Geographic and Thematic Fields for History PhD Students
The purpose of the comprehensive examination in History is to ensure that our PhD graduates have a strong grounding in the core historiography of their own area of study, and are also comfortable and competent reading beyond their own field and applying insights from other historical eras and areas in their own work.
Students will need to read for examination in:
One major and two minor fields (at least one geographic, one thematic)
OR
Two major fields (at least one geographic, one thematic)
Major fields will consist of 60 books, or the equivalent in articles.
Minor fields will consist of 40 books, or the equivalent in articles.
Geographic Fields Responsible Faculty
Russia and Soviet Union Coleman, Marples, Kravchenko
Eastern/Central Europe Coleman, Kravchenko, Marples, Patrouch
Canada Carter, Ens, Fraser, Muir, Piper, Stunden Bower
US Ede, Romeo
Pre-Modern Europe Kitchen, Patrouch
Modern Europe Lemire, Moure, Patrouch, Sweeney
Africa Hendrickson, McDougall
South Asia before 1200 CE Dagmar Wujastyk, Dominik Wujastyk
East Asia before 1500 CE Dunch
East Asia after 1500 CE Dunch
Pre-Modern Middle East and North Africa Hendrickson
Modern Middle East and North Africa Gahan, Hendrickson, McDougall
Pacific World (minor only) Samson
Modern Latin America and Caribbean (minor only)Heilman
Thematic Fields
Race, Ethnicity, and Identity
Environmental History
History of Religion
Science and Technology
War and Society
Empire and Colonialism
Gender and Sexuality
Legal History
Indigenous History
Urban History
Material Culture
Digital Humanities
Public History
Cultural and Intellectual History
Social History, Labor History & Everyday Life
History of Medicine and Health