UVA’s PhD in History supports future historians through deep archival research, critical historiography, and global perspectives. Students develop expertise in geographic or thematic fields such as Atlantic slavery, political revolutions, gender studies, or environmental history. With opportunities for digital humanities, oral history, and museum partnerships, graduates are well-positioned for academic, publishing, or public-facing careers.
Transatlantic networks of abolitionist activism, 1790–1860
Archival project on Indigenous boarding schools in Virginia
Historical epidemiology: tuberculosis in New York tenements
Cold War diplomacy and third-world interventionism
Comparative environmental histories of the Dust Bowl and Sahel drought
Dissertation on Jewish intellectual migrations post-WWII
Quantitative reconstruction of 18th-century tax records in London
Urban redevelopment and race in postwar Southern cities
Printing and dissent in 17th-century Protestant Europe
Political rhetoric in colonial charters and petitions
Slavery reparations: history, policy, and comparative precedents
Rise of nationalism in post-Ottoman Arab states
Legal cultures of the Spanish Inquisition
Digital edition and annotation of early Virginia land grants
Global labor migration to the U.S. between 1870 and 1920
Pursue groundbreaking historical scholarship through UVA’s doctoral program in History.
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