War and Society, M.A.

The Master of Arts in War and Society is either a one-year accelerated program or a two-year, interdisciplinary course of study that expands the study of warfare beyond its military, diplomatic and political dimensions by examining the social and cultural aspects of how societies go to war, experience war and its consequences. The thematic areas that comprise the war and society program are: war and race, war and gender, war and empire, war and justice, war and migration, war and culture, war and science, war and the military experience and war and the Holocaust. Methodologically the program emphasizes exploring theoretical frameworks, professional historical practices and diverse historical materials including written, visual and oral historical evidence.