MA/MSc History of International Relations

Full-year programme. Students take courses to the value of four full units including the dissertation as shown below:

Paper

Course number and title

1

One course from the following list:

 

HY400

Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace, 1914-1991

HY422

Presidents, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: from Roosevelt to Reagan, 1933-1989

 

HY426

The European Enlightenment, c 1680-1799

HY429

Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War, 1939-1991

HY433

Cultural Encounters from the Renaissance to the Modern World (n/a 11/12)

HY435

Political Islam: From Ibn Taymiyya to Osama Bin Laden

HY436

Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa

HY438

Western Intellectuals and the Challenge of Totalitarianism

HY451

Persecution in Europe: From Witch-Hunts to Ethnic Cleansing (n/a 11/12)

2 & 3

Two courses from the following list:

 

HY411

European Integration in the Twentieth Century

 

HY424

The Napoleonic Empire: The Making of Modern Europe?  

 

HY432

From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999

 

HY434

The Rise and Fall of Communism in Europe 1917-1990

HY439

War Cultures, 1890-1945 (n/a 11/12)

HY440

The Emergence of Modern Iran: State, Society and Diplomacy

HY461

East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945

HY463

The Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1962

HY464

Crises and Detente in the Cold War, 1962-1979 (n/a 11/12)

HY465

The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict

HY467

Media and politics, 1890-c.1970/80 (UK, Germany and the US)

EH451

Latin American Development: political economy of growth (H) (n/a 11/12)

EH452

Latin American Development: case-studies in growth, poverty and social change (H)

EU426

The West: Identity and Interests (H)

 

or
A further course from the paper 1 selection list (subject to approval by the programme director)
A HY course from another MSc programme run by the Department of International History (subject to approval by the programme director)
or a related course from another department (subject to approval by the programme director)

4

HY499

Dissertation

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