Master in History

This course offers an extremely broad insight into the many areas of study associated with the history of civilisations (political, religious, social, economic and cultural history) and focuses on comparative history and the long-term study of societal development as the tools for historical synthesis. Knowledge in these areas, together with these tools, will be particularly useful when students come to write their final paper, which provides an opportunity for them to use the specific techniques of the historian gained over the three years of the Bachelor's course (critical analysis of sources, epigraphy, palaeography, diplomatics, etc) on original written and audiovisual sources. By the end of the course graduates with a Master in History will have acquired a broad general culture, strong skills in analysis and specific skills for classifying and critically analysing information and all kinds of documentation. This makes them ideal for posts or tasks in fields such as archiving, libraries and teaching and of course the culture and information sector.

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The focal points of this Master's course are unquestionably "diachronics" (the study of long-term development to avoid a restrictive focus on individual periods), comparative history (particularly European history but also introductions to the civilisations of Africa, America, Asia, etc.) and the relevancy of history in current affairs and its place in contemporary issues in today's world. An Erasmus exchange, which can be carried out with some twenty European universities, also contributes to increasing students' understanding of history's international scope.

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