History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada

Manitoba, Univ. of

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Areas of Specialization:

Canada and Americas, Europe, modern world, medieval, Asia

Program Description

The main purposes of the PhD program are to develop students' skills in historical analysis, cultivate the habits of independent research, and to prepare for professional careers. The program trains students to examine trends in modern historiography, to explore new techniques of research, and to probe complex historical problems. The Department offers seven fields of instruction: The Americas, Britain and the Commonwealth, Canada, Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe, and Modern World. However, thesis-level specialization is offered only in certain aspects of these fields for which appropriate faculty supervision and adequate library resources are available.

Special Programs or Resources

There are several major archival and library facilities in Winnipeg. The most important research libraries are located at the University of Manitoba and the Manitoba Legislative Library, both of which are official repositories for Canadian publications and which support original research in most areas of Canadian history. The University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg libraries also support research in selected areas of medieval and early modern Europe, 18th- and 19th-century British and Imperial, Latin American and contemporary United States, Modern South and East Asian, and Modern World history.
Major archival facilities in Winnipeg offer research materials of international and national significance. The Hudsons Bay Company Archives is a world-renowned institution for the study of imperialism, First Nations and North America. The Provincial Archives of Manitoba contain federal as well as provincial government records and significant private records. The University of Manitoba Archives is particularly strong in 20th-century cultural and political records pertaining to Canada and Winnipeg, while the Manitoba office of the National Archives of Canada contains major archival records for the Prairies. There are also a number of significant regional archives, including the United Church Archives at the University of Winnipeg, the Western Canadian Pictorial Index, the Centre du Patrimoine at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, and the City of Winnipeg Archives.

Financial Aid

There are a number of research/assistantships available through the History Department at the University of Manitoba as well as grader/marker positions.

Degree Requirements

All PhD students must take a minimum of two (and are usually expected to take three full year or equivalent) graduate courses (18 credit hours) beyond the M.A. degree in History. PhD students in History are required to offer three fields for her/his candidacy examination. These fields must be chosen from different areas of study.
Every PhD student must pass a Candidacy Examination before a thesis-project form is approved. This candidacy examination involves written examinations in three fields as well as an oral.

University Information:

Department Demographics:

Faculty Mix:
	Full Professor	15
	Associate Professor	5
	Assistant Professor	11
	Instructor/Lecturer
	Joint Appointment
	Emeritus Faculty	4
	Part-time faculty

Relative Size based on Number of Full-time Faculty: [Explain]

Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 60
(Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program)

Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students:

New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 25

Relative Size Based on Graduate Student Enrollment (2002–04): [Explain]

 

Other Information

     Current Dissertations in Progress

     PhDs Conferred by Department