History (Research): Ancient History (Master 2010-2011) - Prospectus

First Year (starting in Fall Semester)

Literature Seminar [10 ECTS]

Students start their programme with a Literature Seminar.

Research Seminar [20 ECTS]

Students follow one 10 ECTS Research Seminar in the first semester of their programme and another one in their second semester.

Historical Methodology [10 ECTS]

All students in the Research Master-programmes follow the course Historical Methodology in the Fall Semester of their first year.

Tutorial [10 ECTS]

In the second semester of their first year, students follow the Tutorial.

Historical Controversies [10 ECTS]

In the Spring Semester of their first year, all students in the Research Master-programmes follow the course ‘Historical Controversies’.

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Literature Seminars
Roman Social History	10
The Rise of Rome and the Unification of the Mediterranean	10
Research Seminars
Alexandria in Egypt? The history and archaeology of culture contact	10
Graeco-Roman Egypt: from Alexander the Great to Diocletian	10
Historical Theory
Historical Theory	10
Tutorial
Tutorial (all specialisations)	10
Historical Controversies
Historical Controversies	10
Graduate Seminar
Graduate Seminar	0

Second Year (starting in Fall Semester)

Optional Courses [20 ECTS]

Students take two to four optional courses, you can follow courses of 10 ECTS or of 5 ECTS. All courses offered at level 500 and up can be taken as ‘Optional Course’. These include the courses offered by the Dept. of History (subject to availability of space), but also may comprise MA-courses of other departments and universities. It is advisable but not obligatory to take these courses in the first semester of the second year of the programme. In many cases it is advisable to follow these courses abroad or to do an internship.

Thesis and exam [40 ECTS]

The Research Master’s Programme will be concluded by a thesis which will be based on original source research and which will be ca. 30.000 words in size. The Research Master’s thesis plus examination will take up 40 ECTS. The level of the thesis will have to meet high standards. In principle, the (shortened) thesis will have to be worthy of publication in an academic journal. During the examination the student will have the opportunity to present his or her research results in ca. 20 minutes. On this thesis and on required reading, the student will then enter into a 40-minute debate with an examination committee consisting of the supervising professor and at least one other lecturer of the Department of History with examination authority.

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Research Seminars
Alexandria in Egypt? The history and archaeology of culture contact	10
Graeco-Roman Egypt: from Alexander the Great to Diocletian	10
Optional Courses
Consumption and material culture in Africa since c. 1850	5
Medieval peoples and the birth of nations	10
Rulers, courts, and elites in the early modern world	10
Historical culture in the Low Countries, 1300-1700	10
Migration to Chinese cities (1650-2015) in a global perspective	10
American Crucible	10
What’s the Problem? Old and New Debates on Migration	10
Economic Development of Southeast Asia	10
Cross-cultural Connections, 1492-1776: Trade, Marriage and Business Networks	10
Science and the Dutch Colonial Empire in the East, 1815-1850	10
Arts and Culture in Area Studies: Culture and Conquest: the impact of the Mongols and their descendants	10
Disasters and Colonialism: coping strategies and risk management in 19th century Indonesia	10
Trade for slave societies: the rise and fall of Sint-Eustatius, 1770-1785	10
An empire of papers. Colonial networks of information in the early 19th century	10
Scarcity or abundance? Appraisal, selection and preservation of the past	10
Dutch Atlantic Connections. Elmina as a Dutch nodal point in West Africa in the 18th century	10
Pioneers of mass politics: 19th century British, Irish and American origins of the modern pressure group.	10
Dignity versus the People? The Dutch Establishment and its challenger since the 19th century	10
Living through the Soviet past	10
Memory of the Holocaust	10
Creating an Atlantic Community: Transatlantic Relations since WW II	10
The American Civil Rights Movement	10
Graduate Seminar
Graduate Seminar	0

First Year (starting in Spring Semester)

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Literature Seminars
Roman Social History	10
The Rise of Rome and the Unification of the Mediterranean	10
Research Seminars
Alexandria in Egypt? The history and archaeology of culture contact	10
Graeco-Roman Egypt: from Alexander the Great to Diocletian	10
Tutorial
Tutorial (all specialisations)	10
Historical Theory
Historical Theory	10
Optional Courses
Antieke Numismatiek en Geldgeschiedenis	10
Consumption and material culture in Africa since c. 1850	5
Medieval peoples and the birth of nations	10
Rulers, courts, and elites in the early modern world	10
Historical culture in the Low Countries, 1300-1700	10
Migration to Chinese cities (1650-2015) in a global perspective	10
American Crucible	10
What’s the Problem? Old and New Debates on Migration	10
Economic Development of Southeast Asia	10
Cross-cultural Connections, 1492-1776: Trade, Marriage and Business Networks	10
Science and the Dutch Colonial Empire in the East, 1815-1850	10
Arts and Culture in Area Studies: Culture and Conquest: the impact of the Mongols and their descendants	10
Disasters and Colonialism: coping strategies and risk management in 19th century Indonesia	10
Trade for slave societies: the rise and fall of Sint-Eustatius, 1770-1785	10
An empire of papers. Colonial networks of information in the early 19th century	10
Scarcity or abundance? Appraisal, selection and preservation of the past	10
Dutch Atlantic Connections. Elmina as a Dutch nodal point in West Africa in the 18th century	10
Pioneers of mass politics: 19th century British, Irish and American origins of the modern pressure group.	10
Dignity versus the People? The Dutch Establishment and its challenger since the 19th century	10
Living through the Soviet past	10
Memory of the Holocaust	10
The American Civil Rights Movement	10
Graduate Seminar
Graduate Seminar	0

Second Year (starting in Spring Semester)

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Historical Controversies
Historical Controversies	10
Research Seminars
Alexandria in Egypt? The history and archaeology of culture contact	10
Graeco-Roman Egypt: from Alexander the Great to Diocletian	10
Graduate Seminar
Graduate Seminar	0