The environmental crisis is multi-dimensional and demands an interdisciplinary approach. The MA in Environmental Humanities offers students an outstanding opportunity to cross disciplinary boundaries, working across the humanities and social sciences, whilst also pursuing their own interests.
Professor Robert Song and Assistant Professor Simona Capisani talk about the impact of Environmental Humanities, explain the scope of the MA at Durham University and describe which career options it offers.
This course has truly opened my eyes in a way nothing else has before. With a solid understanding of the challenges we face in the Anthropocene era, I now have a newfound sense of hope, stronger than ever, that there is still time to make a positive change.
The MA in Environmental Humanities is part of a suite of Masters programmes in sustainability which share a core module and enable students to meet and learn from other students working in environmental themes at postgraduate level from right across the university.
Having the opportunity to study across disciplines in the Humanities has been a wonderful way to discover various perspectives and responses to climate change and the environment. The interdisciplinary modules you pick help you tailor your interests, widen your scope of knowledge, and encourage informed interdisciplinary reflections.
Durham has a substantial number of academic staff across a range of disciplines in the arts and humanities whose internationally recognised excellence in research on climate change and the environment provides students with the intellectual opportunity to creatively examine and address the complex challenges posed by our changing climate.
Durham is now ranked 89th in the world top 100 universities. Our top performance came in the Sustainability category, where we ranked 19th in the world. We also have a world-class reputation with employers, being ranked 65th.
As more organizations are recognising the importance of environmental sustainability for their strategic development, an increasing number of career options are opening up for graduates with an MA in Environmental Humanities.
The range of options include careers in national, international and local government agencies, corporate responsibility and sustainability, sustainability management, policy research, environmental journalism and writing, environmental tourism, conservation work, environmentally-oriented NGOs and charities, as well as enhanced suitability for business graduate programmes in sustainability. Masters graduates with arts and humanities degrees are often attractive to employers because of their flexibility, understanding and ability to communicate, as well as their analytical and synthetic skills.
For those wishing to pursue doctoral level research in environmental humanities, the MA provides an outstanding grounding in this fast-growing interdisciplinary area. The flexibility of the programme enables students to pursue their interests whilst also learning to work in an interdisciplinary context.
A growing number of organisations across all sectors are recognising that environmental thinking needs to be core to their ways of operating. This MA provides students with an excellent grounding for a wide range of different career paths.
In this video we hear how the research of some of our academics contributes to the MA in Environmental Humanities at Durham University.
If you’re interested in the environment and interdisciplinary studies within the Humanities, look no further! The Environmental Humanities MA at Durham University delivers on exactly these criteria and more, so let me explain to you why I chose this route for my postgraduate studies.
Durham University has been recognised as one of the top universities in the world for taking action to address the most pressing Environment, Social and Governance challenges facing society today.
Join Simona Capisani, Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Durham University, and Simon James, Professor in Philosophy at Durham University, in their conversation about Environmental Philosophy.
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