6-7 December, 2012 the Department of Modern and Contemporary History of the Faculty of History, St. Petersburg State University, with the support of Department of history of Russia until the XXth century and лEuropean heritage╗ fund organizes an international scholar conference л1812, a crucial year in the history of Russia and Europe╗.

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The purpose of the master's program:

Master's program reveals the problems of establishing and renovation of modern Western countries. It takes a period of historical development, starting from the time of the bourgeois revolutions in Western Europe and also the Great geographical discoveries, till consideration of the processes that occur in the Western countries today.

Such large-scale study of Western countries history allows a comprehensive approach to study of cause-and-effect relations of their transformation and to disclose the specifics of the current political, economic and cultural forms of development that we can see today.

As a result, master's program creates a complete view on the modern period of social development, and special scientific and practical elaborations of the lectures of our department is primarily aimed at developing innovative methods of educational process, in accordance with needs of the modern historical education, but at the same time based on the rich traditions of teaching of Modern and Contemporary History in St. Petersburg State University.

Masters of the department have the opportunity to learn:
• Modern methods and approaches to the study of Modern and Contemporary history
• Empires in the era of Modern and Contemporary History: actual problems of history and historiography
• European varieties of totalitarianism in their historical context
• World religions in the countries of Europe and America in Modern Times
• Actual problems of the history of the лCold War╗
• The National problems and Europen integration in the XX-XXI centuries
Also, they can focus on the concrete Western countries history topics for discussions, for example: лNorthern Empires in the era of Modern history╗, лThe structures of everyday life in Europe and America in the XVI - XXI centuries╗, лRussian and foreign Latin America Studies╗, лTypology and historiography of wars╗, лIberian world and Russia in XVI - XXI century: the history of relations╗, лHistorical events and characters XIX-XX centuries in literature╗ etc.

We also propose courses of disciplines that will combine with the general subjects offered for study in master's program at the Faculty of History.

Graduates of the department becoming professionals, who can work as a teacher, highly qualified researchers, serve as consultants and advisors to government and other agencies, work in major libraries, museums, archives and the media.

Graduates of the master program will be able to continue their education in post-graduate courses in Saint Petersburg State University or in other universities of the country.