Master Histoire — Religions et sociétés

Tuition fees for Master Histoire — Religions et sociétés are 292 USD per year.

The Religions et sociétés track of the Master Histoire, run by Sorbonne Université in Paris, France, studies the history of religions and their relationship to the societies that practiced them. This area of the history discipline examines how religious belief, institutions, and practice have shaped, and been shaped by, political power, social organization, and cultural life across different periods and regions. Students typically work with primary sources such as religious texts, ecclesiastical or institutional records, and material culture, alongside secondary historiography on topics like religious reform, conflict and coexistence between faiths, the role of religious institutions in governance, and popular religious practice. As in other history specializations, the training emphasizes source criticism, contextual interpretation, and the construction of arguments grounded in documentary evidence, while also drawing on methods from religious studies and anthropology where relevant. Graduates of history programs with a religious-history focus commonly find roles in education, archives and heritage institutions connected to religious history, museums, publishing, and research, with some continuing into doctoral study on the history of religion. Others move into cultural heritage management or roles within institutions that preserve religious archives and sites. The program is a two-year master's degree delivered in French, reflecting its place within the French higher education system centered in Paris. It is scheduled to begin in September, with a yearly tuition of 250 EUR, in line with standard public master's tuition in France. Applicants should have a background in historical method along with a specific interest in the interplay between religion and society across time.