the political, cultural or administrative fields
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
■ Cultural Management■ Higher Education■ Cultural Dimensions of Marketing Strategies
■ Government Policy■ Specialized Journalism
CONTACT INFORMATION
Graduate Coordinator: Prof. Jonathan [email protected]
Graduate Program Assistant: Mrs. Marie Le [email protected]
Lisbon, Portugal