Below is a selection of reading lists that Ph.D. candidates used to prepare for their oral comprehensive exams.
Atlantic World
Atlantic World (Malanson, 2006)
Britain, Ireland, & British Empire
British Empire (Cowan, 2007)
British Empire (Doyle, 2001)
British History (Doyle, 2001)
Irish History (Cowan, 2007)
Modern Britsh History (Chill, 2004)
Modern British History (Tanis, 2004)
United Kingdom (Moloney, 2006)
Gender and Sexuality
Queer Theory (Cavallari, 2004)
Modern Europe
Enlightenment/Freudian Theory (Cavallari, 2004)
European History (Moloney, 2006)
European Intellectual History (Mezzano, 2002)
French History (Cavallari, 2004)
Russian History (Mukhina, 2003)
U.S. History
American Irish History (Dwyer, 2003)
Early U.S. History (Chapman, 2004)
Early U.S. History (Cowan, 2007)
Diplomatic History (Chapman, 2004)
Foreign Policy (Malanson, 2006)
Immigration and Ethnicity (Dwyer, 2003)
Late U.S. History (Chapman, 2004)
Military History (Chapman, 2004)
19th-Century American History (Nytroe, 2004)
Political History 1787-1914 (Malanson, 2006)
Race, Gender, and Ethnicity (Mezzano, 2002)
Religious History (Cowan, 2007)
Social/Intellectual History (Mezzano, 2002)
Southern Women History (Baines, 2005)
US Catholic History (Nytroe, 2004)
U.S. History 1750-1860 (Malanson, 2006)
U.S. History 1850-1950 (Dwyer, 2003)
Urban History/Urban Culture (Mezzano, 2002)