The Department of History has been an integral part of the curriculum at Vanderbilt since the university was founded in 1873. Studying the people and civilizations of the past provides an …

Explore the faculty, staff, and scholars of Vanderbilt University's Department of History and their contributions to historical research and education.

Courses Required for the Major HIST 3000W (The History Workshop): Introduction to the “historian’s craft.” Reconstructing the past using primary documents such as diaries, letters, …

The Department of History offers a major and minor in History; a major in Law, History, and Society; and, in cooperation with the Department of Economics, a joint major in Economics …

Our temporal and regional strengths span from antiquity to modern history, with faculty members and graduate students focusing on the Americas, Eurasia, or Africa, as well as …

The Vanderbilt history department offers the Ph.D. degree. Students normally earn the M.A. following two years of coursework, fulfillment of the research paper requirement, and …

The Vanderbilt History Seminar was established in 2008 to serve as center for historical inquiry at Vanderbilt University. Each year VHS sponsors six to eight seminars on a common and …

Total Vanderbilt history majors have grown 64% since 2016 and history minors have doubled 40 full-time faculty with areas of focus around the globe: U.S., Europe, Latin America and …

Why History of Art and Architecture? The ability to see, interpret, and evaluate visual images of all types is an increasingly important skill set in our ever more visual world.

The History Department requires all students to take a two-semester “Introduction to Methods and Research,” History 6100 and 6110, in the first year. These courses are designed to familiarize …