PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in History

Western Michigan University

The Doctor of Philosophy in History is designed to prepare students for careers in higher education, public and applied history, and historical administration. Preparation extends beyond archival research techniques to include oral traditions, ethnohistory, archaeology, material culture, museum studies, historic preservation, gender studies and collective memory. Students are provided with opportunities to teach in the undergraduate program under the direction of senior colleagues and receive training in additional professional skills. Faculty research and instruction emphasize the social and cultural aspects of historical change. Resources include the Medieval Institute, the Center for Cistercian and Monastic Studies, the Rawlinson Centre for Anglo-Saxon and Manuscript Studies, the Kercher Center for Social Research, the Diether Haenicke Center for International Study, the Archives and Regional History Collection, and the holdings of the French Michilimackinac Research Project.

College of Arts and Sciences