Welcome to the Duke University History Department!
We are made up of 68 faculty members with a wide variety of specialties and interests, 39 Professors (20 Full, 13 Associate, and 6 Assistant), 12 Adjuncts & Visiting Appointments and 17 Secondary Appointments. Our staff of 6 have a combined 104 years of Duke experience, and our 60 graduate students are at all stages in obtaining their degrees.
History seeks to develop insight into a particular period of past human experience, whether revolutions in France, China, or Russia; civil wars in England or the United States; colonial encounters of Africans and Native Americans with Europeans in the Americas; migrations of men and women among continents; or the evolution of social classes in different societies.
The methodological approaches explored in our courses range from traditional avenues of political, economic, military, and intellectual history to the newer fields of labor, social, oral, or comparative history.
We look forward to seeing you at the History Department!