Location | Email Address | Program Website |
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2172 Vari Hall | ghisprog@yorku.ca | history.gradstudies.yorku.ca |
In keeping with York University’s commitment to interdisciplinarity and social justice, the Graduate Program in History encourages cross-disciplinary, transnational, and global perspectives. The faculty members of the program include professors and researchers with expertise in many kinds of history and in a variety of methods and approaches. The program emphasizes mastery of scholarship, intensive research, thoughtful analysis, and skilful written and oral communication.
The Graduate Program in History offers two degrees: the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy. Both may be pursued either fulltime or part-time. Timelines described here are for full-time study. Part-time studies may be arranged as needed.
Graduate students in history may choose from a range of fields defined by geography and theme. Geographic fields include Africa and the Americas, including the Caribbean; ancient history; Britain; Canada; East Asia; Europe; global and transnational histories; United States. Thematic fields include cultural history; gender, women, and sexualities; migration and ethnicity; politics, law and the state; sciences, health, and environments; social and economic history. Other areas of strength are indigenous history and imperialism and colonialism. These fields may be studied in different periods, notably ancient, late medieval/early modern, modern, and twentieth century.
Research Resources
York University offers a rich variety of resources that may assist students in their research on many different historical topics. Located on York’s Keele campus are the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections at Scott Library, and the Archives of Ontario in the Kaneff Tower. Research centres include the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies; the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa & Its Diasporas; the York Centre for Asian Research; the Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean; the Centre for Feminist Research; the Israel & Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies. Academic expertise that may be helpful to some graduate students in history can also be found in faculties such as the Faculty of Urban & Environmental Change, the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies, the Faculty of Health, the bilingual campus of Glendon College, and the Osgoode Hall Law School, as well as special programs such as Science & Technology Studies and Critical Disability Studies.
Application Procedures
Please visit the Graduate Admissions website. Give time for the several steps in the process and to secure the required letters and documents.
To ensure consideration of your application in the first round, applicants must meet the posted deadlines. However, the program does accept late applications. For inquiries, please contact the Graduate Program Assistant.