MSc Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation

Full year programme. Students must take courses to the value of four full units, comprising one compulsory paper, a dissertation and optional course as shown.

Paper

Course number and title

1

HY423

Empire, Colonialism and Globalization

2 & 3

Either two courses from list A, alternatively one course from list A and one course or two half-unit courses from list B.
List A

 

HY424

The Napoleonic Empire: The Making of Modern Europe?

 

HY429

Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War

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

HY436

Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa (n/a 13/14)

HY439

War Cultures, 1890-1945

HY440

The Emergence of Modern Iran: State, Society and Diplomacy

HY441

Islam, State and Rebellion in the Indonesian Archipelago

HY442

Secret Intelligence in the 20th Century

HY443

Class, Gender and Generation in 20th Century Germany

HY444

The Cold War in Latin America

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, 1962-1975 (n/a 13/14)

HY469

Maps, History and Power: The Spaces and Cultures of the Past

 

List B

 

DV400

Development: History, Theory, Policy

EH404

India and the World Economy (H) (n/a 13/14)

EH408

International Migration, 1500-2000: from slavery to asylum* (H)

EH413

African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (H)*

EH446

Economic Development of East and Southeast Asia

EH451

Latin American Development: political economy of growth (H)*

EH452

Latin American Development and Economic History (H)

EH467

Epidemics: Epidemic Disease in History, 1348-2000 (H)*

EH482

Pre-Modern Paths of Growth: East and West Compared, 1000-1800*

EH483

The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries*

 

EH486

Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c1600-1860 (H) (n/a/ 13/14)

EU426

The West: Identity and Interests (H) (n/a/ 13/14)

GI409

Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction (H)

GI411

Gender, Postcolonialism, Development: Critical Perspectives and New Directions (H)

GV436

National and Ethnic Conflict Regulation (H) * (n/a 13/14)

GV442

Globalization and Democracy (H) *

GV465

War, Peace and the Politics of National Self-Determination (H) *

GV4C7

Warfare and National Identity (H)

GY464

Race and Space (H)

GY467

Global Migration and Development (H)

 

A course from another Masters programme taught at LSE which is complementary with the other courses chosen, is suitably timetabled and has the approval of the teacher concerned and the Programme Director.

4

HY499

Dissertation

Notes

* means subject to space.