Standard Fields of Study

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General and Minor fields appear in bold; PhD Special fields appear in regular type.
Hyperlinks redirect to detailed field descriptions.

Non-standard fields are available by petition.

Africa [MA and PhD Minor Field Only]

Ancient Mediterranean

Ancient Mediterranean Religions
End of the Roman Republic
Greek and Roman Historiography
The Greek City-State
Imperialism in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Judaism in Antiquity
Late Antiquity
The Roman Armies
The Roman Near East
Trade and Economy

Britain

Tudor-Stuart (1460-1760)
Modern Britain (1760-Present)
Social

East Asia: Modern & Early Modern

China
Japan
Korea
Women and Gender

Economic History

Modern Europe
United States

Europe: Medieval

Late Antiquity, 150-850
Early Medieval, 450-1050
High Medieval, 1050-1300
Late Medieval 1300-1500
Christianity
Imperialism
Intellectual
Islam
Judaism
Mediterranean World
Northern Europe
Political
Social
Women and Gender

Europe: Early Modern (1400-1700)

Atlantic World
Christianity
Imperialism
Intellectual
Islam
Judaism
Mediterranean World
Northern Europe
Political
Reformation
Renaissance
Social
Women and Gender

Europe: Modern (1700-present)

Central Europe
Cultural
Eastern Europe
Economic
French
German
Intellectual & History of Political Culture
International
Jewish
Military
Social
Women and Gender

International & Diplomacy

Britain (1460-1760)
East and Southeast Asia
Eastern Europe
Russia
U.S./International

Jewish History

Ancient Jewish
Early Modern Jewish
Geographical Regions
Medieval Jewish
Modern Jewish

Latin America

Atlantic
Brazil
Caribbean
Cultural
Latin America & the United States
Mexico
Race and Ethnicity
Southern Cone
Women, Gender, & Sexuality

Middle East

Military [MA and PhD Minor Field Only]

Russia & Former Soviet Union

Imperial Russia
Pre-Petrine Russia
Twentieth-Century Russia

Technology, Science, & Environment

19th- and 20th-century Technology
Technology and Enterprise
Technology and Environment
Modern Science

United States

African Diaspora
African-American
Colonial
Constitutional/Legal
Cultural
Early Modern Atlantic World
Economic/Business
Foreign Relations
Immigration and Ethnicity
Labor/Working-Class History
Nineteenth Century
Political
Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries
Southern
Technology, Science, & Environment
Twentieth Century
U.S. and the World
Women, Gender, & Sexuality

Women and Gender

Geographical Fields and Time Periods
Comparative, Topical, and Geographic Modules


Last updated: August 29, 2008