Diplomatic History
The Department of History at The Ohio State University offers
graduate programs in U.S. diplomatic history and European international
history leading to both the M.A. and the Ph.D. degrees. Graduate
students take reading and research seminars in their major fields
of U.S. diplomatic history or European international history. Related
classes in military history, national security, and the history
of particular countries or regions are also offered. The range
of expertise among the faculty enables students to master one of
these related fields to complement their study of diplomatic and
international history.
Why study diplomatic and international history at
Ohio State?
1. Ohio State has a distinguished faculty in diplomatic
and international history:
Carole Fink, Professor. Ph.D., Yale
University. Research and teaching interests include
European international history. Publications include Defending
the Rights of Others: The Great Powers, the Jews, and International Minority
Protection, 1878-1938 (2004); Marc Bloch: A Life in History (1989);
and The Genoa Conference: European Diplomacy, 1921-1922 (1984). Professor
Fink's most recent book and her work on the Genoa Conference won the George
Louis Beer Prize of the American Historical Association.
Peter L. Hahn, Professor. Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.
Research and teaching interests include American diplomatic history.
Publications include Crisis
and Crossfire: The United States and the Middle East since 1945 (2005); Caught
in the Middle East: U.S. Policy toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1945-1961 (2004); Empire
and Revolution: The United States and the Third World Since 1945 (2001), The
United States, Great Britain, and Egypt, 1945-1956: Strategy and Diplomacy
in the Early Cold War (1991).
Robert McMahon, Ralph Mershon Distinguished
Professor. Ph.D.,
University of Connecticut. Research and teaching interests include American
diplomatic history. Publications include The Limits of Empire: The
United States and Southeast Asia since World War II (1999); The Cold
War on the Periphery: the United States, India, and Pakistan (1994); Colonialism
and Cold War: The United States and the Struggle for Indonesian Independence,
1945-49 (1981). In 2000, McMahon served as president
of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.
Jennifer Siegel, Assistant Professor. Ph.D.,
Yale University. Research and teaching interests include
European international history. Publications include Endgame:
Britain, Russia and the Final Struggle for Central Asia (2002),
and articles and an edited volume on intelligence history. Professor
Siegel's book won the Barbara Jelavich Prize of the American Association
for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.
2. Ohio State has a comprehensive
history faculty that offers breadth and depth to support graduate
study in diplomatic and international history:
In addition to a large number of distinguished scholars in U.S.,
European, and British history, the graduate faculty of the Department
of History also includes specialists in the following topical and
regional fields: African history, East Asian history, Latin American
history, Middle East and Indian history, military history, Russian
and East European history, and women's history.
Ohio State has a large and diverse department with over 200 students
currently pursuing advanced study in 16 different fields of history.
Students admitted to the graduate program are offered fellowships
and positions as graduate teaching or research associates. During
the dissertation phase of their work, they are eligible for research
grants from the Department of History and the Graduate School.
3.
Ohio State has additional opportunities for graduate students in
diplomatic and international history:
Graduate students may participate in the Mershon
Graduate Workshop in International History, a program in
which distinguished diplomatic/international historians conduct
seminars on campus. Also, the Ohio State University boasts
a library of some five million volumes and the Mershon
Center for Research & Education in National Security, Leadership, & Public
Policy.
For further information about the diplomatic and international
history programs contact:
Professor Peter L. Hahn
Department of History
The Ohio State University
230 West 17th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210
For information about fellowships, graduate
associateships, requirements for the M.A. and Ph.D., and application
procedures, see the information about Ohio State University's Graduate
Program in History.
As with all of the Department of History's graduate
programs, the deadline for receipt of all application materials
is December 1.
Information about the Department's courses
in diplomatic and international history is available. |
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