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Professor of History

My work engages issues of difference, particularly racial, gender, class, and spatial formations. My current book project is “Making a Modern U.... read more »

John Jeffries Martin

Professor of History

John Jeffries Martin, Chair of the Department of History, is a historian of early modern Europe, with particular interests in the social,... read more »

Thavolia Glymph

Professor of African and African American Studies

Thavolia Glymph is Associate Professor of History at Duke University in the Departments of African & African American Studies and History... read more »

Undergraduate

Students have two ways to focus their studies in the History department. Thematic concentrations allow you to explore contemporary issues and themes from historical perspectives.

The Geographic concentrations allow you to explore the issues present in specific parts of the globe.

Africa & the Middle East

Asia

Graduate Program

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.

We also jointly offer a Juris Doctor/Master of Arts in History program with Duke's School of Law, and a graduate Certificate in Anthropology and History with Duke's Department of Cultural Anthropology.

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Ashley Young Hosts "Cooking up History" at the Museum of American History

In celebration of Julia Child's 105th birthday, the Museum of American History held a cooking demonstration called "Cooking Up History." Duke History PhD student, Ashley Young,...

Research

Duke's History Department ranks among the top fifteen programs in the country. We regard the creation of knowledge as one of the fundamental missions of a research university. Our faculty and students work at the cutting edge of research in their fields and collaborate with colleagues across disciplines and around the world to address society’s biggest challenge. Explore our research here through a lens of major themes, broad time periods, and by geographical areas of emphasis.