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Discover the history behind today’s challenges

In the first semester of the History: Global Perspectives programme you will follow two research seminars. These focus on concrete historical research and its presentation.

You study the theoretical backgrounds of history and broaden yourself with electives. You will develop global perspectives on inequality, power, ecological changes, colonialism and decolonization, and the transnational formation of political, social, cultural and religious identities. You will also study the continuing impact of historical injustices such as colonialism and slavery.

In the second semester you will further specialize yourself, by choosing a tutorial, doing a small or large internship, learning a specific skill in the skills lab, and by writing a thesis on a subject of your own choice. Tutorials are small classes with a few fellow students on a specific topic. The international staff with various research projects and areas of expertise make it clear in which topics you can be tutored.

In the Skills Lab, you choose a skill that will help you in your research. Think of digital research methods, methods of oral history, methods of intellectual history, and the analysis of specific source material.

Study Programme

The following Electives are offered:

  • Social Movements Beyond the West
  • The Politics of History and Memory 
  • History of Natural Disasters
  • Transnational Religious Organizations, 1200-1800 

You can also choose an elective elsewhere on the faculty or in the country, for example, from the Classics and Ancient Civilizations master or the Heritage Studies master. 

Courses

  • Research Seminar 1: Making History. From Source to Public
  • History and Theory
  • Research Seminar 2: Colonialism and Decolonisation
  • Tutorial (or internship)
  • Skills Lab (or internship)
  • Thesis

View the study guide for the complete course outline.

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