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In Spring 2010 the Department of History will welcome to Northeastern the Global History Seminar with Fred Cooper, Jane Bubank, and Lauren Benton.
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Doctoral student Stephanie Boyle has been the recipient of an Area Research Center Egypt (ARCE)/Council for Area Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) grant to return to Egypt to conduct dissertation research in Fall semester 2009.
Samantha Christiansen has just been awarded a junior fellowship from the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies which she will use to fund her dissertation research in the 2009-2010 academic year.
Boasting an energetic faculty that has achieved national and international recognition for its research, the Department of History at Northeastern University offers three programs of graduate study. The Ph.D. and MA programs focus on global approaches to historical analysis in research and teaching, and the Master of Arts with a concentration in Public History is geared toward students who wish to work in historical organizations. The Doctoral Program is one of few Ph.D. programs in the country that specifically emphasizes world history as a primary field of study, and for its particular strengths in gender, social, and cultural history. Recently, the AHA Committee on Graduate Education cited Northeastern's World History Program as being "in the vanguard of these studies."
Each of the two Master's programs provides training to students who translate their Northeastern degrees into rewarding careers in teaching or into admission to leading doctoral programs in history throughout the country. The MA in Public History has achieved special recognition as one of the best of its kind nationally, preparing students for careers in museum and archives administration, historical preservation, editing, and in public history filmmaking and media. In all areas, the Department emphasizes close mentoring of students, training in a range of research methods and methodologies, and practical experience in teaching. Graduate students participate actively in the History Department Seminar, where they, along with faculty, are invited to present their research. Benefiting from Northeastern's location in Boston, students can take advantage of multiple research opportunities offered by a wealth of archives and libraries in the Boston area.
Graduate students are encouraged to participate in the Northeastern Global History Seminar held on the Northeastern Campus each Spring Semester, and are welcome to attend research seminars at Harvard, Boston University and other area institutions. Graduate students in History may choose to enroll in courses in the Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies, of which Northeastern is a founding member.
In recent years the Department has been able to provide significant financial aid to more than eighty percent of incoming students.
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