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
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The Historian and Chauvinism
12:00 PM @ Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
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Writing the History of World War I in the Age of the Internet
11:30 AM @ Classroom Building, Room 229, Boyd Seminar Room
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
Philip Stern and Ed Triplett (AAHVS) awarded...
Professor Stern and Professor Triplett’s project, “The Sandcastle Workflow: A Malleable System for Visualizing Pre-Modern Maps and Views,” explores methods for understanding... read more about Philip Stern and Ed Triplett (AAHVS) awarded Digital Humanities grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities »
Professor Miller's "The Russian...
Johns Hopkins Press—with a grant from the NEH/Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book program to reissue classics in some fields—has just brought out a brand-new edition of The... read more about Professor Miller's "The Russian Revolutionary Emigres, 1825-1870" reissued after more than three decades »
Kidd Publishes in Pernambuco’s CLIO
Ph.D. candidate Gray F. Kidd recently published an article in CLIO: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica, a journal produced by the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) since 1977.... read more about Kidd Publishes in Pernambuco’s CLIO »
Mohammed Ali placed a journal article in Rhizomes
Graduate student Mohammed Ali recently got an article accepted to the journal Rhizomes: Cultural Studies in Emerging Knowledge. The article is titled "Ethical Archetypes in... read more about Mohammed Ali placed a journal article in Rhizomes »
Mikael Chukwuma Owunna's ('12) new book...
Duke University alum, Mikael Chukwuma Owunna's new book "Limitless Africans", is featured in The Guardian. Mikael double majored in Biomedical Engineering and History (Duke... read more about Mikael Chukwuma Owunna's ('12) new book "Limitless Africans", is featured in The Guardian »
Adriane Lentz-Smith featured in veterans episode...
On Sunday, November 10 at 7:00 PM, Adriane Lentz-Smith will be featured on the veterans episode of the Legal Eagles Review on WNCU 90.7 FM. The show will air this Sunday,... read more about Adriane Lentz-Smith featured in veterans episode on WNCU 90.7 FM »
Ayanna Legros Receives Emerging Scholars Award...
Graduate student, Ayanna Legros was awarded the Emerging Scholars Award by the Haitian Studies Association and was granted an NSF travel grant from the Society for the History of... read more about Ayanna Legros Receives Emerging Scholars Award and NSF Travel Grant »
"Uneven Ground: The Foundations of Housing...
Uneven Ground: The Foundations of Housing Inequality in Durham, NC Uneven Ground is a traveling public exhibition by Bull City 150 that tells the story of the historical roots... read more about "Uneven Ground: The Foundations of Housing Inequality in Durham" Franklin Gallery Exhibit Opening Monday, October 28, 2019 »
Veronica Niamba receives Lowell Aptman Prize
History major, Veronica Niamba T'21, received the Lowell Aptman Prize for the paper she wrote in HIST 160S - GTWY SEM: THE GLOBAL SIXTIES. This course was taught by Ph.D student... read more about Veronica Niamba receives Lowell Aptman Prize »
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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Jerusalem after Rome
HISTORY 522SIn this discussion seminar, we trace the history of how a city became sacred to three religions, the impact of the Crusades on the demography and built environment of Jerusalem and the memory of medieval Jerusalem today. For students...
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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 in the Department of History
Late 19th and 20th-century Japanese history Focusing on: growth of consumer markets; technology and social change; Japanese rural society read more »
Associate Professor of History
Grounded primarily in Chinese history, and secondarily in Indian history, I am excited by the intellectual challenges of writing and teaching... read more »
Lecturing Fellow of History
A USA Today bestselling novelist of more than twenty historical romance novels as... read more »
