This specialisation is part of the Research Master programme History: Societies and Institutions.
New MA-students (including those still in the admittance procedure) are required to attend the MA introduction on Tuesday 7 September, 15-16h, in the LIPSIUS building / room 002, 15-16h.
Literature Seminar [10 ECTS]
Students start their programme with a Literature Seminar. Literature Seminars are offered in the Fall and Spring Semesters.
Research Seminar [10 ECTS]
Students follow one Research Seminar in the Fall Semester of the first year of their programme.
Research Seminar [10 ECTS]
In the Spring Semester of their first year, all students in the MPhil-programmes must follow a second Research Seminar.
| Vak | EC | Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
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| Historical Controversies | 10 | ||
| Tutorial (All specialisations) | 10 | ||
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Research Seminar [10 ECTS] |
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| Colonial transitions in Asia 1780 – 1830: the formation of the Netherlands East Indies in perspective | 10 | ||
| Migration after the Second World War | 10 | ||
| Nationality in Imperial and Soviet Russia | 10 | ||
| Personal profit and common interest. Ecclesiastical property before and after the Dutch Revolt | 10 | ||
| Resistance and Pacification in the Post-Emancipation Dutch Caribbean | 10 | ||
| Rome the Cosmopolis | 10 | ||
| Urban policy and urban marginality | 10 | ||
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Literature Seminar |
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| Current Debates in Medieval and Early Modern European History | 10 | ||
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Research Seminar |
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| Early Modern Science and Humanist Culture late15th to early 17th Century | 10 | ||
| Sexuality in medieval and Renaissance Europe | 10 | ||
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Historical Methodology |
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| Historical Methodology | 10 | ||
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 400 and up can be taken as Optional Course. These include the courses offered as Optional Course by the Dept. of History, but also may comprise other MA-courses of the Dept. of History (subject to availability of space), or courses offered at any other department of Leiden University. 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.
Thesis and exam [40 ECTS]
The Research Masters 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 Masters 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.