Reformation and Enlightenment Studies, MPhil, Graduate Diploma, Trinity College Dublin

About Reformation and Enlightenment Studies, MPhil, Graduate Diploma - at Trinity College Dublin

The course is intended as an introduction for well-qualified arts graduates to research into problems and methods in intellectual and religious history, drawing on the resources of Dublin libraries (especially Trinity College and Marsh's Libraries) and staff research interests. The course work will consist of three elements:

i) Two major subjects of study in each of the Michaelmas and Hilary terms, which will be taught by means of a weekly two-hour seminar in each subject. The subjects available will be: Michaelmas Term: (a) Reform and Reformation in Central Europe, 1480- 1530; (b) Science and Religion in Early Modern Europe; Hilary Term: (a) War and Society in Early Modern Europe (b) The Scottish Enlightenment.

ii) A course in ancillary skills extending over the Michaelmas and Hilary terms in Analytical and Historical
Bibliography.

iii) A dissertation arising out of one of the subjects studied, for which preparation will be made in Trinity term.

In addition there will be a series of research seminars in Trinity Term, in which members of staff and visiting speakers
will present papers on topics relevant to the course. Candidates are assessed by a combination of course papers and a short dissertation.

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