Faculty

Peter Alagona, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Assistant Professor (History and Environmental Studies)

Anthony Barbieri-Low, Ph.D., Princeton University, Assistant Professor (pre-modern China )

Randolph Bergstrom, Ph.D., Columbia University, Associate Professor (American social policy)

Hilary Bernstein, Ph.D., Princeton University, Associate Professor (European renaissance)

Debra G. Blumenthal, Ph.D., University of Toronto, Associate Professor (medieval Europe)

Sarah Cline, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor ( Mexico , Latin America, Christianity)

Patricia Cline Cohen, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (women, social history)

Douglas H. Daniels, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (American and Afro-American history)

Elizabeth De Palma Digeser, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Associate Professor (ancient Rome and late antiquity)

Francis A. Dutra, Ph.D., New York University, Professor ( Brazil , Portugal )

Adrienne L. Edgar, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Associate Professor (modern Russia and the Soviet Union, central Asia)

Sharon Farmer, Ph.D., Harvard University, Professor (medieval Europe)

Mary O. Furner, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Professor (19th- and 20th-century U.S. history, history of public policy)

Nancy E. Gallagher, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor ( Middle East)

Gregory R. Graves, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Lecturer (environmental/public history)

Pekka Hämäläinen, Ph.D., University of Helsinki, Associate Professor (Spanish Borderlands of North America)

Mary E. Hancock, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Professor (ideology and cultural practice, South Asia, social theory, nationalism, cultural studies, feminist theory, public memory)

Carl V. Harris, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Professor (American South)

Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Ph.D., University of Washington, Professor (modern Russia )

R. Stephen Humphreys, Ph.D., University of Michigan, King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Professor of Islamic Studies (Islamic studies)

Lisa Jacobson, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Associate Professor ( U.S. social and cultural history)

Laura Kalman, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor (20th-century U.S. legal and political history)

Carol L. Lansing, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor (medieval Europe)

John W. I. Lee, Ph.D., Cornell University, Associate Professor (ancient Greece )

Nelson N. Lichtenstein, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor ( U.S. labor history, 20th-century U.S. )

John D. Majewski, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor (19th-century American history)

Harold Marcuse, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Associate Professor (modern central/eastern European history)

Patrick W. McCray, Ph.D., University of Arizona, Professor (history of the physical sciences)

J. Sears McGee, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor (Tudor and Stuart Britain)

S. Cecilia Mendez, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, Associate Professor (Latin American history)

Stephan F. Miescher, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Associate Professor (African history)

Kenneth J. Mouré, Ph.D., University of Toronto, Professor (Modern France, European economic history)

Alice M. O’Connor, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Professor (20th-century U.S. history of public policy)

Michael A. Osborne, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Professor (history of biological sciences)

Ann M. Plane, Ph.D., Brandeis University, Associate Professor ( U.S. colonial history)

Erika D. Rappaport, Ph.D., Rutgers University, Associate Professor (modern Britain )

Luke S. Roberts, Ph.D., Princeton University, Associate Professor (history of Japan )

David P. Rock, Ph.D., Cambridge University, Professor (Latin America and Argentina )

Paul M. Sonnino, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor (early modern Europe)

Gabriela M. Soto Laveaga, Ph.D., UC San Diego, Assistant Professor (modern Latin America and Mexico )

Paul Spickard, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (20th-century American social and cultural history)

John E. Talbott, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor (modern Europe, war and society)

Stefania Tutino, Ph.D., Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy , Associate Professor (early modern England )

Zaragosa Vargas, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor (modern U.S. , labor, Chicano)

Salim Yaqub, Ph.D., Yale University, Associate Professor ( U.S. policy in the Middle East)

Emeriti Faculty

Lawrence Badash, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus (history of science)

F. A. Bonadio, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus (Civil War and Reconstruction)

W. Elliot Brownlee, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Professor Emeritus (American economic history)

Alexander B. Callow, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Senior Lecturer Emeritus (American urban history)

Chi-yun Chen, Ph.D., Harvard University, Professor Emeritus (ancient China )

Alexander DeConde, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor Emeritus (foreign relations)

Jane S. DeHart, Ph.D., Duke University, Professor Emeritus (modern U.S. , women, public policy)

Dimitrije Djordjevic, Ph.D., University of Beograd, Professor Emeritus (Balkans and Eastern Europe)

Harold Drake, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Research Professor Emeritus ( Rome)

Abraham Friesen, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor Emeritus (Reformation)

Frank J. Frost, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor Emeritus (Greek history)

Jonathan A. Glickstein, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus ( U.S. intellectual history)

Otis L. Graham, Jr., Ph.D., Columbia University, Professor Emeritus (recent U.S. history)

Harold C. Kirker, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor Emeritus ( U.S. culture)

Albert S. Lindemann, Ph.D., Harvard University, Research Professor Emeritus (modern European socialism)

Leonard M. Marsak, Ph.D., Cornell University, Professor Emeritus (modern European intellectual history)

Roderick W. Nash, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Professor Emeritus (American environmental history)

Richard E. Oglesby, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Professor Emeritus (American West and California)

Jeffrey B. Russell, Ph.D., Emory University, Professor Emeritus (medieval Christianity)

Affiliated Faculty

Gerardo Aldana, Ph.D. (Chicana and Chicano Studies)

Catherine L. Albanese, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)

Eileen Boris, Ph.D. (Feminist studies)

Brice Erickson, Ph.D. (Classics)

Claudio Fogu, Ph.D. (French and Italian)

Sabine Frühstück, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies)

Mario Garcia, Ph.D. (Chicana and Chicano Studies)

Allan Grapard, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies)

Richard D. Hecht, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)

Gaye Theresa Johnson, Ph.D. (20th-century U.S. History)

George Lipsitz, Ph.D. (Black Studies)

Gurinder Singh Mann, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)

Robert Morstein-Marx, Ph.D. (Classics)

Hyung Pai, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies)

Horacio Roque Ramirez, Ph.D. (Chicana and Chicano Studies)

Leila J. Rupp, Ph.D. (Feminist studies)

Ann Taves, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)

Christine Thomas, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)

Xiaojian Zhao, Ph.D. (Asian American Studies)

Overview

History is studied to enhance the quality of life for the individual. Without any knowledge of the past, the individual becomes a prisoner of the present—able neither to comprehend the present circumstances and their causes nor to deal intelligently with present problems. As a liberal discipline, history aims to permit students to transcend their own cultural limits and, by the study of other societies in other ages, to open their eyes to the diversity of the human environment. It has often been noted that history is the first truly “interdisciplinary” discipline. This is true because everything, no matter how specialized, has a history, and therefore everything is a proper subject of study for the historian. In this department, for instance, the course offerings range not only from the ancient world to modern times, but also from the history of philosophy and ideas to the history of science and its role in society, from governmental elites to popular culture.

The Department of History offers two undergraduate degree programs: the bachelor of arts in history, and the bachelor of arts in the history of public policy.

The B.A. in the history of public policy, the first to be offered in American higher education, combines comparative studies in history with studies in related academic disciplines. Students are expected to acquire competence in a foreign language, in statistics and computer operations, and in research and writing skills, culminating in the preparation of a senior thesis. An internship in governmental and public affairs is strongly recommended.

The department offers the M.A. and the Ph.D. in history within two parallel curricula. One, traditional in nature, prepares students primarily, though not exclusively, for teaching careers in higher and secondary education. The second, pioneered at UCSB, is a graduate program in public historical studies, which aims at training historians for careers in the community at large, primarily as researchers and writers.

Although personal enrichment is the prime reason that students choose history as a field of study, the nature of the discipline makes it highly desirable as a training ground for many professional fields. The traditional career for the history major has been in teaching, but the breadth of knowledge acquired by studying history is an advantage to those intending a career in business and government service. The stress on the development of research skills, as well as on the ability to think and write clearly, has proven to be excellent preparation for law school and for a wide variety of research and writing jobs.

Students with a bachelor’s degree in history who are interested in pursuing a California Teaching Credential should contact the credential advisor in the Graduate School of Education as soon as possible.

The Department of History designates one of its members each year as principal undergraduate advisor; in addition, certain three faculty members of the department are appointed as undergraduate advisors, each specializing in one of the two majors. M.A. and Ph.D. candidates are advised by their mentors. Separate advisors are provided for M.A. and Ph.D. candidates. Publications describing both undergraduate and graduate programs are available from the department.

Phi Alpha Theta

Membership in the Gamma Iota Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honorary society, is open to students who have completed at least five courses in history with a grade-point average of 3.1 or better. Graduate students and faculty also belong to the organization. In addition to regular meetings on campus, the society sponsors student papers at regional and national meetings. Further information about the organization is available at the department office.

Undergraduate Program

Bachelor of Arts—History

Preparation for the major. Thirty-two lower-division units, including (1) two of the following sequence of History 2A-B-C, 4A-B-C, and 17A-B-C; (2) 4 units of lower-division units in Asian, African, Latin America, or Middle Eastern history ; (3) 4 lower-division units in any history course.

Upper-division major. Forty units of upper-division work in history, at least 4 units of which must be in proseminar courses (any course with the letter P or DR after its number). Four units of History 194AH-BH may substitute for the proseminar requirement, but additional units earned in 194AH-BH may not be applied to the major.

The Research Seminar. The particular skills of historians are the ability to define issues, to gather information pertinent to a solution, and to digest and report that information in a clear and well-conceived argument. These skills, which are summed up by the word “research,” are especially cultivated in undergraduate research seminars, in which the entire term is devoted to preparing a paper on a specialized topic of research. Majors are required to take at least one such course during their career here, but students serious about developing their research and writing skills are urged to take more than one. Since most faculty offer no more than one research seminar a year and enrollment is restricted, advance planning is essential. A list of courses to be offered in the current year is available at the Department of History office. Once students have chosen a field for the research seminar, they should approach faculty teaching in that field to determine when such a course will be offered, so they may plan their schedules well in advance.

Foreign language. Election to Phi Beta Kappa requires proficiency in one foreign language, normally demonstrated by completion of four quarters of a single foreign language. Students contemplating graduate study should consult their prospective graduate schools to determine whether specific languages are required.

Graduation with Distinction in History (The Undergraduate Honors Program)

The Department of History at UCSB is committed to excellence in undergraduate education. In addition to the lower-division survey courses in world, American, and European history, the department offers equivalent 5-unit honors courses, History 2AH-BH-CH, History 4AH-BH-CH and History 17AH-BH-CH, for students interested in undertaking additional reading and writing assignments.

Students who have successfully completed at least two such courses, or who have completed the department’s lower-division historiography course, History 6 (Historical Reasoning), are eligible to enroll in History 100H (Historical Writing). This is an intermediate-level departmental seminar in which major works from a variety of historical periods and regions are studied. Qualified students who have not been able to satisfy the honors prerequisite (transfer students, for instance) may petition the department’s honors committee for admission to History 100H.

In their junior year, students who have maintained a grade-point average in the major of at least 3.5 will be invited to join the department’s Senior Honors Seminar, History 194AH-BH, in which students pursue research on a topic of considerable depth and complexity. Students who have successfully completed History 100H or a research seminar will be given priority for this course.

Students admitted into the program will enroll in History 194AH-BH for the two quarters of their senior year. History 194AH-BH may be used to satisfy the proseminar requirement for majors. No more than 4 units earned in this seminar may be applied to the 40 upper-division units required of all majors. In the fall quarter, honors candidates will read, write papers, and build a working bibliography for their thesis. The remaining quarter of the seminar will be devoted to independent research, conducted in consultation with the thesis advisor. At the end of the seminar, students will submit three copies of the thesis to the department. Students who have completed the honors sequence are eligible for graduation with Distinction in the Major.

Students who have not completed the honors seminar will not normally be eligible, although under unusual circumstances, supported by evidence of superior research and writing done in other history courses (such as the research seminars), a student may petition the department’s honors committee. In order to graduate with Distinction in the Major, a student must complete a paper that is recognized by a history faculty member (normally the honors seminar director) as distinguished. The department honors committee will be responsible for verifying the final list of students nominated for graduation with Distinction in the Major.

Bachelor of Arts—History of Public Policy

Preparation for the major. A total of 32 lower-division units in history, composed of the following: (1) History 7; (2) two of the following sequence: History 2A-B-C, 4A-B-C, 17A-B-C; (3) 4 additional units in history which must be in the history of countries or cultures outside of Europe and the United States .

Required work in cognate disciplines: 16 units (four courses) chosen from among the following, with at least one course in each of three of the disciplines indicated: Economics 1, 2, or 109; Political Science 1, 6, 7, 12; Philosophy 3 or 4; Environmental Studies 1 or 3; Sociology 1; Anthropology 2; Black Studies 5, 6, 20; Global Studies 2; Law and Society 1; Feminist studies 10, 20, 60, 70 (these may also satisfy the General Education requirements).

Recommended for students who intend graduate study in the field: PSTAT 5A or 5E or 5S or Sociology 3. Foreign language: 0-25 units (i.e. completion of course 5) in a foreign language appropriate to the area of historical emphasis chosen in the major. Internship: History 196; History 199 (may be fulfilled by UC Washington Center internship).

Upper-division major. Required work in history: 40 upper-division units including 8 units from History 170A-B, 171A-B-C-D, 172A-B, 174A-B-C and 178A-B; 24 units including 12 units in the history of one nation, continent, or period, and 12 units in the history of a contrasting nation, continent, or period (exclusive of courses used to satisfy the 8-unit requirement above), selected with the approval of the departmental advisor for public policy students; 8 units of History 195IA-IB (senior seminar).

Required work in cognate disciplines: 20 units, taken in one of the following related fields (inclusive of lower- and upper-division courses): Asian American Studies, Black Studies, Chicana/o studies, Global Studies, Law and Society, Feminist Studies, Economics, Political Science, Environmental Studies, Philosophy, Sociology, (or a minor in one of the above listed Disciplines). Courses should be selected with the approval of the departmental advisor to public policy students. (Courses taken during the lower-division preparation for the major may be counted in satisfaction of this requirement.) Note: Public policy students must secure the departmental advisor’s approval for their program each quarter.

Graduation with Distinction in History of Public Policy (The Undergraduate Honors Program)

History of public policy majors may also enroll in the Honors Program in History, described above. They will do so by fulfilling the listed requirements as to 1-unit honors courses or History 6 (Introduction to History); History 100H; and grade-point average. When invited to join the department’s Senior Honors Seminar (History 194AH-BH), which runs for three quarters in the student’s senior year, they will do so with the understanding that History 194AH-BH will substitute for History 195IA-IB, the required 8-unit senior thesis requirement in the history of public policy major.

Minor—History

Students majoring in other disciplines who have an interest in history may gain, albeit less intensively, the benefits described above by completing a minor in history. The minor consists of any 12 units of lower-division history courses and any 20 units of upper-division history courses. Publications suggesting ways to choose courses so as to focus on particular aspects of history (e.g., women, religion, science, ethnicity, East Asia, the United States, Europe, Africa, Middle East) are available from the department.

All courses to be applied to the minor must be completed on a letter-grade basis, including both courses offered in history and those offered by other departments and applied to the minor.

Preparation for the minor. Twelve lower-division units in history.

Upper-division minor. Twenty upper-division units in history. The department strongly recommends that one of the upper-division courses be a proseminar (undergraduate research seminar).

Minor—Labor Studies

Although housed in the Department of History, the Labor Studies Minor is interdisciplinary in scope, incorporating a variety of courses throughout the humanities and social sciences to offer students an integrated understanding of work, labor, ethnicity, politics and economy. The Minor combines academic study with an internship experience to prepare students for a variety of relevant careers and/or graduate study. All courses that apply to the minor must be taken for a letter grade.

Preparation for the minor. One course from history 2C, 4C, or 17C.

Choose one: Asian American Studies 1, Sociology 1, Black Studies 1, Feminist studies 20 or 40, Chicano Studies 1A, Economics 1 or Global Studies 1.

Upper-division minor. 24.0 units required distributed as follows: History 167Q; Choose one History 167CA, 167CB, 174B or 174C; Choose four from two different disciplines: History 165, 166B, 166LB, 167CP, 167E, 168A, 168B, 168LA, 168LB; Sociology 131, 134, 157, 185D: Economics 100A, 150A, 150B, 152; English 133GC, 165BC: Black Studies 102, 104, 193Y; Feminist studies 120, 153; Chicano Studies 171, 174A, 177, 178A, 189; Global Studies 130; Asian-American Studies 113, 130, 132.

Note: Substitutions and waivers are subject to approval by the chair of the department. Please see page 118 for special conditions governing minors in the College of Letters and Science.

Graduate Program

In addition to departmental requirements, applicants for admission and candidates for degrees must fulfill University requirements described in the chapter “Graduate Education at UCSB.”

In addition to departmental requirements, applicants for admission and candidates for degrees must fulfill University requirements described in the chapter “Graduate Education at UCSB.”

Master of Arts—History

Admission

The M.A. degree in history is a valuable stage on the path to the doctorate. Although it is understood that some students may choose not to continue beyond the M.A., and that others may not be permitted to do so, the aim of the program is to provide students with research training leading to the doctoral degree. Consequently, the department does not admit students solely for the purpose of obtaining a master’s degree. All applicants are admitted to a single M.A./Ph.D. program.

Applicants to the graduate program in History are expected to show high potential for engaging in advanced historical research and analysis. Applicants must meet general university requirements for admission to graduate standing and should have completed an undergraduate major in History or related fields (approximately 40 upper-division quarter units or approximately 24 upper-division semester units). History is a discipline that benefits from training in other fields, so applicants who do not meet these requirements are still encouraged to apply, but are also strongly urged to contact faculty in their proposed field of study for advice. If admitted, applicants who were not History majors may be required to do some additional course work, which must be completed in the first year and does not count in satisfaction of graduate degree unit or course requirements.

Applicants must submit a suitable sample of historical writing, such as a term paper or equivalent, and three letters of recommendation. These should address the applicant’s academic qualifications for graduate work in history. In addition, applicants ordinarily are expected to have a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 in upper-division history courses (or 3.75 in master’s courses), and minimum scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) of 85th percentile in verbal and either 70th percentile in quantitative or 5.0 in analytical writing.

The department admits only in the fall quarter of each year. Applications must be received by December 5th of the year prior to the intended quarter of entrance. Applicants requesting Graduate Division and/or history department financial assistance must have their application in to the department by December 5, including the necessary support materials.

It should be stressed that admission to the program is competitive, and satisfying these minimum requirements does not, by itself, guarantee admission. At the same time, the decision to admit is based on consideration of the entire file, and promising applicants in unusual circumstances whose records fall below the minimum should not be discouraged from applying.

Applicants must be accepted by a major professor with whom they wish to work. Applicants unsure of how to choose a major professor should inquire by e-mail or telephone to the graduate program assistant, Department of History, as to how to proceed. No student will be admitted or allowed to continue without a faculty sponsor.

Degree Requirements

The M.A. degree will be awarded to students who satisfy the requirements prescribed by the Graduate Council and who, in addition, meet the following requirements:

Foreign language. M.A. candidates must demonstrate reading proficiency in at least one foreign language within one calendar year of taking the M.A. comprehensive examination. Candidates may choose from several options to demonstrate language proficiency. See UCSB History Department Graduate Student Handbook for a complete description of those options.

Unit requirements. Students must pass a minimum of 36 units of upper-division and graduate history courses. No course will count for the degree if the grade earned in the class is valued at less than a B grade. At least 24 of these units must be in graduate courses numbered between 200 and 292, with 4 units of History 202 (required of all students who have not had a graduate course in historiography) and at least 8 units in research seminars, which will result in the preparation of an original research paper. Papers produced in these seminars lay the foundation for doctoral work and are taken into account along with the results of the comprehensive examinations in evaluating students for admission to the Ph.D. program. History 596 does not apply to the research seminar unit requirement, but up to 8 units will apply toward the 36-unit requirement. All research seminars last two quarters. Check with the graduate program assistant for credited seminars.

Students in American history must take History 292A-B-C as part of their 36 unit requirement. All coursework must be completed before a student may take the M.A. comprehensive exam.

Comprehensive examinations. The student must pass one three-hour written examination in one of the graduate fields listed below. The department offers reading courses in many of these fields to help students prepare for the examination. History 200 courses are designed to cover large, general fields; History 201 courses cover more specialized fields.

 • United States*

 • Colonial Latin America

 • National Latin America

 • East Asia (pre-1600)

 • East Asia (post-1600)

 • Africa

 • History of Science

 • Early Modern Europe (1450-1815)

 • Modern Europe (1789-)

 • Medieval Europe

 • Middle East (600-1700)

 • Middle East (1700-)

 • Ancient Mediterranean World

 • History of Public Policy

*An Afro-American, Chicano, Asian American, or American-Indian emphasis is acceptable in this field.

Doctor of Philosophy—History

Admission

The M.A. degree in history or a cognate field is normally required for admission into the Ph.D. program. Applicants who do not meet this requirement must complete the M.A. in history before continuing to the Ph.D. The application deadline for those applying with an M.A. degree from another institution is December 5. Students taking the master’s examination at UC Santa Barbara must achieve an average grade of A- or higher. In addition, the candidate must acquire a minimum of three satisfactory recommendations from professors within the department, including at least two from professors who have supervised or reviewed the candidate’s graduate seminar research papers and one from a faculty member who will serve as major professor. These letters must be on file by the third week of the quarter following award of the M.A.

The General Fields of History

The Department of History at UCSB offers doctoral study in twelve general fields of history:

 • United States

 • Latin America

 • East Asia

 • Africa

 • The Middle East

 • History of Science

 • Ancient Mediterranean World

 • Medieval Europe

 • Early Modern Europe (1450-1815)

 • Modern Europe (1789-)

 • History of Public Policy

 • Public History

 • Comparative Gender*

 • World*

 • Comparative history of race and ethnicity*

*Comparative gender, world history, and comparative history of race and ethnicity are offered only as a third field, and not as a possible first or second field. Please refer to “Degree Requirements: General Examinations” for further description of field 3, the outside field in history.

Students will study, and in due time present themselves for examination, in four examination fields, two of them chosen from one of the above general fields, and the third chosen from a second general field. The fourth examination field will be in an outside academic department or in history (see below, under “General Examinations”). The four professors under whom the students study as they prepare for their examinations constitute their doctoral committee. One of its members is the student’s major professor, who presides.

Program Supervision

Once admitted to the Ph.D. level, each student will be systematically advised by his or her major professor, who will submit a review of the student’s progress and prospects annually in the spring quarter. The results of the annual review will be individually communicated to the student in writing by the director of graduate studies. If the student’s progress is unsatisfactory, the department will recommend to the Graduate Dean that the student be placed on academic probation. If at the end of that year progress is still unsatisfactory, the department chair will recommend to the Graduate Dean that the student be dismissed from graduate study.

Degree Requirements

Unit requirements. Students in the doctoral program must enroll for at least six regular academic quarters (not summer sessions) on the UCSB campus pursuing a program of full-time study (12 units each quarter) and research. Three consecutive quarters of this residency must be completed in regular session before advancement to candidacy. Students must complete 24 units of history research seminars, 8 units of which can be taken from the M.A. requirements. Check with the graduate program assistant for credited seminars. History 596 does not count as a research seminar. Students must take at least one graduate course in each of the four areas presented for examination (research seminars and courses taken while in the M.A. program satisfy this requirement), and a graduate course in historiography (History 202) if such a course has not been taken prior to admission to the doctoral program. Doctoral students in American history must take History 292A-B-C, in addition to the 24 units of research seminars.

Foreign language. The department requires candidates for advanced degrees to demonstrate research proficiency in at least one foreign language. Many sub-fields require additional languages at the Ph.D. level, for which they set their own criteria. Candidates are strongly urged to satisfy the departmental requirement in their first year of study. Candidates may choose from several options to demonstrate language proficiency. See UCSB History Department Graduate Student Handbook for a complete description of those options. Additional language requirements pertinent to the field of research may be specified by the major professor with the approval of the graduate committee. Preparation and supervision of these additional language requirements are the responsibility of the major professor, who may or may not use the regular departmental options to determine language proficiency.

Students should plan to satisfy the departmental foreign language requirement as soon as possible, but no later than the end of the second year in the doctoral program. No student will be allowed to take the general examinations for the Ph.D. without having completed the departmental language requirement, as well as any additional language requirements required by the major professor.

General examinations. Upon satisfying the unit and foreign language requirements, students will be eligible to take their general examinations. In consultation with their supervisors, candidates will form an Examination Committee which will supervise preparation in four fields of study—three within the department and a fourth which may be either a cognate field outside the department or a fourth history field in a geographical region different from that of the other three fields. The four fields are:

1. The major field, taken under the student’s major professor. It will be in that professor’s special field, or, with the approval of the graduate committee, in a closely related field. The major field ordinarily provides the intellectual basis for the dissertation and the student’s later emphasis in teaching and research, and the student is expected to achieve depth and breadth of scholarly sophistication and mastery in this field.

2. The general field is the field within which the student’s major field is located (e.g., U.S. history is the general field if the major field is U.S. diplomatic history). The student is expected to show breadth and perspective in this field in order to set his or her specialty within its encompassing framework and to be able to teach survey courses.

3. The outside field in history, chosen from a second of the department’s graduate fields (see above). This field may be either specialized (as in 1 above) or general (as in 2), depending on the mutual decision of the student, the major professor, and the supervisor of the outside field. This requirement affords the student, for comparative purposes, a deep encounter with the history of a period or culture distinct from that studied in Fields 1 and 2 and also enables him or her to offer survey courses in this field.

4A. A cognate field outside the discipline of history is chosen from within another academic department. This field should strengthen the student’s grasp of Field 1 and be comparable in depth and richness to Fields 2 and 3.

4B. With the approval of the major professor and the director of graduate studies, students may substitute for the cognate field a fourth history field from among a number of other topics. These topics must be sufficiently distinct from the other three fields as to constitute a separate historical specialty. Examples of such topics are environmental history, women’s history, native American history, military history, and religious history.

Three of the field examinations will be written, with the specific three fields determined by the examination committee and approved by the director of graduate studies. Passing grades are B and above (B- fails). Students may retake the examination one time in an effort to improve the result. If students elect to retake the exam, they must retake the entire exam. A student must obtain approval from the Director of Graduate Study to take the exam a third time. The three written examinations in history must all be completed within a period of one month from the date of the first examination. Each of these examinations will be of three hours’ duration. Within one week of passing the last of these examinations, the student must take an oral examination in all four fields. The minimum time allotted for this examination is two hours, but the time period may be extended as warranted by the four examiners.

The doctoral dissertation. The doctoral dissertation must be an original work of historical research in the field of the candidate’s specialization. It must be in clear prose, have intellectual depth, and demonstrate a mastery of historical methodology. The dissertation will be supervised by a dissertation committee which may (but need not) be composed of the same faculty as the examination committee. This committee will be made up of four members, at least three of whom must be History faculty or faculty affiliated with the department. After taking doctoral examinations, the candidate must submit a dissertation prospectus before being advanced to candidacy. These prospectuses may vary, but usually are between 15-30 pages in length and are expected to demonstrate the potential scholarly value of the proposed topic and mastery of pertinent literature related to the topic. The prospectus must be approved by the doctoral committee before the student is advanced to candidacy. When the dissertation is completed, the candidate will normally conduct an oral defense of approximately two hours in length before the dissertation committee.

Teaching assistantship. A candidate will be required to qualify for and (subject to the availability of funds) to hold a teaching assistantship or a research assistantship as part of the preparation for the Ph.D. degree.

Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in Women’s Studies

The Department of Feminist Studies, with almost fifty core and affiliated faculty members in over nineteen disciplines, serves as a model of interdisciplinary work and scholarly collaboration at UCSB. Women’s Studies doctoral emphasis students are required to successfully complete four seminars that will enhance their understanding of feminist pedagogy, feminist theory, and topics relevant to the study of women, gender and/or sexuality. Women’s Studies as an inter-departmental set of conversations and intellectual questions supports a multifaceted undergraduate curriculum at UCSB. Doctoral emphasis students are encouraged to apply to teach Feminist Studies courses as teaching assistants and associates as part of their Feminist Studies training.

Applicants must first be admitted to, or currently enrolled in, a UCSB Ph.D. program participating in the Women’s Studies graduate emphasis. Anthropology; Comparative Literature; Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology; English; French and Italian; Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies; History; History of Art and Architecture; Linguistics; Political Science; Religious Studies; Sociology; Spanish and Portuguese; or Theater and Dance. Candidates complete four graduate courses and select a member of the Feminist Studies faculty or affiliated faculty to serve on their dissertation committees. Applications to the Women’s Studies Doctoral Emphasis may be submitted at any stage of Ph.D. work, and applications will be considered throughout the year.

Doctoral Emphasis Coursework

Students pursuing the emphasis in Women’s Studies will successfully complete four graduate courses that have been approved by the Doctoral Emphasis advisor.

1. Feminist Theories. A one quarter graduate seminar in interdisciplinary feminist theory offered by any department, including Feminist Studies 250 AA-ZZ.

2. Issues in Feminist Epistemology and Pedagogy (Feminist Studies 270). A one quarter seminar that considers Feminist Studies as a distinct field. It offers an interdisciplinary exploration of feminist theories of knowledge production and teaching practices. Readings cover past and present critical debates and provide theoretical approaches through which to analyze interdisciplinary epistemological and pedagogical issues.

3. Graduate Seminar in Feminist Studies (Feminist Studies 200-290 or 594 AA-ZZ). A one quarter seminar offered by a Feminist Studies faculty member on topics of central concern to the field.

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    Research Practicum (Feminist Studies 280). A cross-disciplinary seminar in which fundamental questions in contemporary feminist research practice are considered in light of students’ own graduate projects.

4. Topical Seminar. A one quarter graduate seminar that addresses topics relevant to the study of women, gender, and/or sexuality. This seminar must be taken outside the student’s home department; it may be fulfilled either by another graduate seminar in Feminist Studies or a seminar in another department.

Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in European Medieval Studies

The Medieval Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary doctoral emphasis to students previously admitted to a Ph.D. program in the Departments of Theater and Dance, English, French and Italian, History, History of Art and Architecture, Music, Religious Studies, and Spanish and Portuguese. Students pursuing the emphasis in European medieval studies must receive a grade of B or better in each of the following: Medieval Latin (Latin 103); one course in a vernacular, western European or Middle Eastern medieval language (English 205, English 230, French 206, Spanish 222A, Spanish 222B, Portuguese 222, Religious Studies 148A, Religious Studies 148 B, Religious Studies 210); Paleography and/or Diplomatics (History 215S, History 215T); Medieval Studies 200A-B-C; and 8 additional units in graduate courses on medieval topics. Students may petition to have appropriate courses from other institutions, or independent study, substituted for these requirements. Medieval Studies 200A-B-C is the program’s colloquium series; graduate students in the emphasis attend the series and write brief papers on each colloquium (one per term), to be reviewed by the chair of the program (2 units). To qualify for the emphasis, at least one member of a Ph.D. candidate’s dissertation committee must be an affiliated faculty member of the European Medieval Studies Program. Contact the European Medieval Studies Program for additional information on faculty interests, course offerings, and program requirements, or visit our website at www.medievalstudies.ucsb.edu.

Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in Global Studies

Students pursuing a Ph.D. in certain departments may petition to add an emphasis in global studies. The departments for which the emphasis is available include anthropology, English, history, political science, religious studies, and sociology. To be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. emphasis, students must be admitted to the Ph.D. program in one of the departments choosing to offer this emphasis with their existing Ph.D. program and petition successfully to add the optional emphasis.

The student’s dissertation committee must have one member from a participating department other than the student’s own department. The student may also elect a global emphasis for his or her department field/area/specialization exam, if such an emphasis is offered within the department. The chair of the Coordinating Committee will determine when the student has successfully completed all of the requirements for the emphasis.

By “global” we refer to transnational economic, political, environmental, social, and cultural interactions and flows that operate at a global (i.e., trans-continental) scale. “Global studies” views the world as comprised of increasingly interdependent processes, rather than as shaped exclusively or even primarily by the interplay of discrete nation-states.

Petitions for adding the emphasis can be made at any time in a student’s graduate career, but typically will be made after at least one successful year of study in the home department. Work completed prior to admission in the emphasis that meets emphasis requirements (as determined by the Ph.D. Emphasis Coordinating Committee) may be counted towards completion.

To satisfy the Ph.D. emphasis in global studies, students are required to take four one-quarter graduate-level courses. One course is Global 201, the introductory gateway seminar, offered by the Global and International Studies Program. Three additional courses must be chosen from among qualifying global theory and global issues courses offered by participating departments. These courses will be selected from an approved list of global theory and global issues graduate courses prepared by the Ph.D. Emphasis Coordinating Committee each spring, for the following academic year. At least one of these three courses must be a global theory course, and at least one must be a global issues course. Courses will typically be taken for a letter grade.

At least one of these three courses will be taken from the student’s home department, and at least two must be taken from the six other participating departments or the Global and International Studies Program. No more than one of the three seminars (excluding Global 201) can be taken from a single instructor.

For additional information, please contact the graduate advisor in one of the participating departments or global studies.

Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in Technology and Society

Students pursuing a Ph.D. in this department may petition to add an emphasis in technology and society. The emphasis brings together doctoral students in engineering, social sciences, and the humanities to engage in multidisciplinary coursework and research into the cultural and societal changes resulting from the use of new information technologies. The emphasis features a structured set of courses that may be taught individually and collaboratively by faculty across disciplines: Anthropology, Communication, Computer Science, English, History, Media Arts and Technology, Political Science, and Sociology.

To be eligible for admission to the emphasis, students must be enrolled in good standing in the department. Petitions for adding the emphasis can be made at any time in a student’s graduate career, but typically will be made after at least one successful year of study in the home department. Work completed prior to admission that meets emphasis requirements (as determined by the Ph.D. Emphasis Faculty Executive Steering Committee) may be counted towards its completion.

Requirements for completing the optional emphasis in technology and society include:

1. Gateway Technology and Society Colloquium. Students must complete a 1-unit colloquium that brings together students and faculty from multiple disciplines to explore various approaches to studying technology and society. In addition to helping students understand similarities and differences in conceptualization and knowledge production across disciplines, the seminar promotes interaction among students from different departments.

2. Graduate Coursework. Students must complete four 4-unit courses with a grade of B or better, two each from Area 1 (Culture and History) and Area 2 (Society and Behavior). Area 1 courses explore the humanistic study of cultures, histories and meanings as they intersect with technology. Area 2 investigates the social scientific study of technology in relationship to human behavior, organizations, and social structures.

 One course from the student’s home department can be applied toward meeting this requirement. Students can petition to substitute a non-listed course, subject to approval by the Technology and Society Faculty Executive Committee.

3. Dissertation. A student’s dissertation must have relevance to at least one of the two Emphasis areas. In addition, the student’s dissertation committee must include a member from another department participating in the emphasis. Exceptions are subject to approval by the Technology and Society Faculty Executive Committee.

Graduate Program in Public Historical Studies

The Department of History has established within its graduate program a public history emphasis at the doctoral level and offers that emphasis in a unique joint doctoral program with the Capital Campus program of California State University in Sacramento, which brings together public history faculty of the two universities to form one faculty offering doctoral instruction between the two campuses.

Public Historical Studies trains professional historians to serve as research historians working within the community at large, rather than in academic institutions. Whether practicing as contracting and consulting historian, as historian for the various types of museums, heritage sites and organizations, or on the staffs of public agencies-public historians will research and write historical studies of problems of concern to particular communities or political jurisdictions; aid them in recapturing and in recording and understanding their histories as communities and as organizations; and serve in a variety of other professional employments, such as giving testimony in court proceedings, preparing family histories, preparing environmental impact statements, conducting surveys of historic properties and other cultural resources, and working in historical agencies.

To meet the wide range of opportunities presented by an always-changing array of publics, the UCSB program prepares public historians as historians, as broadly-trained scholar-professionals fully versed in the literature, methods, and interpretive debates of the discipline, while also especially conscious of and practiced in the special challenges and resources distinctive to the public practice of history. The program offers concentrations in public policy, community, and business history, and public memory and history presentation, and supports students in developing distinctive special research concentrations through the work with individual faculty, interdepartmental, and intercampus committees, under the guidance of the student’s advisor. Public History students regularly take advantage of the History Department’s large and distinguished faculty to integrate their particular research and reading interests into their program.

Students already holding an M.A. in public history or its equivalent apply directly to the joint UCSB-CSU Sacramento Ph.D. program or the current UCSB Ph.D. program. Students with a B.A. (or M.A. in another field) apply to the M.A. program at CSU Sacramento.

For further information, request from the Department of History a copy of the Public Historical Studies brochure, which describes other aspects of the program. Also, please visit the History Department’s website at www.history.ucsb.edu