Book and Digital Media Studies (MA)
This master’s programme explores the history of the written word and digital textual media.
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Why study Book and Digital Media Studies at Leiden University?
The curriculum combines theory with hands-on experience: studying rare books and medieval manuscripts, engaging with publishing and library professionals, and learning XML and tools for digital text analysis. Electives and extracurriculars, like publishing the student-led yearbook TXT, enrich the programme.
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Benefit from internship opportunities
Extra-curricular internships are available at major publishers (such as De Gruyter Brill, Elsevier) and heritage institutions (like the National Library, Leiden University Library, Huis van het Boek). Annual excursions include the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest trade fair for publishers.
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Graduated in Book and Digital Media Studies
"Passionate about books and history, I found it very interesting to learn how the printing press and books became essential to spread ideas and ideologies in Europe during my studies. I enjoyed the wide range of subjects taught in the programme, from manuscript history to digital media technologies. I developed strong knowledge about the publishing world. While I was in the final stages of writing my thesis, I got in touch with an academic publisher in Leiden. A few weeks later, I started a six-month internship and two years later, I am still working in publishing. For the different projects I have been involved in, I have used the knowledge acquired during the MA Book and Digital Media Studies."
Book and Digital Media Studies degree
This accredited programme awards a Master of Arts (MA) in Media Studies upon completion.
