Our program supports a cohort of graduate students pursuing an innovative combined Ph.D. degree with affiliate departments across campus. We sponsor conferences and lectures by outside scholars, as well as events highlighting the projects and publications of our faculty and curators. We promote a plural approach to studying early modernity in its varying manifestations at different times and places around the globe.
The Ph.D Program
The combined degree in Early Modern Studies fosters an inclusive approach to scholarship and teaching. We encourage students to explore a range of frameworks for understanding the period beyond the parameters of any one field or tradition. Students admitted to the Ph.D. program in one of our affiliate departments may apply to the combined degree at the end of their first year. We welcome students interested in any aspect of early modernity whose research would demonstrably contribute to, and benefit from, our multidisciplinary community.
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