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History (Research): Colonial and Global History

This specialisation is part of the History Research Master programme.

Both new Research MA students and those entering their second semester or year will receive an invitation for the introduction on September 6th.

Year 1 & 2 (Starting in September)

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2

Year 1, first semester

Literature Seminar

Literature Seminar Colonial and Global History: Globalization and Empire 10

Research Seminar

Economic Development and Social Change in Southeast Asia 10
Seminar in African History / Moral Panics, Witchcraft and Ritual Murder in Colonial and Post-colonial Africa 10
Early Modern Encounters: Money, Migration, and Microbes 10
The Dutch Slave Trade (Maritime History) 10

Compulsory course

Historical Theory 10

Year 1, second semester

Research Seminar

Arts and Culture in Area Studies: Culture and Conquest: the impact of the Mongols and their descendants 10
Visions of a new world order: anti-imperialist conferences, 1917-1960. 10
Dutch Military Operations in Indonesia, 1945-1950 10

Compulsory courses

Classics in social theory 10
Tutorial (Research MA History) 10

Year 2

MA Thesis History (Research) 40

Optional courses (20 ec)

Optional Courses Research MA History 20

Year 1 & 2 (Starting in February)

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2

Year 1, first semester

Literature Seminar

Literature Seminar Colonial and Global History: Histories of Islamic Expansion 10

Research Seminar

Arts and Culture in Area Studies: Culture and Conquest: the impact of the Mongols and their descendants 10
Visions of a new world order: anti-imperialist conferences, 1917-1960. 10
Dutch Military Operations in Indonesia, 1945-1950 10

Compulsory course

Tutorial (Research MA History) 10

Year 1, second semester

Compulsory course

Historical Theory 10

Optional courses

Optional Courses Research MA History 20

Year 2, first semester

Compulsory course

Classics in social theory 10

Research seminar

Arts and Culture in Area Studies: Culture and Conquest: the impact of the Mongols and their descendants 10
Visions of a new world order: anti-imperialist conferences, 1917-1960. 10
Dutch Military Operations in Indonesia, 1945-1950 10

Year 2, second semester

MA Thesis History (Research) 40