During your Master's programme in History, in addition to courses in your specializations, you will develop core competencies in historical analysis, research methods, and the practice of history in a globalizing world.
This will enable you to graduate as a historian who is ready to work in a variety of professional contexts, from academic research to policy analysis, cultural institutions, and international organizations.
Through the four profiles, the free choice of your thesis topic, and the internship opportunities, you shape your own path within the programme.
General Courses
- Making History: From Source to Public
This course focuses on the question of how to practice history in our global age. It examines how historians do their work and bring the research they started in the archive to the public in the form of a book or monograph. We break down the intellectual process into its building blocks, guiding students through how historians use evidence, interpret it, and formulate arguments in dialogue with the work that other scholars have done on the topic and the social issues that motivated their work. - History and Theory
This course stimulates students to think critically about the concept of history and the responsibility that comes along with being an academically trained scholar. In class we will discuss themes such as moral evaluation, agency, the politics of history, and the desirability of historical judgment. Students write a position paper on their stance with regards to a selection of the topics discussed and show their ability to argue for it in an oral exam. - Research Design and Methods
In period 3, preparations are made for writing the thesis. How do you set up the research? How do you obtain your sources? And which methods do you use? Together with the courses Making History and History and Theory, students have acquired a strong basis of academic and reflective skills that allows them to orientate themselves in the discipline and do historical research.