History of International Relations – (M.A.)

Contents

Course 1

Choose one from the following list:

* Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace, 1914-1991
* Presidents, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: From Roosevelt to Reagan 1933-89
* The European Enlightenment, 1680-1830
* Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War, 1939-91
* Cultural Encounters from the Renaissance to the Modern World
* Political Islam: From Ibn Taymiyya to Osama Bin Laden
* Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa
* Persecution in Europe: From Witch-hunts to Ethnic Cleansing
* Western Intellectuals and the Challenge of Totalitarianism

Courses 2 and 3

Choose two from the following list:

* European Integration in the Twentieth Century
* The Napoleonic Empire: the Making of Modern Europe?
* The International History of the Balkans Since 1939: State Projects, Wars and Social Conflict
* From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1997
* The Rise and Fall of Communism in Europe, 1917-1990
* East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945
* The Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1962
* Crises and Détente in the Cold War, 1962-1979
* The Emergence of Modern Iran: State, Society and Diplomacy
* War Cultures, 1890-1945
* The West: Identity and Interests*

or

* A further course from the Course 1 selection list (subject to approval by the programme director)
* A 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 (subject to approval by the programme director)

Course 4

* Dissertation of no more than 10,000 words on an international history topic