Global Order in Historical Perspective Leiden University

Overview

During this Global Order in Historical Perspective MA programme offered at Leiden University you will gain insights in the pursuit of global justice and the variety of ethics, ideologies, institutions and norms that underpin the international political system.

You will engage with different trajectories of states, organisations and peoples, examining how they are manifested in power relations and interact at different points across time to order the world.

You will draw on a multiplicity of perspectives and expertise across the Area Studies of the faculty of Humanities, and examine a range of different issues, from politics and ideologies to the evolution of international law and diplomacy, the emergence of civil society and the rise on non-state actors.

The MA also explores the development of institutions such as the UN and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which structure interactions and power relations within the international system.

Global Order in Historical Perspective at Leiden University is an accredited degree programme of International Relations. After successful completion of this programme, you will receive a legally accredited master’s degree in International Relations and the title Master of Arts (MA).

Career prospects

• Policy advisor, at a ministry of foreign affairs

• Communications manager and project assistant at an NGO promoting reconciliation and peace

• Consular spokesperson at a ministry of foreign affairs

• Consultant at an NGO

• Project manager at a company specialising in geo-services, international development and project management

• PhD candidate and research assistant

• Communications officer at an international student federation

• Research analyst at a consultancy firm

• Product manager at a multinational company

• University relations manager at an education intermediary

• Senior immigration expert at a multinational accountancy and consultancy firm

Accreditation

Accredited by: NVAO in: the Netherlands