The Research School for Political History (RSPH) aims to offer research master students in the history of politics and the political a high-quality training program supervised by some of the leading scholars in the field, working in the Low Countries.

The RSPH training program is open to all students enrolled in a research master in history at a Dutch university. Our courses are designed to complement and deepen the research master study program, focusing on the historiographical, thematic, conceptual and methodological aspects of political history.

The RSPH program brings you into contact with fellow research master students at other universities, with PhDs, junior and with senior researchers in the field of political history. It offers an excellent preparation if you are interested in writing a PhD dissertation and pursuing a career in political history.

The program of the RSPH for Research Master Students offers training in the following competencies:

• Knowledge of, and reflection on the current state and future of political history.
  
• Knowledge of current debates, theories, historiography and methodologies in political history and adjacent fields of research.
  
• Reflection on the position and characteristics of political history in interdisciplinary research cooperation.
  
• Methods and techniques of research in political history.
  
• Oral and written reporting and participation in academic, political and public debates.
  
• Skills in the use of heuristic tools and techniques as well as digital humanities.