New names for Humanities master's
The past months you may have noticed the announcements on this website of the change in names of most Humanities master’s programmes as of September 2012. The content of the programmes remains largely unchanged.
Per 1 February 2012 the Humanities master’s start under their old names for the last time. The application deadline for start in February (1 December) has now passed.
If you want to know which former master’s programme corresponds with the master’s under the new name, please see the table below. If you have any questions about the programmes under the old names, please contact mastersite@leidenuniv.nl.
| Programmes 2011-2012 | Programmes 2012-2013 |
| African Languages and Cultures | African Studies |
| African Linguistics | Linguistics, Language diversity of Africa, Asia and Native America specialisation |
| Specialisations | |
| African Linguistics | Linguistics, Language diversity of Africa, |
| Asia and Native America specialisation | |
| Berber Languages and Linguistics | Linguistics, Language diversity of Africa, |
| Asia and Native America specialisation | |
| African Studies (research) | African Studies (research) |
| Arabic, Persian and Turkish | |
| Languages and Cultures | Middle Eastern Studies |
| Specialisations | |
| Arabic Studies | Middle Eastern Studies, Arabic Studies specialisation |
| Persian Studies | Middle Eastern Studies, Persian Studies specialisation |
| Turkish Studies | Middle Eastern Studies, Turkish Studies specialisation |
| NEW: Middle Eastern Studies, Modern middle eastern Studies specialisation |
|
| Area Studies: Asia and the Middle East (research) | Either of the two programmes below |
| Specialisations | |
| Asian Studies (Research) | Asian studies (research) |
| Middle Eastern Studies (Research) | Middle Eastern Studies (research) |
| Comparative Area Studies (Research) | no longer available |
| Art History | Arts and culture |
| Specialisations | |
| Early Modern and Medieval Art | No change |
| Architecture | No change |
| Art in the Contemporary World | No change |
| Design and Decorative Art Studies | No change |
| Museums and Collections | No change |
| Book and Digital Media | Media studies, Book and Digital Media Studies specialisation |
| Specialisations | |
| Digital Access to Cultural Heritage | Media studies, Book and digital media studies specialisation |
| History of the Book | Media studies, Book and digital media studies specialisation |
| Publishing Studies | Media studies, Book and digital media studies specialisation |
| Chinese Studies | Asian Studies, spec Chinese Studies |
| Asian Studies, East Asian Studies specialisation | |
| Asian Studies, History, Arts and Culture of Asia specialisation | |
| Asian Studies, Politics, Society and Economy of Asia specialisation | |
| Classics | Classics and Ancient Civilisations, Classics specialisation |
| Classics and Ancient Near Eastern Civilisations (research) | Classics and Ancient Civilisations (research) |
| Specialisations | |
| Assyriology (Research) | No change |
| Classics (Research) | No change |
| Egyptology (Research) | No change |
| Hebrew Bible Studies (Research) | No change |
| New Testament and Early Christian Studies (Research) | No change |
| Comparative Indo-European Linguistics | Linguistics, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics specialisation |
| Dutch Studies | Neerlandistiek, Dutch Studies specialisations |
| Specialisations | |
| Nederlandse kunstgeschiedenis | Neerlandistiek, Dutch Studies specialisations |
| Nederlandse letterkunde | Neerlandistiek, Dutch Studies specialisations |
| Nederlandse taalkunde | Neerlandistiek, Dutch Studies specialisations |
| Vaderlandse geschiedenis | Neerlandistiek, Dutch Studies specialisations |
| Egyptology | Classics and Ancient Civilisations, specialisation Egyptology |
| English Language and Culture | |
| Specialisations | |
| English Language Acquisition | Linguistics, English language and linguistics specialisation |
| English Linguistics | Linguistics, English language and linguistics specialisation |
| English Literature | Literary Studies, English Literature and Culture specialisation |
| English Philology | Literary Studies, English Literature and Culture specialisation |
| Translation Dutch-English-Dutch | Linguistics, Translation in Theory and Practice (Dutch/English) specialisation |
| European Union Studies | International Relations, European Union Studies specialisation |
| NEW: International Relations, International studies specialisation | |
| Film and Photographic Studies | Media studies, Film and Photographic Studies specialisation |
| French Language and Culture | |
| Specialisations | |
| French Linguistics | Linguistics, French language and linguistics specialisation |
| French Literature | Literary Studies, French Literature and Culture specialisation |
| French Literature and Linguistics | Either of the two specialisations above |
| German Language and Culture | |
| Specialisations | |
| German Literary and Cultural Studies | Linguistics, German language and linguistics specialisation |
| German Linguistics | Literary Studies, German Literature and Culture specialisation |
| Hebrew and Aramaic Languages and Cultures | Classics and Ancient Civilisations, Hebrew and Aramaic Languages and Cultures specialisation |
| Specialisations | |
| Aramaic Languages and Cultures | Classics and Ancient Civilisations, Hebrew and Aramaic Languages and cultures specialisation |
| Hebrew Languages and Cultures | Classics and Ancient Civilisations, Hebrew and Aramaic Languages and cultures specialisation |
| History | History |
| Specialisations | |
| American History | Master’s programme in (North) American Studies |
| Ancient History | No change |
| Europaeum Programme European History and Civilisation | No change |
| History of Political Culture and National Identities | No change |
| History of European Expansion and Globalisation |
No change |
| Medieval and Early Modern European History | No change |
| Migration and Global Interdependence | No change |
| NEW: Archival studies specialisation | |
| History: Societies and Institutions (research) | History research |
| Specialisations | |
| Ancient History (Research) | No change |
| Migration and Global Interdependence (Research) | No change |
| History of European Expansion | No change |
| and Globalisation (Research) | |
| History of Political Culture and National Identities (Research) | No change |
| Medieval and Early Modern European History (Research) | No change |
| Indian American Studies | Linguistics, Language diversity of Africa, Asia and Native America specialisation |
| Indian and Tibetan Studies | Asian Studies, South Asian Studies |
| Specialisations | |
| Indian and Tibetan Art and Material Culture | Asian Studies, South Asian Studies |
| Buddhism and Tibet | Asian Studies, South Asian Studies |
| Hindi | Asian Studies, South Asian Studies |
| History of India and Tibet | Asian Studies, South Asian Studies |
| Sanskrit | Asian Studies, South Asian Studies |
| Indonesian Studies | Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies |
| Specialisations | |
| ASEAN Society, Economy and Politics | Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies |
| Indonesian and Malay Studies | Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies |
| Islamic Studies | Middle Eastern Studies, Islamic Studies specialisation |
| Islamic Theology | Theology & Religious Studies , spec Islam in the Contemporary West |
| Italian Language and Culture | |
| Specialisations | |
| Italian Literature | Literary Studies, Italian Literature and Culture specialisation |
| Italian Linguistics | Linguistics, Italian language and linguistics specialisation |
| Italian Linguistics and Literature | Either of the two specialisations above |
| Japanese Studies | Asian Studies, Japanese Studies specialisation |
| Korean Studies | Asian Studies, Korean Studies specialisation |
| Languages and Cultures of Mesopotamia and Anatolia | Classics and Ancient Civilisations, Assyriology specialisation |
| Latin American and Caribbean Studies (research) | Latin American Studies research |
| Latin American Studies | Latin American Studies |
| Specialisations | |
| Latin American Linguistics | Latin American Studies |
| Latin American Literature | Latin American Studies |
| Modern Latin American History | Latin American Studies |
| Linguistics | Linguistics |
| Specialisations | |
| Clinical and Experimental | Linguistics, Theoretical Linguistics and Cognition |
| Linguistics | specialisation |
| Theoretical Linguistics | Linguistics, Theoretical Linguistics and Cognition specialisation |
| NEW: Language and communication | |
| Linguistics: Structure and | Linguistics research |
| Variation in the Languages of the World (research) | |
| Literature | Literary Studies, Comparative Literature and Literary Theory specialisation |
| Nederlandse taal en cultuur | |
| Specialisations | |
| Journalistiek en Nieuwe media | Media studies, Journalistiek en Nieuwe media specialisation |
| Moderne letterkunde | Neerlandistiek, Moderne Nederlandse letterkunde specialisation |
| Oudere letterkunde | Neerlandistiek, Oudere Nederlandse letterkunde specialisation |
| Taalbeheersing | Neerlandistiek,Taalbeheersing van het Nederlands specialisation |
| Taalkunde | Neerlandistiek, Nederlandse taalkunde specialisation |
| Philosophy | Philosophy |
| Specialisations | |
| Ethics and Politics | Philosophy |
| History and Philosophy of the Sciences | Philosophy |
| Philosophical Anthropology and Philosophy of Culture | Philosophy |
| Philosophy of a Specific Discipline | Philosophy (of a Specific Discipline) |
| Specialisations | |
| Philosophy of Medical Sciences | No change |
| Philosophy of Natural Sciences | No change |
| Philosophy of Psychology | No change |
| Philosophy of Law | No change |
| Philosophy of Social Sciences | No change |
| Philosophy of Humanities | No change |
| Religious Studies | Theology & Religious Studies |
| Specialisations | |
| Biblical Studies | No change |
| Christianity | No change |
| Islam in the Contemporary West | No change, but combined with Islamic Theology |
| Judaism | No change |
| Religion, Culture, and Society | No change |
| Russian Studies | Russian and Eurasian Studies |
| Slavic Languages and Cultures | Russian and Eurasian Studies |
| Specialisations | |
| Slavic Literature and Culture | Russian and Eurasian Studies |
| Slavic Linguistics and Literature and Culture | Russian and Eurasian Studies |
| Slavic Linguistics | Russian and Eurasian Studies |
| Study of Art and | Either of the two programmes below |
| Literature (research) | |
| Specialisations | |
| Art History (Research) | Arts and Culture (research) |
| Literature (Research) | Literary Studies (research) |
