PhD in History - Asia - Pre-History to Present in Seattle United States | University of Washington

Welcome to the University of Washington's History Graduate Program. We specialize in educating future historians who contribute to academic knowledge about history while also teaching and connecting with wider audiences. Currently, our program has over 50 students working toward MA and PhD degrees across diverse historical fields, supported by faculty with extensive expertise. We encourage interdisciplinary and comparative historical methods, allowing students to collaborate with faculty both within our department and across other UW programs. Our community actively participates in digital history initiatives that enhance research, education, and public engagement with historical scholarship.

At the University of Washington, graduate students can explore pre-modern histories of East, South, and Southeast Asia. The Chinese history curriculum emphasizes social history and women's studies during the early imperial and modern eras, along with the cultural and political history of later imperial periods. Our South Asia program concentrates on religious developments during the Mughal and post-Mughal eras. For Southeast Asian History, we offer studies on Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, with special attention to language politics. Additionally, we provide coursework in pre-modern Sino-Vietnamese historical studies.