Skip to main content
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of History
  • Apply
  • Make a gift
  • Admissions
    • Why Study History
    • Apply Now
    • Student Financial Aid
    • Visit Illinois
    • Graduate Admissions
  • Academics
    • Graduate Studies and Admissions
    • Undergraduate Studies
    • Convocation
    • Course catalog
  • Research
    • Fields of Study
    • Undergraduate Research
    • Faculty Publications
    • Women and Gender History Symposium
  • People
    • Administration & Staff
    • Faculty
    • Faculty by Research Areas
    • Affiliated Faculty
    • Emeriti
    • Postdocs and Lecturers
    • Graduate Students
    • Committees
    • Faculty and Emeriti updates
  • Resources
    • Convocation
    • Harassment and Discrimination Resources
    • Faculty Resources
    • Undergraduate Student Resources
    • Public Resources
    • News Stories
    • Newsletters
    • Careers for History Majors
  • Alumni
    • Alumni Spotlights
    • Give to History
    • Stay Connected

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Fields of Study (old)

Fields of Study (old)

The Department of History offers over 30 graduate fields of study, with varying geographic, chronological, and thematic emphases. For information about these fields see the links below. It is also possible for students to develop, in consultation with faculty advisors, "constructed fields" not on this list (though of comparable breadth). For more information see discussion of Preliminary Examination Fields in the section for current students on "progressing through the program."

  • Africa
  • African American
  • African Diaspora
  • American Indian, Native American & Indigenous History
  • Atlantic World
  • Britain & Empire since 1688
  • China
  • Colonial North America & Early US to 1830
  • Colonialism and Post-Colonialism
  • Cultural and Intellectual
  • Early Modern Europe I (1450-1650)
  • Early Modern Europe II (1600-1815)
  • Environmental
  • Europe since 1789
  • Global
  • Japan
  • Jewish
  • Late Antiquity
  • Latin America: Colonial / Modern
  • Medieval Europe
  • Middle East
  • Nationalism
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Russian, Soviet, and Eurasian history
  • Science, Technology, and Medicine
  • South Asia
  • United States since 1830
  • Urban
  • US Cultural and Intellectual
  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of History
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • x

309 Gregory Hall, MC-466

810 S Wright St

Urbana, IL 61801

(217) 333-1155

Email: history@illinois.edu

Login
NOTE: History faculty do not perform appraisals of items such as antiques, manuscripts, and paintings.