Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies (research)

Art & Visual Culture is a rich research field. It covers various aspects of Dutch art history & visual culture. Specialisations are Greek & Roman Archaeology, Western Art History or Cultural Studies.

The research master Art and Visual Culture is specifically designed for highly motivated and excellent students who have an interest in the art, material and visual culture of Europe from antiquity to the present. This master gives you an excellent base for an international scientific career in the fields of Art History, Classical Archaeology or Visual Culture.

You will work in small groups on your own field of interest under the guidance of prominent scholars. Moreover, you will work together closely with students from the other HLCS-research master's specialisations: Historical Studies and Literary Studies. In this way, your own specialisation stands in a robust framework of theoretical and methodological training with disciplinary and interdisciplinary levels.

The unique character of this research master lies in the cooperation of Classical Archaeology, Cultural Studies and Art History. From these perspectives you will study western visual and material culture within a strong interdisciplinary, humanities orientated framework. You will have the opportunity to specialise in the research field of your preference, under the supervision of experts in three sub-disciplines.

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In the Master's specialisation Literary Studies you will learn to develop new insights that will contribute to a better understanding of literary texts and how they function within society.

The Master’s in Literary Studies will teach you how to approach historical and contemporary literary texts from a theoretical perspective, as well as how to examine the current societal significance of literature. By the end of the programme, you will be able to discuss literary texts and scholarly approaches with other researchers at the highest academic level.

To fully understand literature, you need to broaden your scope. You will gain insight into methods and theories in both literary studies and the humanities in general. You will become familiar with a wide range of literary cultures, critical approaches and theoretical debates. You will develop and share approaches to literature with fellow students who have different linguistic backgrounds. This will enhance your own research. In order to further expand your horizons as a literary scholar, you will spend a semester conducting research or taking courses abroad.

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The research Master's Historical Studies is tailored to students with a passion for history and a clear ambition for historical research, and allows you to follow paths in the full range of periods.

Our views of events in the past shape and give meaning to the present. The Research Master’s programme in Historical Studies brings historians together with scholars of literature, art and visual culture to construct critical histories of both the past and the present. Historical enquiry has important transformative potential on not just our ideas about the past but also on present-day societies. In order to properly transform our interpretations, we have to look beyond borders and beyond our own discipline. That is why our specialisation has an international element as well as a connection to the other disciplines in the Humanities. You will gain insight into general methods and theories of the Humanities as well as those specific to historical studies. This will enrich your own research and future contributions to scholarly and societal debates.

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