Graduate Studies
Director
of Graduate Studies:
Prof. David Ortiz
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The Department of History offers advanced degrees in a variety of
sub-fields:
Modern
Europe
Early
Europe
Latin
America
United
States
Middle
Eastern Histories (Ph.D. Only)
Asia (M.A. Only)
We also offer minors in both Comparative
Women’s History and World
Comparative History, in addition to opportunities to minor in any of our
subfields. In addition, students also engage in interdisciplinary work in related
departments, such as Anthropology, Women’s Studies and Modern Languages.
Since 1996, our students have received over 160 grants, awards, and fellowships
for individual research, including a number of Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays
fellowships. They have presented at professional conferences in the U.S., Canada,
England, Spain, Germany, Mexico and the Netherlands.
The Department of History has 26 ranked faculty members that teach and mentor
on average 100 graduate students. Within our subfields, students engage in research
in Labor History, the History of Sexuality, Social and Cultural History, as
well as Political and Economic, and Diplomatic History.
Teaching Opportunities:
The Department of History regards undergraduate teaching as an integral part
of our involvement in the University of Arizona community. Our faculty and graduate
students have received Excellence in Teaching Awards from the University as
well as from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Students who are GATs have the opportunity to lead discussion sections in a
variety of courses, such as Europe in the Modern World, Colonial Latin America,
and World History. In addition, graduate students who have completed the Comprehensive
Exams are encouraged to teach stand-alone courses in the summers and during
the semester. Courses that our graduate students have offered include:
HIST 317: History of Modern Ireland
HIST 454: History of the Spanish Inquisition
HIST 254: History of Women in the United States
HIST 368: Colonial Mexico
HIST 351: Race and Class in Latin America
Inquiries and Requests for materials should be directed
to:
Gina Wasson
Graduate Coordinator
University of Arizona - Dept. of History
Social Sciences #215
Tucson, AZ 85721
gmw@email.arizona.edu
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