As a student in the MA in History program, you will join a small, selective cohort that emphasizes the comparative understanding of historical processes. You will explore colloquia in comparative and regional topics, conduct individual research in consultation with a faculty member, and receive specialized training in a historical field.

Program Outcomes

The MA Program in History is designed to prepare students for future doctoral study as well as for roles in settings such as secondary schools, libraries, foundations, and museums. In recent years, MA graduates have continued on to PhD programs at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brandeis, Boston University, University of North Carolina, and the University of Michigan.

Application Requirements

Application fee
Resume/CV
Personal statement
Official TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo English Test, if applicable
Transcripts
Three letters of recommendation
Writing sample

Tuition and Financial Aid

See Tuition and Financial Aid information for GSAS Programs.

Faculty

Elizabeth Foster

Professor

Modern France in the World, Colonial West Africa

Academic Leave

Rachel Applebaum

Associate Professor

Modern Russia and Eastern Europe, the cultural Cold War, global communism, transnational history

Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe

Professor and Darakjian Jafarian Chair of Armenian History

Armenia and Cross-Cultural World Early Modern Europe

Virginia Drachman

Arthur Stern, Jr. Professor of American History

Women in the Professions in America; GIrlhood in Post World War II America; Love and War in World War II; Medicine and Society in Amrica

David Ekbladh

Associate Professor

U.S. in the World, International History, Modern U.S. History

Kendra Field

Associate Professor

Nineteenth-century U.S., African American, Native American

Khaled Fahmy

Edward Keller Professor of North Africa and the Middle East

Military, medical, legal and social history of the modern Middle East

Ayesha Jalal

Mary Richardson Professor

South Asia, the Muslim World

Diego Luis

Assistant Professor

Colonial Latin America, Global History, Pacific World, Racial Formation, Diasporic Histories

Kris Manjapra

Professor

Global Black Studies African Diaspora; Modern Caribbean; Modern South Asia Transnational and Global History

David Proctor

Distinguished Senior Lecturer

Late Antique & Medieval Western Europe, Byzantium, Southeastern Europe, Papal-Imperial relations

Alisha Rankin

Professor

Early Modern Europe, the History of Science and Medicine, Women's History, the History of the Body and Sexuality

James Rice

Walter S. Dickson Professor of English and American History and Department Chair of History

Early American, Native American, and Environmental History

Reed Ueda

Professor

Industrial and Urban U.S., Immigration

Man Xu

Associate Professor

Middle Period China, Late Imperial China, Women's History, the History of Material Culture

Thematic Fields

The MA in History Program offers students the opportunity to specialize in regional fields that include South Asia, East Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and the United States. Students can also choose to specialize in thematic fields, which combine interdisciplinary and comparative approaches. Some examples of thematic fields include: