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The history graduate program emphasizes scholarship that balances specific focus with broad perspective. Faculty members inspire students to adopt a wide-ranging historical outlook, fostering an expansive comprehension of past events. During their studies, students acquire essential skills for pioneering research in the field. Dynamic academic environments both within the department and university-wide promote cross-disciplinary dialogue among students, faculty, and visiting scholars. Each student receives personalized guidance from faculty advisors who meticulously support dissertation research and writing. The department's strong dedication to career growth helps students evolve into skilled historians and educators. Princeton's Ottoman, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern history studies incorporate diverse viewpoints, including imperial, intellectual, cultural, global, religious, social, political, and economic approaches. Numerous faculty hold joint appointments with Hellenic Studies and Near Eastern Studies. Research specialties span piracy, material culture, Islam, slavery, Eastern Christianity, legal systems, Judaism, intellectual history, and France's colonial presence in Tunisia.