PhD in History - Latin America 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. 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 across multiple disciplines and university departments. Both faculty and students participate in numerous digital history initiatives aimed at enhancing research, education, and public engagement with historical scholarship.

At the University of Washington, graduate studies in Latin American History cover both colonial and post-colonial periods as primary or secondary fields. The program excels in comparative research on late Spanish colonial governance and its consequences in the Andes and Caribbean, though students may explore any historical era or subject. Coursework spans all key periods in Latin American and Caribbean history, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary perspectives. Faculty research specialties include social and cultural history, U.S. involvement in Latin America, medical and public health history, slavery and emancipation, migration and diaspora studies, rural communities, race studies, nation-building, gender and sexuality history, and urban development.