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Project Ideas for History Students

Investigate the past through critical historiography, archival research, and comparative historical inquiry.

📜 Introduction

The University of Chicago’s M.A. in History program emphasizes methodological diversity and global scope. These project ideas challenge students to rethink historical narratives, uncover marginalized voices, and use interdisciplinary tools to produce rigorous historical scholarship.

🕰️ Suggested Project Topics

The Global Implications of the Haitian Revolution on Anti-Slavery Movements

Histories of Plague: Public Health and Urban Transformation in 17th-Century Europe

Political Myth-Making in Post-Partition South Asia

Gender and Citizenship in Interwar European Democracies

The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union: A Cultural History Perspective

Memory, Trauma, and Testimony in Holocaust Survivor Narratives

Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Development of Atlantic Economies

The American Civil Rights Movement in International Perspective

Decolonization and Cold War Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa

Historiography of the French Revolution: Marxist vs. Revisionist Views

Digital Humanities Approaches to Mapping Medieval Trade Routes

Religion and Statecraft in the Ottoman Empire

A History of Environmental Activism in the Global North and South

Printing and the Reformation: The Power of Media in Early Modern Europe

Reconstruction in the U.S. South: A Comparative Regional Analysis

Women's Labor Movements in the 20th Century Global South

Censorship and Literature in Authoritarian Regimes

The Impact of Railroads on Urban Development in 19th Century America

Race, Empire, and Education in British Colonial India

Oral History Methodologies in Post-Conflict Societies

The Role of Photography in the American Civil War

Intellectual Networks of the Enlightenment: A Transnational Study

Chicago in the Gilded Age: Race, Industry, and Urbanization

Histories of Surveillance: From the Panopticon to the NSA

The Cultural Politics of Museums and Historical Memory

Revolutionary Iconography in Latin American Independence Movements

Urban Protest Movements in 1960s Europe and America

Archival Silence and the Historian’s Dilemma in Post-Colonial Contexts

Cold War Cinema and the Construction of National Identity

Slavery and Abolition in the Islamic World: Comparative Perspectives

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