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The history graduate program emphasizes scholarship that balances detailed 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, candidates acquire essential skills for pioneering research in the discipline. Dynamic academic networks within the department and university promote cross-disciplinary dialogue among students, professors, and guest scholars. Dedicated faculty advisors monitor each student's advancement while providing hands-on guidance for dissertation work. The department's strong emphasis on career preparation helps students evolve into skilled historians and educators. Specializations include modern British and imperial history, alongside modern German, French, and Austrian studies. Research areas encompass economic systems, Holocaust studies, European intellectual history from the 1800s-1900s, authoritarian regimes, and mass violence.