Politics, History, Media
and Communication Department
The Department of Politics, History, Media and Communication is a diverse, successful and growing community of students, researchers and lecturers. We offer a variety of courses, placing the student at the heart of the Department.
We attract quality students onto three core and several joint honours undergraduate programmes, three Masters programmes and a wide variety of research and PhD topics. Graduates enjoy very good career prospects in a variety of fields.
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All academic staff members are research-active. We also have a growing community of post-doctoral research fellows. The department’s research environment is strengthened by its hosting of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, the Centre for Applied Research in Security Innovation (CASI), the Irish Studies Research Group and the Popular Culture Research Group.
The Department of Politics, History, Media and Communication offers opportunities for students to undertake both taught and research postgraduate degrees.
The Department welcomes applications from students wishing to undertake a postgraduate research degree (MPhil and PhD) in the areas of history, politics and international studies, media and communications. The department has particular research strengths in the following fields:
Politics and International Relations - American, European, British and Irish politics, national security and defence, security innovation, maritime security, peacekeeping and conflict resolution, European enlargement and integration, political communication, political economy
History - British and Irish early modern and modern history, European (i.e. continental) history, women’s history, early modern maritime and colonial history, modern economic history
Media and Communication – Media industries and innovation, film history, cinema and society, film and politics, American, British and international cinema, celebrity and fan cultures, eco media, entertainment media, social media, digital media, news framing, nature and animal representations, film marketing and distribution
In the first instance, interested students should approach a faculty member who is actively pursuing research in an area commensurate to that in which they wish to pursue a programme of research.
For an informal consultation, you may also approach Associate Professor Michael Mulqueen, Head of the Department of Politics, History, Media and Communications: email: mulquem@hope.ac.uk ; Tel. 00 44 (0)151 291 3218.