PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in History - United States

The field of Colonial North American and U.S. History at Georgetown University offers a range of course offerings and specializations for graduate study. Scholars in this field work in such diverse areas as diplomatic history, political history, social history, labor history, slavery and emancipation, Civil War and Reconstruction, immigration, women's history, and the history of the Atlantic world. The field is particularly strong in the areas of 20th century U.S. diplomatic and domestic history (with four specialists), 19th century U.S. (with five specialists) and the history of Atlantic world (with three specialists). Additionally there is a 19th Century U.S. History Seminar Series under the sponsorship of the Georgetown Institute for Global History.