Modern History and International Relations

Are you a talented student and interested in modern history and international relations? Is a career in research or international organisations something you aspire to? Then this track is exactly what you are looking for.
You can take the Master's track in Modern History and International Relations as a track within the Research Master's degree programme in International Relations.

The two-year Master's track in Modern History and International Relations (MHIR) teaches you to carry out independent academic and policy-relevant research in the fields of modern history and international relations with a special focus on inter-disciplinarity. You will explore recent developments in these fields and study relevant theoretical and methodological backgrounds. You will learn about subjects such as international security and armed conflicts, international economic relations and crisis, the history and politics of cultural identity, and European cooperation and (dis)integration.

As a student of this programme you work in small groups and are supervised by highly qualified researchers. The programme is closely related to the research carried out at the Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture (ICOG) and the N.W. Posthumus Institute.