History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada

Florida International Univ.

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Areas of Specialization:

Atlantic civilization, Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America

Program Description

Our explicitly comparative doctoral program emphasizes the history of Atlantic civilizations. Core courses include a readings seminar on the history of the Atlantic World; and a research seminar on the same topic. A variety of other graduate seminars broaden students understanding of the social, cultural, political and economic intersections throughout the Atlantic world through comparative readings on race relations, slavery, colonialism, comparative methods in historical research, and so forth. In addition to our cross-cultural approach, we offer more traditional training in the historical experience of various geo-cultural areas, including Africa, America, Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Students benefit from affiliation with the nationally-recognized Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC), a Title VI-funded center. Students interested in our special strengths in international studies also benefit from the University's African-New World Studies program, and the Asian Studies Program. All offer a variety of funding opportunities for cross-disciplinary research and certificate programs, language training, and research abroad.

Special Programs or Resources

The Women's Studies Program is where several members of the history faculty are actively involved in teaching, research, and outreach programs. The FIU library has a number of special collections, with particular strengths in Latin American history. The Wolfsonian-FIU is a major museum with an extensive collection of artifacts primarily of US and European origin, dating from 1885-1945. It comprises a variety of media: furniture; industrial-design objects; glass, ceramics, and metalwork; rare books; periodicals; ephemera; and a special collection of twentieth-century political propaganda. The objects are interpreted to explore key issues in design history - the way design interacts with cultural change, industrial innovation, and strategies of persuasion.

Financial Aid

The Department offers competitive Teaching Assistanships. Doctoral students are supported throughout all 12 months of the year, starting at $17,730. In addition, the University provides dissertation-year fellowships on a competitive basis, along with other funding opportunities for language training and research abroad. These include the FLAS program administered by LACC, the US. Department of Educations Title VI grants awarded by LACC, and research assistantships offered by the African-New World Studies program.

Degree Requirements

The Ph.D. requires a minimum of 75 credit hours after the B.A. Qualifying exams are taken in three fields: core, breadth, and comparative.

University Information:

University Type: Public

Carnegie Institution Ranking: Doctoral/Research Universities—Extensive

Department Demographics:

First PhD conferred: 2000

History PhDs conferred to Date: 3

Relative Size Based on PhDs Conferred (2000–04): Medium [Explain]

Faculty Mix:
	Full Professor	6
	Associate Professor	6
	Assistant Professor	9
	Instructor/Lecturer
	Joint Appointment	3
	Emeritus Faculty	1
	Part-time faculty	4

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

Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 150
(Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program)

Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students: 31%

New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 36

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

 

Other Information

     Current Dissertations in Progress

     PhDs Conferred by Department