The Study Program

On the Atlantic Studies Master's degree programme, students can decide during their studies whether they want to focus on relations in the Atlantic region from a historical or interdisciplinary perspective in the humanities and social sciences.

On the Atlantic Studies Master's degree programme, students can decide during their studies whether they want to focus on relations in the Atlantic region from a historical or interdisciplinary perspective in the humanities and social sciences.

The Master's degree programme in Atlantic Studies offers students the opportunity to decide during their studies whether they want to focus on social, cultural, political and economic relations in the Atlantic region from a historical perspective or an interdisciplinary perspective in the humanities and social sciences. Against the background of historical and current globalisation processes and migrations, the course focuses on interdependencies between Europe, Africa and the Americas. The Master's in Atlantic Studies is the only degree programme in Germany where students can focus on relations in the South Atlantic region, as Hanover has a unique combination of African history (one of five professorships in Germany) and Latin American history, as well as expertise on the three continents in literature, cultural studies and social sciences. In the history specialisation in particular, the degree programme is dedicated to all epochs from antiquity to contemporary history as well as historical theories.