Department of History

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The Department of History plays an essential role in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences as a provider of knowledge and expertise in the field of historical studies for both teaching and research. Research and teaching concentrate on three major domains: political history, the history of technology and sciences, cultural and intellectual history. While Europe is our central scope, there is an increasing interest in transnational and global entanglements. Research and teaching in the Department hold a strong focus on the history of the 19th – 21st century.

Current Head of Department is Dr Aline Sierp. Office secretary of the Department of History is Mrs Anja Servais-Cuppens.\ Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences\ Department of History

Grote Gracht 90-92\ 6211 SZ Maastricht\ +31 43 388 3314

Teaching

The Department of History plays an important role in all teaching programmes at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. This includes the Bachelor's and Master's programmes in European Studies and Arts and Culture, the BA in Digital Society, and the MA in Media Studies: Digital Cultures, as well as the teaching programme offered by the Global Studies Programme and the University College Maastricht. The Department is also strongly involved in the Graduate School programme which offers training for PhD-students at our Faculty. History is thus a central component of the Faculty’s interdisciplinary mix.

Research

The colleagues in the History Department have expertise across a wide range of areas including contemporary political history, history of technology and sciences, cultural and intellectual history, memory studies, spatial history, heritage studies, legal and economic history, Holocaust and genocide studies, regional and social history. Members of the Department of History participate in all four research groups at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences : Europe: Society Politics and Global Order (ESPO); Maastricht University Science, Technology, and Society (MUSTS); Arts, Media and Culture (AMC); Globalisation, Transnationalism, and Development (GTD). Many contribute to the Center for European Research in Maastricht (Cerim), Studio Europa and the Maastricht Center for Arts and Culture, Conservation, and Heritage (MACCH). The department is also affiliated with several national research schools, among them the Huizinga Institute: Research Institute and Graduate School for Cultural History; the Netherlands Graduate Research School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture; the N.W. Posthumus Institute: Research School for Economic and Social History and the Research School Political History.

Management

Several members of the Department of History play key managerial roles on various levels in the organization of our university or faculty. These include roles in the Faculty Board, the Faculty Council, the University Council, the Graduate School, as well as various roles in teaching and research management.

Outreach

Members of the History department work closely with a wide range of societal partners, including archives, , NGOs, political institutions, museums and thinktanks across the Maas–Rhine Euroregion, the Netherlands, and beyond. In advisory roles, they help shape policy and actively participate in co-creative projects and citizen science initiatives, fostering meaningful exchange between academic research and society.

For details on teaching roles and research activities, please consult the individual webpages of the staff members.