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Graduate ProgramsThe Department of History offers master’s and doctoral programs in national, comparative, and transnational fields, including the history of Africa, African diaspora, Atlantic world, East Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and United States. There are joint Ph.D. programs in French history, through the Institute of French Studies; in Hebrew and Judaic studies and history, through the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies; and in history and Middle Eastern studies, with the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. Students may choose to emphasize comparative or thematic approaches, either within their areas of specialization or as a second field.
The faculty is large, diverse, and distinguished. Their interests cover the spectrum of historical research, and no methodological or historiographical approach is favored or excluded. Though the graduate programs are built around colloquia and seminars within the department, they often include faculty from other departments as well as distinguished international visiting scholars.
Students are encouraged to think transnationally and comparatively—across time as well as space. This emphasis is furthered by associated faculty members—historians, anthropologists, political theorists, and others—from the Department of Comparative Literature, the Alexander S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Program in Africana Studies, the Center for European Studies, the Institute of French Studies, the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, the Department of East Asian Studies, the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, and the Program in American Studies.
Graduates of the Department of History teach at respected colleges and universities, including Amherst College, Boston College, Brooklyn College, Clemson University, Columbia University, Connecticut College, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Hofstra University, Lehigh University, Lafayette College, Macalester College, Northwestern University, Portland State University, Rutgers University, Skidmore College, Southern Methodist University, State University of New York, University of California (San Diego), University of California (Irvine), University of Edinburgh, University of Madrid, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas (Austin), University of Texas (San Antonio), University of Toronto, University of Vermont, and Wesleyan University. Others have careers in historical organizations, archival management, historical editing and publishing, and university and foundation administration. | |
