History of the world
Master
In Barcelona (Spain)
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Barcelona (Spain)
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Duration
1 Year
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Credits
60
Official Master taught by Institute of History Jaume Vicens Vives and the Department of Humanities at the University Pompeu Fabra in Ciutadella Campus. Researches into the interconnection of human society in its historical evolution from the perspective of World History.
The Master's Degree in World History reviews the mechanisms of political power in empires, states, nations and colonies from 5 continents; global phenomena of starvation, genocide, diaspora, migration, slavery and war; cultural identities regarding their vision of family, religion, gender, ethnicity, class, nation and state; globalization (cooperation - competition overall) in the transnational comparative framework; and the political, economic and cultural analysis from the longue durée, among other fundamental expertise.
Intended for graduate students in humanities, offers the possibility of taking the route of academic specialization or research supporting the training of historians sensitive to diversity and the historical roots of the global world.
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About this course
Official European university degree (or a degree in law, engineering, architecture, quantity surveying or a graduate degree). In the case of non-EU degrees: an equivalent degree from an authorised higher-level educational establishment and academic record for the accredited official training including average grade from the original university.
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Subjects
- Nation and nationalism
- Hunger in the world
- Colonial systems in the ancient Mediterranean
- Diasporas
- Colonial systems and extra-European societies
- Ethnic persecution and genocide
- Europe and the Islamic world
- Colonial legacy in Latin America
- Types of political organisation
- Slavery and abolitionism
- Servers of the state and the market
Course programme
The compulsory subjects on the Master's degree have 35 credits attached for the research model and 20 for the academic model:
- Research work (20 ECTS for research/10 academic)
- Historiographical methodologies and the history of the world
- Nation and nationalism
- Hunger in the world
- Colonial systems in the ancient Mediterranean
- Diasporas
Additional information
History of the world