A number of important books on Maritime History will be read and analyzed
Timetable
Semester I, see timetables.
Method of Instruction
Literature Seminar; attendance is compulsory ( see the rules and regulations of the Department of History, art. 2).
Required reading
*J.R. Bruijn, Varend verleden. De Nederlandse oorlogsvloot in de 17de en 18de eeuw (Amsterdam 1998, ISBN 90.5018.407.3; 290 p.) (Or the English edition: The Dutch Navy of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (Columbia, SC, 1993, ISBN 0.87249.875.1; 240 p.); *P. Butel, The Atlantic ( London 1999, ISBN 0.415.10690.7; 300 p.); *J.N.F.M. À. Campo, Engines of empire. Steamshipping and state formation in colonial Indonesia (Hilversum: Verloren, 2002 ISBN 90-6550-738-8) 690 p. Hilversum (2003). Cloth. With illustrations. 687 pp *Merja-Liisa Hinkkanen, David Kirby, The Baltic and the North Seas (London 2000, ISBN 0415132827, 368 p.) *M. Pearson, The Indian Ocean (London 2003, ISBN 0.415.21489.0; 290 p.) *N.A.M. Rodger, The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain 1649-1815 (London 2004, ISBN 0713994118 (hardback), ook in Penguin paperback, ISBN 0140288961, 976 p.
Examination
Students are expected to write short essays on each of the books.
Information
With the tutors: h.j.den.heijer@let.leidenuniv.nl and f.s.gaastra@let.leidenuniv.nl.
Application Courses, Seminars and Exams
MA course enrolment forms can be downloaded here.