PhD in History - East and Central Asia in Washington United States | Georgetown University

Our Ph.D. program provides exceptional opportunities. Students receive guidance from our acclaimed History faculty while taking advantage of Georgetown's diverse regional studies programs and interdisciplinary research centers. The university offers extensive language learning options. Washington, D.C. serves as an unparalleled resource hub for historians, housing world-class institutions like the Library of Congress, National Archives, National Library of Medicine, and Folger Shakespeare Library.

The Asian history graduate program at Georgetown allows students to learn from globally recognized experts while accessing Washington D.C.'s vast research collections, including those at the National Archives, Library of Congress, and Smithsonian Institution. Our faculty specialize in various aspects of Asian history from early modern to contemporary periods, with expertise in medical history, Christianity in Asia, Chinese Inner Asia, environmental history, Japanese urban studies, colonialism, and Asia's global connections. The program encourages cross-disciplinary collaboration with faculty across geographic and thematic boundaries, including environmental, imperial, and transnational studies. Students can also engage with Georgetown's Asia-focused scholars in government, economics, law, art history, and theology departments.