History (Research): Medieval and Early Modern European History (Master 2010-2011) - Prospectus

First Year (starting in Fall Semester)

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Literature Seminars
Current Debates in Medieval and Early Modern European History I	10
Current Debates in Medieval and Early Modern European History II	10
Research Seminars
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
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)

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Optional Courses
Graeco-Roman Egypt: from Alexander the Great to Diocletian	10
Alexandria in Egypt? The history and archaeology of culture contact	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
Current Debates in Medieval and Early Modern European History I	10
Current Debates in Medieval and Early Modern European History II	10
Research Seminars
Historical culture in the Low Countries, 1300-1700	10
Medieval peoples and the birth of nations	10
Rulers, courts, and elites in the early modern world	10
Tutorial
Tutorial (all specialisations)	10
Historical Theory
Historical Theory	10
Optional Courses
Graeco-Roman Egypt: from Alexander the Great to Diocletian	10
Alexandria in Egypt? The history and archaeology of culture contact	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

Second Year (starting in Spring Semester)

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Historical Controversies
Historical Controversies	10
Research Seminars
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
Graduate Seminar
Graduate Seminar	0

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h3 Objectives

General
After a five-year programme, the Research Masters student will have to be able to function as a beginning academic researcher, either in a semi-academic position, or at a university; the student will be well prepared to conduct PhD research successfully within the time limit. In other words, he or she will be trained as a fully-fledged academic able to solve complex academic problems independently, critically and creatively and to report the results with clarity both orally and in writing. The following end criteria will have to be met:

Knowledge and insight

1.Thorough knowledge of and insight into the content of the specialisation, and its basic concepts, apparatus, research methods and techniques and into the historical development of the specialisation.
2.Thorough knowledge of and insight into the interdisciplinary aspects of the specialisation, both with regard to other historical specialisations and to related fields (Law, Economics and Social Sciences).
3.Insight into the relevance of the specialisation in society.

Skills
1. The ability to independently identify and collect the literature and historical sources of the field using traditional and modern techniques.
2. The ability to independently study the literature and historical sources of the field and to judge their quality and reliability.
3. The ability to formulate a clear and well-founded thesis and to subdivide it into convenient and manageable parts of the problem.
4. The ability to give a clear and well-founded oral or written report of research results meeting the criteria of the field.
5. The ability to initiate and conduct a research project under expert supervision.