MA/MSc in the History of International Relations

Paper One, Two and Three:

Choose from the following list:

• HY400: Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace, 1914-1991
• HY411: European Integration in the Twentieth Century
• 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, 1939-91
• HY432: From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: The End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1997 [n/a 2012-13]
• 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
• HY438: Western Intelectuals and the Challenge of Totalitarianism
• HY439: War Cultures, 1890-1945
• HY440: The Emergence of Modern Iran: State, Society, and Diplomacy
• HY441: Nusantara: State and Rebellion in the Indonesian Archipelago from the Colonial Period to Reformasi
• HY451: Persecution in Europe: From Witch-Hunts to Ethnic Cleansing [n/a 2012-13]
• HY461: East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945
• HY463: The Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1962
• HY464: Crises and Détente in the Cold War, 1962-1979 [n/a 2012-13]
• HY465: The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict [n/a 2012-13]
• EH451: Latin American Development: political economy of growth (half unit)
• EH452: Latin American Development: case-studies in growth, poverty and social change (half unit)
• EU426: The West: Identity and Interests (half unit)

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 Four:

A dissertation| of no more than 10,000 words on an international history topic.