History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada

Stanford Univ.

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Areas of Specialization:

Africa, East Asia, Europe, Latin America, U.S.

Program Description

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Special Programs or Resources

The University Library maintains strong general collections in almost all fields of history. It has a very large microtext collection, a number of valuable special collections including the Borel Collection on the History of California; the Brasch Collection on Sir Isaac Newton and scientific thought during his time; the Gimon Collection on French political economy. The Hoover Institution collection includes government documents, newspaper and serial files and organization and party publications. The University Library and the Hoover Institution also possess some of the richest collections available anywhere on the British labor movement; Eastern Europe, including the Soviet Union; East Asia; and Africa since 1860, especially French-speaking Africa, the former British colonies, and South Africa. The Center for Teaching and Learning is a university-wide resource on effective teaching a public speaking for faculty, lecturers, and teaching assistants and on both effective learning and public speaking for undergraduates and graduate students.

Financial Aid

Students who are admitted with financial support are provided multiple years of support through fellowship, teaching and research assistantships, and tuition grants. Applicants should indicate on the admissions application whether or not they wish to be considered for such support. No separate application for financial aid is required.

Degree Requirements

Degree requirements include, but are not limited to, completion of a minimum of 135 units, satisfying the department's teaching requirement, certified competence in other language(s) where appropriate, successful completion of the University oral examination, completion and submission of dissertation.

University Information:

University Type: Private, not-for-profit

Carnegie Institution Ranking: Doctoral/Research Universities—Extensive

Department Demographics:

First PhD conferred: 1910

History PhDs conferred to Date: 740

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

Faculty Mix:
	Full Professor	23
	Associate Professor	6
	Assistant Professor	8
	Instructor/Lecturer	2
	Joint Appointment	7
	Emeritus Faculty	14
	Part-time faculty

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

Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 140
(Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program)

Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students: 100%

New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 20

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

 

Other Information

     Current Dissertations in Progress

     PhDs Conferred by Department