Why Study History at SIUC?
Among the benefits of choosing SIUC for graduate study in history are: • a faculty committed to high-quality teaching and scholarship–many are award winning teachers and scholars. They are particularly strong in national and ethnic identity studies; local and regional studies; business and labor history; and gender and women’s history • the opportunity to work with faculty trained in the interdisciplinary field of American studies, both within the history department and across the College of Liberal Arts • a cooperative Ph.D.