Leiden, The Netherlands: 24 – 28 June 2024. Please register with bureau@onderzoekschoolpolitiekegeschiedenis.nl before 31 March 2024.

How do we study and understand the history of Europe and Europeans? In the past this was often done from a European or national (European) perspective. Relations between Europe and the rest of the world were generally considered as a separate field and often understood through a diffusionist model: as Europe influencing other areas. With the rise of global history over the last two decades, there is now an exciting literature that explores ways of understanding Europe and European history as part of a globalizing world. This summer school engages this literature by considering various forms of European history (political, social, intellectual, European integration history etc.), situating them in a global context and asking what this means for how we understand Europe.

In order to put the challenge of globalizing European history into practice, this summer school includes keynotes and seminars by high profile historians working on global perspectives on various aspects of European history and it offers workshops by for example digital history experts and museum specialists to broaden the methodological tool box of the participants.

Target audience
ResMA with an interest in European history, PhD researchers.

ECTS
ResMA: 3-5 ECTS

Workshops and seminars
The RSPH 2024 summer school offers both seminars and workshops. The seminars will familiarize students with key, inspirational research, debates, theories and concepts. The lecturers introduce key insights, guide the discussion and invite students to consider the application of these insights to their own fields of interest.

In preparation for the seminars, all students read literature and complete assignments. The students are divided into groups and each group of students prepares a 10-15 minute presentation in which it introduces key insights and topics of debate drawn from an extra body of literature. There will be some time reserved during the summer school to finalize the presentations, but the groups are advised to coordinate beforehand to prepare the presentation.

The workshops are dedicated to working in specific settings, with specific source types/ (digital) corpora, or applying specific methodologies. In preparation for these seminars and workshops, students read literature and complete assignments.

Learning outcome
After completing this summer school, you are able to

• Offer a conceptual and theoretical reflection on globalizing European history
• Find and select sources and methods to explore a globally informed European history

Organizer: Anne-Isabelle Richard (Leiden University)

Registration
Please register with bureau@onderzoekschoolpolitiekegeschiedenis.nl before 31 March 2024 and mention a) your home university b) whether you are a PhD candidate, research master student or master student registered with the OPG (Research School Political History). If not, please mention the research school or (research) master program you are enrolled in. Enrollment is on a first come, first served basis, except for members of the OPG, who have priority access. The maximum number of participants is set at 20.

Costs

• For ResMA and PhD students connected to a Dutch university participation in the summer school is free of charge. Information about the fee for participants from foreign educational institutions, will be made available later.
• Refreshments and lunches are included.
• The RSPH does not provide accommodation during the summer school. We may be able to prebook rooms at a hotel in Leiden. If you wish to make use of this offer, please include this in your registration email. You are of course also free to find your one accommodation via AirBnB or other providers.
• For those unable to get reimbursed for travel expenses or costs for accommodation at their own university, the RSPH may have modest funding available. More details will be made available later. Please note we can only reimburse your expenses afterwards, for which we will provide you with a form in due time. Please keep copies of your receipts, tickets or invoices as proof of your expenses. Do not hesitate to contact us at bureau@onderzoekschoolpolitiekegeschiedenis.nl if you have any questions about the costs or the budget.

Teams
Access to course material (assignments, literature, programme etc.) will be provided through Microsoft Teams.

Questions
Please address any questions you may have to our summer school coordinator