Resources for Faculty and Graduate Students
Department News
Department news, deadline reminders, announcements of job postings and funding opportunities, announcements of general interest to the graduate community, and all other important information relating to the History Department is handled over the official department email list. If you are not subscribed to this list, please send an email request to the Administrative Officer, Kathy Buc Gallagher.
Doctoral Student Handbook
The Department of History Doctoral Student Handbook includes rules, policies, and other things PhD candidates need to know in order to successfully navigate the program. The Handbook is revised annually. Be sure to read the 2009-2010 Doctoral Student Handbook especially before sitting for comprehensive examinations or defending a dissertation.
In the revised 2009-2010 handbook, PhD students will find a useful checklist of program requirements and guidelines, broken down by year of study. The two-page checklist is also downloadable as a PDF here:
MAGIC Student Handbook
The Department of History MAGIC Student Handbook includes information equivalent to the contents of the doctoral version, but as is pertinent to their particular program. The MAGIC Handbook is also revised annually. The 2009-2010 MAGIC Handbook should be consulted for any information on requirements and policies. Also please fill out and return the MAGIC degree planning form for incoming students.
Graduate Student Contacts
Two graduate students are selected each year to sit on the Graduate Studies Committee (GSC). The GSC representatives for the 2008-2009 academic year are:
- Kristin Linder (term expires Spring, 2011)
- Javier Puente (term expires Fall, 2010)
Each major field of study also has one or more students who coordinate events and people in their major field and answer questions for incoming students. The Area Representatives for the 2008-2009 academic year are:
- East Asia: TBA
- Europe: Corey Campion
- Latin America: Larisa Veloz
- Middle East & North Africa: Emrah Safa Gurkan
- Russia & Eastern Europe: John Corcoran
- United States: Joseph Hower and Paul Adler
- Medieval/Early Modern Europe: Amy Rogers Hays
- Transregional: Joshua Kueh
The MAGIC committee also has a graduate student representative. This year, the representative is:
The History Department graduate students also sends a representative to the university-wide Graduate Student Organization (GSO). The GSO representative for the 2008-2009 academic year is:
Featured Items
Announcements
- Congratulation to PhD Student Matthew Bowman one of the new 2010-11 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows
- Department mourns loss of colleague: Dr. Richard Stites (December 2, 1931-March 7, 2010)
- Department mourns loss of colleague: Father John W. Witek, S.J., (September 13, 1933-January 31, 2010)
