Human and public institutions in the history of Russia and Europe

The program is aimed at training a historian, a researcher and a teacher of historical disciplines in a wide range of educational institutions. The program is based on scientific specializations and fields established at the Faculty of History of Ivanovo State University. The program also allows training specialists in the history of Russia (mainly the end of the XIX-XX centuries), and foreign, European history (late antiquity, early modern times, modern times). The competencies formed during the mastering of the program allow the graduate of the master’s degree to find themselves in the education market, in cultural institutions, and to continue postgraduate studies.

Major Academic Disciplines

• current problems of historical research
• multidisciplinary approaches in modern historical science
• information technologies in historical research and education
• theory and methodology of modern source studies
• historical information resources: search, creation, source analysis
• methods of working with ancient texts
• visual sources of Russian history
• Russian modernization processes
• the Soviet Union and the countries of central and eastern Europe
• development of the municipal government system in early modern Europe
• the history of the Soviet peasantry in the pre-war period

Professions for Graduates

• historian, researcher
• teacher of historical disciplines, including in higher educational institutions

Graduates scope of employment

• general education schools
• professional educational institutions (technical schools, colleges)
• universities
• organizations and institutions of additional education
• municipal government
• museums
• mass media
• archives