MSc History of International Relations

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:

Paper

Course number and title

1, 2, 3

Courses to the value of three full units from the following list:

 

HY400

Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace, 1914-2003

HY411

European Integration in the Twentieth Century (n/a 13/14)

HY422

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

HY424

The Napoleonic Empire: The Making of Modern Europe?  

 

HY426

The European Enlightenment, c 1680-1799

HY429

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

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

HY435

Political Islam: From Ibn Taymiyya to Osama Bin Laden

HY436

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

HY438

Western Intellectuals and the Challenge of Totalitarianism

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, 1962-1979 (n/a 13/14)

HY465

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

HY469

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

EH451

Latin American Development: political economy of growth (H)

EH452

Latin American Development and Economic History (H)

EU426

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

IR439

Diplomacy (H)

 

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)

4

HY499

Dissertation