Course summary

The Masters in Slavery, Forced Migration & Reparative Justice offers an international learning experience that involves studying, training and conducting research in different European countries over a period of two years. It is designed to enable the next generation of humanities graduates to develop and transmit knowledge of the history and legacies of slavery and forced migration as they take up careers in media, education, heritage, government and non-governmental organisations, business and academia. Key strengths of the programme are its global, comparative and interdisciplinary approach and its combination of rigorous academic training in historical theory and practice with hands-on professional skills development. WHY THIS PROGRAMME The programme offers a unique opportunity to study the history of slavery and reparatory justice from a global and comparative perspective, building on the expertise of seven European universities. You will have the chance to study in three different European countries. The city of Glasgow provides an excellent location for the first semester of the programme. Glasgow was central to the European trade of sugar, tobacco and cotton from the Americas, a past reflected in Glasgow's monumental downtown area and in the collections of the city's world-class libraries, archives and museums. The programme includes a summer school at Radboud University on Slavery, Forced Migration and Indentured Labour: a Digital Humanities Approach. PROGRAMME STRUCTURE You will spend the first semester in Glasgow, the second in Nijmegen, and the third in either Bonn, Wroclaw, Lisbon, Barcelona or Nantes, depending on your chosen study track. In each semester, you will have a combination of core and optional courses. The local programme convenors will work with you to ensure a sensible portfolio of courses is constructed, according to your personal aims and objectives. In the fourth semester you will write a research dissertation, normally at the university where you have spent your third semester. Based on your research topic, secondary supervision will be provided by staff from one of the other universities. Core courses Semester one (University of Glasgow) Slavery and Forced Migration (10 ECTS) Reparations Now (10 ECTS) Semester two (Radboud University) Theory: Forced Labour and Migrations (5 ECTS) Methods: People as Property (10 ECTS) History of Reparative Justice (5 ECTS) Optional courses Seeking Refuge from Slavery (10 ECTS) Commodity Histories in the Global South (10 ECTS) Semester two Sources of historical research (5 ECTS) Key research in historical studies (5 ECTS) Contemporary debates in humanities (5 ECTS) Methods and techniques in humanities (5 ECTS) Humanities and big data (5 ECTS) Statistics (5 ECTS) Semester 3 study tracks Theory and methodology (University of Bonn) Public History (University of Wroclaw) Area Studies: Africa and Brazil (University of Lisbon) Area Studies: Atlantic and Asia (Pompeu Fabra University) Area Studies: Mediterranean and Atlantic (University of Nantes) Semester 3 study tracks