Master of Arts in History

Historians try to reconstruct and fathom the origins, development and coherence of human civilization. The master’s curriculum contains the actual discipline-specific expertise, with at its heart the master’s dissertation and supporting electives (chronologically, thematically or regionally) tying in with your choice of approach.

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1 year 60 credits

Faculty of Arts and Philosophy

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1 General Courses 10

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Theory of History		1	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

1.1 Research Seminars

5

Subscribe to 5 credit units from the following list.

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Research Seminar: Ancient History	1	sem 1	nl,en	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

Research Seminar: Medieval History	1	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Research Seminar: Early Modern History	1	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Research Seminar: Modern and Contemporary History	1	sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Research Seminar: World History	1	sem 1	en	Louise Barré	5

Research Seminar: History of Africa	1	sem 1	nl,en	Gillian Mathys	5

Research Seminar: City History	1	sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Research Seminar: Cultural History	1	sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

2 Elective Courses 25

Subscribe to 25 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 4 option modules from the following list.

2.1 Major in Public History

Students supplement the 15 ECTS-credits in this module with 10 ECTS-credits from 2.3 Limited Choice or 2.4 Free Choice.

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Public History: Internship	1	year	nl	Jeroen Deploige	7

Public History	1	year	nl	Jeroen Deploige	8

2.2 Major in Archival Science

Students supplement the 15 ECTS-credits in this module with 10 ECTS-credits from 2.3 Limited Choice or 2.4 Free Choice.

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Archival Science	1	sem 1	nl	Joke Verfaillie	5

Archival Science: Internship	1	sem 2	nl	Joke Verfaillie	5

Digital Heritage, Public and History	1	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

2.3 Limited Choice

Subscribe to no less than 5 and no more than 25 credit units from the following list.

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Numismatics and Monetary History of the Ancient World	1	sem 1	en	Koenraad Verboven	5

Capita Selecta Ancient History	1	sem 2	en	Jeroen Verrijssen	5

Birth, Marriage and Death: Lifecycles from Antiquity until Today	1	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Roman Law	1	sem 2	nl	Dirk Heirbaut	5

Text Analysis of Latin Sources	1	sem 1	nl	Lieve Van Hoof	5

The First Millennium	1	sem 2	en	Gabrielle Russo	5

Historical Anthropology: Middle Ages and Early Modern Period	1	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Historical Cartography	1	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Landscape Genesis	1	sem 1	nl	Veerle Van Eetvelde	5

The Middle Ages and the Modern World	1	sem 1	nl	Catherine Rosbrook	5

Historical Scripts and Cultures of Writing in the Middle Ages	1	sem 1	en	Els De Paermentier	5

Book History	1	sem 1	en	Marianne Van Remoortel	5

Maritime History	1	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Criticism of Pictures and Text in Mass Media	1	sem 1	nl	Gita Deneckere	5

Social Politics in Europe since 1750	1	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Crime and Punishment in Historical Perspective	1	sem 2	nl	Pieter Leloup	6

Theories of Cultural History	1	sem 2	nl	Alexander Roose	5

Introduction to Global Economic History	1			Wouter Ryckbosch	5

Global History: Approaches, Themes and Debates	1	sem 1	en	Samuël Coghe	5

Poverty, Development and Inequality in Modern African History	1	sem 1	en	Enid Guéné	5

Islam, Power and History: Text and Context	1	sem 2	en	Jo Van Steenbergen	6

Deep History	1	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Diversity and Citizenship in History Teaching Practices	1				5

Qualitative Research Methods and Interpretation	1	sem 1	nl	Griet Roets	5

Research Project	1	year	nl,en	Lieve Van Hoof	5

Advanced Methods in Data Analysis and Geohumanities	1	sem 1	en	Julie Birkholz	5

Introduction to Digital Text Analysis	1	sem 1	nl	Els Lefever	3

Public History	1	year	nl	Jeroen Deploige	8

Research Seminar: Ancient History	1	sem 1	nl,en	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

Research Seminar: Medieval History	1	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Research Seminar: Early Modern History	1	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Research Seminar: Modern and Contemporary History	1	sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Research Seminar: World History	1	sem 1	en	Louise Barré	5

Research Seminar: History of Africa	1	sem 1	nl,en	Gillian Mathys	5

Research Seminar: City History	1	sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Research Seminar: Cultural History	1	sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

2.4 Free Choice

Subscribe to no more than 5 credit units from the study programmes of Ghent University (including the Ghent University Elective Courses) or of another university of the Flemish Community.

List of Ghent University Elective Courses

3 Master's Dissertation 25

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Master's Dissertation		1	year	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	25

Learning outcomes

Competence field 1: Discipline-specific knowledge, skills, attitudes

A Master in History thoroughly understands and comprehends conceptual frameworks for studying history and historical facts and explanations.
A Master in History can critically apply their understanding of a chosen period, region, and theme while analysing complex issues.
A Master in History can autonomously identify and analyse the dynamics of historical processes and patterns in complex historical situations.
A Master in History can use the epistemology of historiography, societal viewpoints and ethical views to analyse complex historical insights.
A Master in History can apply their understanding of and insights into related social sciences and humanities disciplines to history research and (or) professional activities.

Competence field 2: Academic-scientific knowledge, skills, attitudes

A Master in History can set up and carry out research independently, including a relevant problem statement, thorough heuristics for sources, a comprehensive review of the literature, and a critical interpretation that results in knowledge creation.
A Master in History can choose, evaluate and apply appropriate (digital) qualitative and (or) quantitative research methods.
A Master in History can critically analyse and contextualise historiographical debates and integrate them into research.
A Master in History handles published and unpublished sources, academic literature and technological tools while observing the principles of academic integrity.
A Master in History can communicate clearly and academically on history research, both in writing and orally.

Competence field 3: Generic knowledge, skills, attitudes

A Master in History can consider historical matters and issues systematically, self-critically, and value-consciously and look at them from multiple perspectives (multiperspectivism).
A Master in History can correctly interpret and use Dutch- and other-language (at least English and French) historical sources and academic specialist literature.
A Master in History can communicate and debate on history research and the role of the past in the present with peers and non-peers.
A Master in History can contribute constructively to project-based collaboration with peers.
A Master in History appreciates and critically reflects on the complexity of history and realises that every perspective on the past is limited to a specific time and place and, therefore, never free from value judgements.