History Department

Ph.D. Reading Lists

history department

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)