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MSc in History of International Relations

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Programme Code: TMHYIRS

Department: International History

For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Full-year programme. Students take courses to the value of three full units (only one of which can be an outside option i.e. a course not listed below) and a dissertation.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Course code, title (unit value)

Papers 1, 2 & 3

A

Courses to the value of 3 unit(s) from the following:

EH452 Latin American Development and Economic History (0.5) (suspended 2026/27)

EU475 Europe and the Politics of Secularism (0.5)

EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (0.5)

EU4A3 The Americas and Europe (0.5)

HY400 Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace 1914-2003 (1.0) #

HY411 European Integration in the Twentieth Century (1.0) #

HY422 Presidents, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy, from Roosevelt to Reagan, 1933-89 (1.0)

HY424 The Napoleonic Empire: The Making of Modern Europe (1.0)

HY429 Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War and Beyond, 1939-2003 (1.0)

HY432 From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999 (1.0) (suspended 2026/27)

HY435 Political Islam from Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS (1.0) (suspended 2026/27)

HY436 Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa (1.0)

HY440 The Iranian Revolution (1.0)

HY444 Latin America in the Cold War (1.0)

HY459 The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950 (1.0) (suspended 2026/27)

HY461 East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945 (1.0) #

HY463 The Roots, Origins and Dynamics of the Cold War, 1917-1962 (1.0)

HY465 The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict (1.0) # (suspended 2026/27)

HY469 Maps, History and Power: The Spaces and Cultures of the Past (1.0)

HY478 Genesis of the Modern World: Europe, China & India, 1550-1840 (1.0)

HY483 Land and Conflict in Latin America (1.0)

HY486 The Anti-Slave-Trade Atlantic World, c. 1807-1870 (1.0)

HY487 Islam, State and Conflict in Southeast Asia (0.5) (withdrawn 2026/27)

HY488 European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 (0.5) (withdrawn 2026/27)

HY489 China and the External World, 1644-1839 (0.5) (withdrawn 2026/27)

HY491 Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1930s (0.5) (withdrawn 2026/27)

HY4A8 Asian Borderlands (0.5) (withdrawn 2026/27)

HY4B1 The Vietnam Wars, 1930-75: Regional and International Perspectives (1.0)

HY4B2 The Afterlives of Empires in the Neo-Colonial Caribbean (0.5)

HY4B3 Citizenship in 20th century political thought: intellectual history in case studies (0.5) (withdrawn 2026/27)

HY4B4 Maritime Asia in Transition, 1405-1839 (0.5) (suspended 2026/27)

HY4B8 On German Memory Politics: From the Cold War to New Global Challenges (1.0) (withdrawn 2024/25)

HY4B9 China and the United States Since 1949 (1.0) (withdrawn 2026/27)

Paper 4

HY499 Dissertation (1.0)

Footnotes

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

A: Papers 1, 2 & 3: Or 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 (outside option) (subject to approval by the programme director).

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.