MSc in History of International Relations
Programme Code: TMHYIRS
Department: International History
For students starting this programme of study in 2020/21
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) (not available 2024/25) | |
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EU475 Europe and the Politics of Secularism (0.5) | |
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EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (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 2024/25) | |
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HY422 Presidents, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy, from Roosevelt to Reagan, 1933-89 (1.0) | |
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HY423 Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (1.0) (withdrawn 2021/22) | |
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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 and Beyond, 1939-2003 (1.0) | |
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HY432 From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999 (1.0) | |
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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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HY441 Islam, State and Conflict in Southeast Asia (1.0) (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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HY444 Latin America in the Cold War (1.0) | |
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HY448 Living with the Bomb: An International History of Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Race from the Second World War to the end of the Cold War (1.0) (withdrawn 2022/23) | |
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HY459 The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950 (1.0) (not available 2024/25) | |
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HY461 East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945 (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) | |
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HY471 European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 (1.0) | |
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HY472 China and the External World, 1711-1839 (1.0) (not available 2024/25) | |
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HY474 Slavery and Emancipation in the British World (1.0) (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
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HY477 Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1980s (1.0) (withdrawn 2021/22) | |
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HY478 Genesis of the Modern World: Europe, China & India, 1550-1840 (1.0) | |
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HY479 Environmental History in a Global Context (1.0) (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
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HY482 National Socialism. Old theories and new research approaches (1.0) (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
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HY483 Land and Conflict in Latin America since 1750 (1.0) (not available 2024/25) | |
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HY485 Germanness in the 20th century: Identity, Politics, and Violence in Germany from the First World War to Re-Unification (1.0) (withdrawn 2021/22) | |
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HY486 The Anti-Slave-Trade Atlantic World, c. 1807-1870 (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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