We offer graduate training leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. in a wide range of fields, including Early America, Modern America, African-American, Colonial and Modern Latin America, Military, Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe, British and British Empire, South Asia, Imperial and Soviet Russia, Traditional and Modern China, Modern Japan, Africa, History of Medicine, and History of Science and Technology.
Upcoming Events
Mon
14
Oct
Enduring Alliance: A History of NATO and the Postwar Global Order
6:00 PM @ Sanford 03
Wed
16
Oct
"Agency and Historical Analysis"
11:30 AM @ Classroom Building, Room 229, Boyd Seminar Room
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21
Oct
Diasporic Legacies and Black Feminist Sonic Visualities
4:30 PM @ East Duke Parlors
About Us
Duke’s History Department — among the top programs in the country — regard the creation of knowledge as one of the fundamental missions of a research university. Our world-renowned faculty, who work closely with our students and collaborate with colleagues across disciplines, are at the cutting edge of research in their fields as they address society’s greatest challenges. And our graduate and undergraduate academic programs — designed to help students critically think about the world around them — successfully prepare students for a wide range of careers.
Latest News
Nicole Barnes awarded the Joan Kelly Memorial...
Nicole Barnes, Assistant Professor of History at Duke University, has been awarded the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize for her recent book, Intimate Communities: Wartime Healthcare and... read more about Nicole Barnes awarded the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize »
Nancy MacLean Interviewed on MSNBC's AMJoy
Watch Nancy MacLean's interview on MSNBC's AM Joy with Joy Reid! The interview aired on Sunday, 9/22/19. It starts at 16:30 with the clip from Paul Weyrich on not wanting people... read more about Nancy MacLean Interviewed on MSNBC's AMJoy »
Prof. Mestyan co-directs project "La...
Prof. Mestyan co-directs with Prof. Mercedes Volait (CNRS) a project on the modern urban history of Cairo, Egypt. “La fabrique du Caire moderne” (Twitter: @cairemoderne) is a... read more about Prof. Mestyan co-directs project "La fabrique du Caire moderne" »
Cecilia Marquez co-edits issue of the "...
Prof. Cecilia Marquez recently co-edited a special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History. She was also featured in a roundtable on the Latino/a South in Labor, a... read more about Cecilia Marquez co-edits issue of the "Journal of American Ethnic History" and is featured in a roundtable on the Latino/a South in "Labor" »
Anderson Hagler published a journal article in...
PhD candidate, Anderson Hagler, recently published an article in the journal, Ethnohistory. The article is titled, "Archival Epistemology: Honor, Sodomy, and Indians in the... read more about Anderson Hagler published a journal article in "Ethnohistory" »
Ashton Merck wins John E. Rovensky Fellowship
Ashton Merck won the 2019 John E. Rovensky Fellowship for her project, “The Fox Guarding the Henhouse: Coregulation and Food Safety in Meat and Poultry, 1946-2002.” The Rovensky... read more about Ashton Merck wins John E. Rovensky Fellowship »
Prof. Christienna Fryar '05 Leads New...
Former Duke history honors student, Dr. Christienna Fryar '05, was recently appointed Lecturer in Black British History at the University of Liverpool. read more about Prof. Christienna Fryar '05 Leads New History Program »
Gray Kidd received GSTEG funding for 2018-2019...
History's graduate student Gray Kidd received a Graduate Student Training Enhancement Grant for use during the 2018-2019 academic year. Read here how he used the grant to produce... read more about Gray Kidd received GSTEG funding for 2018-2019 academic year »
Gray F. Kidd heading to Summer School in Critical...
Ph.D. candidate Gray F. Kidd will participate and present his research at the 2019 edition of the Summer School in Critical Theory at the University of Bologna, Italy. This year’s... read more about Gray F. Kidd heading to Summer School in Critical Theory at the University of Bologna »
Academics
Graduate Program
Undergraduate Program
We offer a Bachelor of Arts major where students can focus their studies in two ways: Thematic Concentrations to explore contemporary issue and themes from historical perspectives, and Geographic Concentrations to explore issues present in specific parts of the globe. A minor is also available.
Featured Courses
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Gender and Slavery in the Americas
HISTORY 213SAtlantic slave systems were gendered systems. Across lines of nation and empire, African-descended women and their reproductive labor were crucial to the formation of New World slave systems and the racial ideology that underwrote them....
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Intro to Global History
HISTORY 101Explore problems in the history of globalization. Learn how contemporary problems and opportunities of globalization reflect long-term processes marked by patterns, interruptions, and continuities even within radical change. Asia, Europe...
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Introduction to Contemporary Latin America
HISTORY 121Introduction to Contemporary Latin America. Interdisciplinary introduction to the peoples, cultures, and burning issues of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. Required course for students seeking the certificate in Latin...
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China And The Silk Roads
HISTORY 135Introduces the rich and diverse world of trade, religions, and cultures that connected the two ends of the Eurasian world. Starts with survey of Han and Roman trade contacts, and Chinese connections with India via Buddhism, focusing on...
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Gateway Seminar: The Global Sixties: Race,...
HISTORY 160SThe 1960s in global context, focusing particularly on Europe, Latin America, and the United States. The rise of mass movements dedicated to racial, economic, and sexual justice, against the backdrop of Cold War and decolonization. The...
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PUBLISHING & MKTG POP FICTION: Book...
HISTORY 248SA case study of the US romance fiction industry and its global reach. The romance novel is the most popular form of fiction in the world. Its industry is powered by women, produces a product consumed by women, and exports to global...
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Latin American Wars of Independence
HISTORY 264This course covers the conspiracies, uprisings, and wars that led to the independence of Haiti and the Latin American colonies of Spain and Portugal between 1780 and the 1898 withdrawal of Spain from Cuba. It focuses on the key military...
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Colonial Latin America
HISTORY 326Course explores cultures of indigenous peoples before the Age of European exploration, and it takes up European conquest and its effects on the Amerindian peoples. Students will study Latin American history from the development of the...
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RACISM AND AMERICAN PSYCHIATRY
HISTORY 390S.02Lunatic asylums in the US South offer a fertile context to explore the impact of white settler colonialism on the development of psychiatry in the United States. This haunting affects us today, when ninety percent of psychiatric beds...
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Histories of Science and Technology
HISTORY 549SThis course introduces students to methods in the history of science and technology, with attention to global and interdisciplinary perspectives. In addition to various historical approaches, readings may also include work in ethnography...
People
Professor of History
As an historian of early modern Europe Dr. Robisheaux has particular interests in social and cultural history, German-speaking Central Europe,... read more »
Associate Professor of History
My research and teaching interests include the social history of modern Britain, the imperial history of modern Europe, and the ideological... read more »
Associate Professor with Tenure
My specialty in the history of Africa has led me, in both my teaching and research, to explore how Africans participated in the major currents... read more »
