In this post, student Savannah answers a few questions about her International Slavery Studies MA course (MAIS), covering what she found most valuable and her plans for the future.
What did you find most valuable about your course?
What I found most valuable about the MAIS programme was its transformative influence on my knowledge and skills as a historian. Each course pushed me to consider new methodologies, approaches, and epistemologies that I had not previously used in my work, and I felt that after the programme, I could not only reflect on where I once was as a student, but also look towards future research that I felt was lacking in the field of slavery studies.
How have you changed since studying on this course?
This course further increased my confidence in my research capabilities and brought me into contact with a fantastic group of academics and professors who left me inspired and excited about history.
I look at the world differently because of this course, I now find that my values and interests as a historian are inextricable from a moral imperative to study and research marginalised histories.
What are your future plans?
Though I have not yet found employment that directly relates to the MAIS, I am beginning to develop research plans for potential fellowships focused on women's history and slavery studies.
I am planning to utilise the research I conducted for the MA dissertation on the MAIS course to direct further inquiry, and I hope that in the near future I will either be employed at a museum or cultural heritage institution or begin the process of applying for PhD programs in the United States.