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University of Southern California
University of Southern California
History

Graduate Fields and Faculty

The History faculty are listed here, first, by the Major Fields of the department, as recognized in the curriculum effective from 2007, and second, by some of our more flexible and numerous affinities of interest.

PLEASE NOTE:  This listing does not include faculty affiliated with History who work primarily in other departments or programs.  For these faculty, go to the main faculty page.

I.  MAJOR FIELDS OF GRADUATE STUDY.  In the graduate curriculum effective from 2007, each graduate student must work within one of these major fields:

American/US

China

Medieval Europe

Early Modern Europe

Modern Europe

Japan

Korea

Latin America

Middle East

II.  AFFINITIES.  This list is not exhaustive and offers just a few examples of USC’s strengths in other areas of history.  These groupings reflect the interests of the faculty; they also offer some ideas about how graduate students can devise their minor fields and fields of specialization.

Premodern Worlds

Atlantic World

Britain and the British Empire

Colonial Americas

East Asia

Environmental

Immigration and Ethnicity

Intellectual and Cultural

Islam

Jewish

Labor

Los Angeles, California, and the West

Medicine and Science

Mexico and the Southwest

Native American

Urban

Visual History

Women, Genders, Sexualities