MSc in History of International Relations
Programme Code: TMHYIRS
Department: International History
For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
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.
Paper |
Course number, title (unit value) | |
Papers 1, 2 & 3 |
Courses to the value of 3.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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EH452 Latin American Development and Economic History (0.5) | |
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EU475 Religion and Secularism, Diversity and Conflict in Europe: Identities, Religion, and Culture (0.5) | |
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EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (0.5) | |
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EU4A3 The Americas and Europe (0.5) | |
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HY400 Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace 1914-2003 (1.0) # | |
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HY411 European Integration in the Twentieth Century (1.0) # (not available 2023/24) | |
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HY422 Presidents, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy, from Roosevelt to Reagan, 1933-89 (1.0) | |
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HY424 The Napoleonic Empire: The Making of Modern Europe (1.0) | |
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HY429 Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War, 1939-91 (1.0) | |
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HY432 From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999 (1.0) (not available 2023/24) | |
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HY435 Ideology, State, Jihad: Political Islam from Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS (1.0) | |
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HY436 Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa (1.0) | |
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HY440 The Iranian Revolution (1.0) | |
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HY444 The Cold War in Latin America (1.0) | |
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HY459 The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950 (1.0) (not available 2023/24) | |
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HY461 East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945 (1.0) # | |
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HY463 The Roots, Origins and Dynamics of the Cold War, 1917-1962 (1.0) | |
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HY465 The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict (1.0) # | |
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HY469 Maps, History and Power: The Spaces and Cultures of the Past (1.0) (not available 2023/24) | |
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HY478 Genesis of the Modern World: Europe, China & India, 1550-1840 (1.0) | |
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HY483 Land and Conflict in Latin America since 1750 (1.0) | |
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HY486 The Anti-Slave-Trade Atlantic World, c. 1807-1870 (1.0) | |
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HY487 Islam, State and Conflict in Southeast Asia (0.5) | |
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HY488 European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 (0.5) | |
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HY489 China and the External World, 1644-1839 (0.5) | |
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HY491 Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1930s (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
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HY4A8 Asian Borderlands (0.5) | |
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HY4B1 The Vietnam Wars, 1930-75: Regional and International Perspectives (1.0) | |
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HY4B2 The Afterlives of Empires in the Neo-Colonial Caribbean (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
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HY4B3 Citizenship in 20th century political thought: intellectual history in case studies (0.5) | |
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HY4B4 Maritime Asia in Transition, 1405-1839 (0.5) | |
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HY4B8 On German Memory Politics: From the Cold War to New Global Challenges (1.0) | |
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HY4B9 China and the United States Since 1949 (1.0) | |
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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). | |
Paper 4 |
HY499 Dissertation (1.0) | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
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