History
http://www-history.aas.duke.edu
General Information
Degree offered: A.M., Ph.D., JD/MA (Note: Applicants interested in the JD/MA will make application to the Law School rather than to the Graduate School.)
Faculty working with students: 37
Students: 64, 63 of whom are in the Ph.D. program
Students receiving Financial Aid: Typically all Ph.D. students. No financial aid for Master's students.
Deadline for Fall 2009 Application: December 15 (priority deadline)
Spring Application: no
Part time study available: no
Test required: GRE General
Program Description
Admitting between 10-12 Ph.D. students each year, along with a few JD-MA students, the graduate program in History offers highly personalized guidance and instruction in close cooperation with an excellent faculty. Candidates are encouraged to pursue special research interests while also studying broad historical fields. The most common fields are Early America, Modern America, African-American, Colonial and Modern Latin America, Military, Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe, and British and British Empire; but we also train students in Medieval Europe, Imperial and Soviet Russia, South Asia, Traditional and Modern China, Modern Japan, Africa, History of Medicine and History of Science and Technology. In addition to these areas there are cooperative programs with the Law School (J.D./M.A.) and the Medical School (M.D./Ph.D.). Duke's library offers extensive resources, manuscript collections, archives, etc., and the collections of the UNC-Chapel Hill library are also available.
Other Requirements
A writing sample (nonreturnable) should be sent directly to the History Department (not to the Graduate Enrollment Services Office--this is the only exception to the general rule that all documents that are part of an application must be sent to the Graduate Enrollment Services Office.) For suggestions about selecting a writing sample, see http://www-history.aas.duke.edu/graduate/handbookadmissionandaid.html.