The second year (B2)
The second year offers you a further deepening of the comparative historical approach via a series of thematic seminars and skill development training modules.
| The second year (B2) | Code | EC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Identity and Diversity in European History | LET-GESB2102-CEH | 5 | X | |||
| Historiography | LET-GESB2103-CEH | 5 | X | |||
| Historiographical Debates in European History 1 | LET-GESB2106-CEH | 5 | X | |||
| Historiographical Debates in European History 2 | LET-GESB2107-CEH | 5 | X | |||
| Research Lab | LET-GESB2101-CEH | 5 | X | |||
| History in Action: Methods and Techniques for Historical Research | LET-GESB2109-CEH | 5 | X | |||
| Specialisation Courses | choice* | 15 | X | X | X | |
| Environmental History | LET-GESB2108-CEH | 5 | X | |||
| Thematic Seminar | choice** | 10 | X | X | ||
| Total | 60 |
*Specialisation courses:
In the second year, we offer various specialisation courses that enable you to further specialise in the historical field of your own choice. The English taught courses are bold. Comparative European History students that are proficient in Dutch can also choose one of the courses taught in Dutch.
Specialisation Courses Economic, Social and Demographic History
LET-GESB964 Between Life and Death: The Extraordinary History of Ordinary People
LET-GESB965 Banished, deported, sold: Forced migrations in global history, 1600-present
LET-GESB966 Family Life under Imperial Rule. Everyday Histories of Colonialism, 1650-1950
Specialisation Courses Ancient and Medieval History
LET-GESB933 Middeleeuwse Cultuur (choice)
LET-GESB932 The Byzantine and Islamic Worlds in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (choice)
LET-GESB931Romeinse keizertijd: sociale geschiedenis (choice)
FTR-OTR763 Religions of the Ancient World. An introduction (choice)
Specialisation Courses Political History
LET-GESB925 Inleiding Politieke Geschiedenis
LET-GESB951 Politieke cultuur (choice)
LET-GESB926 History of International Organisations (choice)
LET-GESB927 Stem van het volk
Specialisation Courses Cultural History
LET-GESB950 Inleiding in de cultuurgeschiedenis. Steden, stromingen, wendingen
LET-GESB951 Politieke cultuur
LET-GESB952 Op zoek naar de ware Nederlander. De verbeelding van volk en karakter, 1750 tot heden
**Thematic Seminars:
LET-GESB2218 Everyday colonial life on the fringe of empire. The Spanish Philippines, 1600-1700
LET-GESB2220 Slavery and Society in the Roman World
LET-GESB2202-CEH Demonic power, possession, witchcraft and exorcism in late medieval and renaissance demonology
LET-GESB2203-CEH Changing answers to the 'social question' 1870-1940
LET-GESB2204-CEH Crime and Social Inequalities, 17th-19th centuries