History of European Expansion and Globalisation
| Specialisation of: | History |
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| Degree: | Master of Arts in History |
| Mode of Study: | Full-time and part-time |
| Duration: | 1 year (full-time); 1,5 years (part-time) |
| Start date: | September, February |
| Language of instruction: | English |
The Master’s programme in the History of European Expansion and Globalisation focuses on the global interaction between Europe and the other continents including Asia, Africa and the Americas. You will investigate the (reciprocal) political, socio-economic and cultural impact of colonial domination and post-colonial nation-building and development.
The programme stimulates a highly comparative and connective attitude towards cross-cultural phenomena such as diasporas, trading companies, maritime trade, including the slave trade, colonial empires, religious missions (both Christian and Islamic) and intelligence networks.
What makes the Leiden programme unique is the combination of this global, bird’s eye view with a down to earth, in-depth use of primary sources, always under the close supervision of first-class Leiden scholars.
Within this specialisation you can also focus on Maritime History or Archival Studies.
The information about this programme is available in the following languages:
Organisation
The Leiden University Institute for History has a broad and wide-reaching academic scope. The Master’s in History is an accurate reflection of this academic range, and offers you the chance to determine a study based on your own particular interests and ambitions.
Its strong international orientation and focus on the study of European and non-European history in a global context gives the Leiden Institute for History a unique character in the Netherlands.
The Leiden University Institute for History has chairs in various fields, like:
- Ancient History;
- Medieval History;
- Early Modern History;
- Contemporary History;
- Maritime History;
- Social History;
- Economic History;
- Dutch History;
- American History;
- Latin American History;
- Caribbean History;
- Southeast and East Asian History.
Besides, adjacent departments in the Faculty of Humanities have chairs in Turkish, Indian, Korean, Chinese and Japanese History.
The vicinity of the National Archives and the Royal Library in The Hague (at ten minutes travelling distance) makes studying History in Leiden all the more attractive.
