Doctoral / PHD Programs in Humanities, Humanistic Studies

IHUM confers a joint doctoral degree, with applications accepted in the third year of study from students enrolled in the Ph.D. programs in the following departments and schools:.

Owing to the fieldwork schedule, students in Anthropology and Sociology may choose to apply either in their second or third year but may apply only once.

HUM583 is a pre-requisite for admission to the program. All applicants should be able to demonstrate a record of interdisciplinary exploration and make the case that the time and resources afforded by the fellowship will substantively expand the interdisciplinary nature of the dissertation project. The next application cycle will be due on March 1, 2024.

Students who join the Ph.D. Program become core members of a community of interdisciplinary research and exchange that convenes for seminars, workshops, and other events. They are required to present work in progress in the fourth or fifth year, in addition to attending the graduate workshops of their community members, held two to three times a year.

Graduate students are eligible to apply to IHUM in their third year of graduate study. HUM583 will be a required course for IHUM students, who may take it before or after applying for the program.

Finalists will be invited for a brief interview in late March, and notifications will be made shortly after.

Because candidates accepted to the program receive a year of fellowship support, a strong proposal will also outline a program of study to be undertaken in the fourth year through which these additional resources will be accessed and activated (e.g., through course work, at Princeton or elsewhere independent research other kinds of training, for example, in one of the arts or sciences). We recognize that while some projects may benefit from training within the boundaries of another traditional discipline, others may require a tailored mix of new methodologies and research areas. We encourage applicants to devise a fourth-year plan that will be maximally responsive to the problem at the heart of their dissertation, while recognizing that interdisciplinary training will extend over the dissertation-writing process. We are also especially interested in projects that find a way of addressing questions of theory and practice.

IHUM works with an expansive notion of interdisciplinarity. If you work between two or disciplines or between an academic field and a creative practice (filmmaking, art, creative writing, music, theater, etc.), you should program. The best way to get a sense of its scope is to enroll in a program seminar and or to attend IHUM events or speak with current IHUM students.

The writing sample should ideally reflect your interdisciplinary interests, but most important is that you show us your best work. If you submit a course paper, for example, in which those interests are latent, your application essay should help us see how they will develop. We also accept journalistic or creative pieces, as long as they give us a sense of you as a thinker and writer.

The purpose of the fellowship year is to provide time for exploration, which is best undertaken early in the dissertation process. The fellowship technically supports the fourth year of study, but students may want to begin their interdisciplinary research as early as the summer following the third year. For students in Anthropology and Sociology, the fellowship year may fall in the third year, prior to and or concurrent with fieldwork. Students then receive an additional year of university fellowship support to be used in their sixth year as a DCE1 student.

Dodds Fellowships, and Charlotte Elizabeth Proctor Fellowships), as well as the Hyde Fellowships. But because an IHUM Fellowship requires a commitment to participate in workshops and events, it generally precludes holding fellowships awarded by other programs and centers at Princeton.

In addition to another year of fellowship support, IHUM also provides a small research and travel stipend in each of the three years students are enrolled in the degree program.

Bass teaches widely in the fields of Renaissance art, material culture, and intellectual history. Recent courses have addressed topics ranging from book history to early modern anatomy, art and nature, Rembrandt and Dutch culture in the seventeenth century Netherlands, and the legacies of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

John Peters teaches and writes on media history and theory. He taught at the University of Iowa between 1986-2016. He is working on a media history of weather, and has advised or co-advised over three dozen doctoral dissertations.

Master of Arts Program in Humanities (MAPH) Admissions.

The University of Chicago offers masters-level study in the Philosophy specialization through the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities (MAPH). The MAPH program is usually a one-year program, but there is also a two-year language intensive program option. Because the Philosophy is wide-ranging in its research and teaching interests, the program typically has a wealth of graduate course offerings for masters students. over, the department is unusual in the extent and depth of its engagement with both the analytic and continental traditions, so the MAPH curriculum here will make subsequent PhD applications both impressive and well-rounded.

Each year the MAPH program admits an average of 10-15 students whose primary focus is philosophy. Students who choose to specialize in Philosophy during their time in the MAPH program receive a MAPH degree. MAPH is the only option for studying Philosophy at the MA level at the University of Chicago for students who are not already enrolled in a doctoral program at the University.

MAPH students interested in philosophy, like MAPH students generally, can use their time in the program in various ways. Those who go on to pursue a doctorate in philosophy will leave the program solidly prepared to do work at that level. Some find, indeed, that their philosophical interests lie outside academic philosophy altogether. It is one of the virtues of the MAPH program that it makes these possibilities available and transparent to its participants, and offers guidance in the process of selecting from them.

Students can apply directly to the MAPH program at the Division of Humanities admissions webpage.

The PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies (IHS) is a doctoral program, funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation, that aims to facilitate the investigation of topics and problems that benefit from the insights of two disciplines. Under this program, first and second-year doctoral students have the unique opportunity to design a customized interdisciplinary PhD curriculum that they will pursue over the remaining years of their doctoral study.

Humanities, Humanistic Studies provides an avenue to pursue training and research that might not be easily carried out within the ambit of an established PhD program, and that stands to produce novel interdisciplinary research results and innovative curricula that impact two (or ) fields at once. At least one of these fields must be in the humanities or humanistic social sciences.

To be eligible to apply, students must be currently enrolled in their first or second year of doctoral study at Johns Hopkins in a humanities or humanistic social sciences discipline. Accepted students officially enter the IHS program at the beginning of the following year, and from that point onward they follow their self-designed course of research and study. Administratively they exit their original program and transition to dedicated IHS program funding.

Students entering the program in their second year are then guaranteed four further years of full stipend, tuition remission, and health care, to make up five years of full support, conditional upon satisfactory progress. Students entering the program in their third year are guaranteed three further years of full support to make up five full years, conditional upon satisfactory progress, but may petition for one additional year or partial year of funding. Students are provided workspace, administrative support, and other programming and research support by the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute.

Up to eight students total will be funded over four to five annual admissions cycles, with the aim of enrolling 1-3 new students per year in the program.

A Zoom information session on the PhD in IHS program was held on December 10, 2020.

Resources to enrich and broaden PhD training for Duke students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.

In 2016, Duke University received an NEH NextGen PhD implementation grant to enrich humanities doctoral training.

Current Duke doctoral students in humanities and humanistic social sciences may continue to reach out to Dr. Maria LaMonaca Wisdom for advising and coaching support.

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The Cogut Institute for the Humanities, in partnership with the Graduate School, and with the generous support of the Andrew W.

The proctorship is designed as an opportunity for graduate students within departments to research both discipline-specific and broader debates on the current goals and challenges of doctoral training, with a view to supporting ongoing departmental discussions.

Four proctorships will be awarded together with a $500 research fund for the proctor. Departments will receive up to $2,000 for relevant programming. Funds will be disbursed as expense reimbursements and must be spent by June 15, 2023.

Proctors will receive a full stipend for the semester. Departments can expect proctors to work a standard 15-20 hours week.

Brown University academic departments in the humanities and humanistic social sciences are eligible to submit proposals to the Cogut Institute. A departmental project may involve up to two proctorships, for example where two students working as a team could advance objectives developed for the spring of 2023 effectively. After a departmental proposal is chosen by the Cogut Institute governing board, that department recruits and appoints the candidate(s) for the position. Individuals may not Cogut Institute for this proctorship: the institute will not recruit the proctors directly.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree in the field of Philosophy.

Program Learning Outcomes for the MA and PhD Degrees in the field of Philosophy.

Upon completing the MA and PhD degrees in the field of Philosophy, students will be able to:.

Demonstrate an understanding in depth of the content and context of one of the main areas of philosophy.

Requirements for the MA and PhD Degrees in the field of Philosophy.

The MA degree can be either a thesis or a non-thesis master degree depending on the option the student pursues.

Students pursuing the non-thesis MA degree in the field of Philosophy must:.

Complete 42 credit hours of courses approved for graduate credit in philosophy at Rice University with a grade of B (2.67 grade points) or better in each course.

Complete at least 5 courses in an area of concentration.

File a petition for certification of the non-thesis master degree.

Students pursuing the thesis MA degree in the field of Philosophy must:.

Complete with high standing at least 30 credit hours in advanced courses approved by the department.

Complete a written thesis on a subject approved by the department.

The requirements listed in the General Announcements (GA) satisfy the minimum requirements for this degree program.

Total Credit Hours Required for the non-thesis MA Degree in the field of Philosophy.

Total Credit Hours Required for the thesis MA Degree in the field of Philosophy.

Requirements for the PhD Degree in the field of Philosophy.

Students pursuing the PhD degree in the field of Philosophy must:.

Complete with high standing 36 credit hours of coursework approved by the department (including logic).

Complete a written thesis on a subject approved by the department (at least one year of thesis research must be spent in residence).

All first year PhD students are required to take the introduction to Humanities doctoral study course HUMA 500, The Humanities Beyond the Disciplines, (2 credit hours). The course does not replace or displace any of the required coursework in the department.

Total Credit Hours Required for the PhD Degree in the field of Philosophy.

HUMA 500 is required for all first year PhD students.

Policies for the PhD Degree in the field of Philosophy.

Some departments and programs have additional restrictions on transfer credit.

Students pursuing the PhD degree in the field of Philosophy should be aware of the following departmental transfer credit guidelines:.

Transfer credit is limited to 1 course (3 credit hours) at the graduate level per one year of graduate study at another institution. Total transfer credit is limited to 2 courses (6 credit hours).

Opportunities for the PhD Degree in the field of Philosophy.

The Society for the Humanities announces a grant competition for the Timothy Murray Graduate Travel Grants in the Humanities. Grants up to $1000 will be awarded to post-A exam graduate students whose primary field of study is in the humanities. Applicants must complete the A-exam before the date of the proposed research trip.

Funds from this grant cycle are intended to support activities occurring July 2023 through June 2024. Preference will be given to post-A-exam doctoral students. The competition will be adjudicated by the Humanities Council.

Career Exploration for Humanities and Social Science Students.

As a graduate student, you have tremendous strengths and transferable skills to offer employers.

ImaginePhD: Self-assessment and career planning tool designed for graduate students in the humanities and social science, but widely applicable to any field.

InterSECT Job Simulations: Online platform with job simulation exercises for career exploration.

Inside Higher EdCarpe Careers: A weekly career advice column in one of the top news outlets in higher education with pieces by members of the Graduate Career Consortium.

MLA Connected Academics: Resources designed for doctoral students in language and literature departments, but widely applicable to any humanities or social science student interested in a range of career paths.

Begin networking and doing informational interviews during graduate school if you are interested in staying at Columbia in an administrative position. Gaining experience and making connections outside your department will help position you for these opportunities once you graduate.

Use your strong research and writing skills in an institutional research department. These offices need PhDs to prepare and analyze data the university and to apply that analysis to institutional problems and issues.

Advising and support roles are available in student and academic affairs offices.

Consultants work with clients to provide support around strategic and or operational issues. Consultants may conduct detailed industry analyses, benchmark comparable organizations, or devise strategic initiatives.

Financial services companies include banks, hedge funds, and trading companies. Common roles for social science PhDs include:.

Roles in investment banking are often very demanding and fast-paced. That said, you will likely be well-trained and work with smart, motivated colleagues. And, of course, salaries are high.

At a commercial bank, you may have opportunities to work with clients and use your verbal and written communication skills. As in investment banking, commercial banks tend to have strong training programs. Pay is high, but less lucrative than in investment banking.

One of these is the New York City Teaching Fellows Program. This program recruits public school teachers and helps them with certification. Another such program is Teach for America. A large proportion of TFA corps members come from graduate school or another job before joining.

You can develop classroom management skills and gain experience in various ways. Other options are volunteering as a mentor, tutoring, or working in an after-school program.

Academic publishing companies print and distribute scholarship in journal, book, or thesis form. As a PhD, you will likely be familiar with the journals and presses in your discipline. Publishing provides an opportunity to stay involved with scholarship. long commitment to scholarship makes them better editors.

The industry is currently experiencing several changes. First, university budget cuts and increased journal costs are putting pressure on publishers. University budget cuts have reduced library budgets and subsidies to university publishers. The humanities have been particularly affected by this pressure. When libraries cannot afford to buy monographs, presses are less able to publish them. Second, open-access is changing publication models, especially in the sciences. Academic publishing will continue to adapt to this shift in the coming years.

These companies publish materials for secondary schools, colleges and universities, and training programs. These include textbooks, indexes, abstracts, and study guides.

As a PhD, you have skills that you could put to work in a variety of roles, including editorial, management, marketing, sales, and production.

Newspapers, magazines, and online publications also hire PhDs to write in their areas of expertise. These will most likely be freelance or part-time positions.

Cultural and historical organizations include museums, libraries, and performing arts centers. These organizations value the subject knowledge and experience that you bring as a PhD, such as research, writing, analysis, and presentation skills. Also, you will work with people who share your passion for culture.

You may be familiar with positions in curation and research, but cultural and historical organizations often have departments in outreach, education, and program development that run educational programs and build community relationships. Marketing and public relations promote institutions to the public, and development raises money through grants from foundations and individual donors to help fund the institution. Each of these roles uses the skills you have built during your PhD in different ways.

There are ample opportunities in qualitative and quantitative research across many agencies, where the skills and knowledge you gained in graduate school will be valued and put to good use. For example, your specialized knowledge of a language or culture may be valuable to the State.

Think tanks and research centers often hire PhDs for their research, analytical, and writing skills. Job areas include program evaluation, fundraising research, market research, or public opinion research. These positions may require skills in quantitative research, qualitative research, or both. Strong written communication skills are essential.

Think Tanks often perform research and advocacy on matters of government policy. Common topics to write include foreign policy, security, microeconomic policy and social policy. Some conduct impartial research and closely resemble academia. Common forms of employment at think tanks include analysts who assist the research process by collecting and analyzing data. For example, analysists read academic, government and white papers, as well as news stories that are contributed to reports that the think tank publishes and uses to influence policy.

Projects may offer short-term relief or long-term social change through sustainable practices. A series of projects may target several aspects of society at a global level.

Entrepreneurs work in business, social enterprise, and on solo projects. These projects may create a niche market or address a social need. You may be familiar with some examples. For instance,.

Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay, created a niche when he built a platform for people to buy and sell items online.

You may start a project to explore an interest or idea, and build it into a larger enterprise.

Resources include: competitions, grants, mentorship, and training programs.

The resources page includes links to initiatives, programs and groups connected to the Columbia community, including the Columbia Venture Community, Columbia Startup Lab and MakerSpace.

VentureWell: Nonprofit organization that supports technological innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education. They offer grants, competitions, courses, experiential learning, and networking opportunities to support the creation of socially beneficial businesses.

Independent work can be very appealing to recent PhDs accustomed to setting their own schedules in graduate school. You may enjoy a variety of assignments and have control over your work, and you may have a flexible schedule and the ability to work remotely. For these reasons, independent work is an excellent way to ease into hunting for a job outside academia. You can gain industry skills, and explore various areas of interest. You may even be able to transition into a full-time job at a company where you are working as a temp or contractor.

UC Berkeley offers an interdisciplinary program of graduate study in Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean Archaeology (AHMA). The AHMA program offers MA and PhD degrees in areas that combine work in archaeology and history and related disciplines of ancient studies.

The department prepares students for professional lives within contemporary art, while acknowledging that these can take multiple forms and approaches. The department emphasizes an ethical, global scope, with a necessary encouragement of diversity of viewpoints and modes of practice. It offers innovative media-specific, and interdisciplinary courses leading to BA and MFA degrees.

The Berkeley Group in Buddhist Studies offers an interdisciplinary program of study and research leading to a PhD in Buddhist Studies. The group, which cooperates closely with the Departments of South and Southeast Asian Studies (SSEAS) and East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC), emphasizes the study of Buddhism in its many forms within its Asian historical and cultural context.

The UC Berkeley Comparative Literature is dedicated to comparative literary study that is both historical and theoretical, covering literary traditions from several inter-related regions and traditions. Our signature combination of teaching and research on literature, film, and other media is based on knowledge of original languages, an understanding of historical context and production, and theoretically innovative perspectives.

(The program in Critical Theory is not an independent degree-granting program.) Students admitted to the program DE and who complete its requirements will receive a parenthetical notation to that effect on their doctoral degrees.

The digital and data revolutions have transformed our world. For students of the humanities, these revolutions have made new kinds of study possible.

In our Summer Minor or Certificate Program in the Digital Humanities, you will explore questions art and culture using digital tools. You will learn to search through large collections of sources instantly using text analysis. You will learn to analyze and present your research vividly in visual formats. You will learn to design dynamic and interactive projects on digital platforms.

Introduce yourself to the language, literature, culture and history of the Netherlands, Flanders, the Dutch Caribbean, and Suriname. Dutch Studies offers English-taught courses on Dutch cultural history, literature, and linguistics, as well as four levels of Dutch language courses, a reading and translation course, and a Summer Abroad Program to the Netherlands and Belgium.

The English offers courses in literature, in language, and in writing. The courses in literature have many different focuses: major authors, historical periods, genres, critical theories and methods, and cultural and multicultural studies. Courses in language offer instruction in both the history and the structure of the English language. Writing courses offer training in both expository and creative writing.

The Film Media offers innovative, interdisciplinary programs leading to a BA in Film and a PhD in Film Media. It also provides curricular support for the Designated Emphasis in Film Studies for doctoral students in other departments. The department teaches students to think historically, theoretically, and analytically film and media within the broad context of humanistic studies. The Department also offers courses in screenwriting, curating, and digital video production.

The German offers language and literature classes in German, Dutch, and Yiddish, as well as breadth requirement courses (taught in English) on German philosophy, linguistics, political culture, and cinema. Our renowned doctoral program is affiliated with the departments of Comparative Literature and Film and Media, the Program in Medieval Studies, and the Graduate Group in Critical Theory.

Over the last 30 years, the National Research Council (NRC) has consistently ranked UC Berkeley program among the top three.

The Italian Studies Department is an interdisciplinary enterprise. You will find courses in Italian language, literature, history, cultural studies, film, and folklore offered by the department, both in Italian and in English. You will also discover that courses with significant Italian content are often taught in other departments and programs, including History of Art, Music, Comparative Literature, Film Studies, Anthropology, Political Science, History, and Medieval Studies.

UC Berkeley has long been a national leader in Jewish Studies, especially notable for the innovative scholarship promoted in its graduate program. The Center for Jewish Studies provides a strong new focus and a vivid presence for the many varied activities associated with Jewish Studies on the Berkeley campus.

The Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC) studies the languages, literature, and cultures of the ancient, medieval, and the modern Middle East. The department offers specialized training in archaeology, art history, Assyriology, Egyptology, Iranian studies, Judaic studies, Islamic studies, comparative Semitics, and Turkish, Hebrew, Arabic, and Persian languages and literature. Students can explore the interconnected worlds of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and their neighbors, as well as the modern literature and diverse cultures and societies of the modern Middle East. Students are given the opportunity to participate in a discovery experience that is innovative, collaborative, transdisciplinary, and features digital research.

A minor in music draws on courses for either majors or nonmajors, depending on student qualifications. For graduate students, the department offers programs leading to the MA PhD or PhD degrees in musical composition, history and literature, or ethnomusicology.

The Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley offers both a BA and a PhD in Philosophy. In addition, we offer many courses for students who specialize in other disciplines, and we offer a lively series of philosophical events.

It offers comprehensive training in a wide range of departments and disciplines. Students combine seminar work in intellectual and cultural history, material culture, and languages to supplement their traditional doctoral studies.

The Rhetoric is a leading center for interdisciplinary research and teaching in the humanities and social sciences. The department is also committed to the study of rhetorical traditions, from the classical era to contemporary rhetorical theory.

The Romance Languages and Literatures (RLL) interdepartmental PhD program is a joint venture by the Departments of French, Italian Studies, and Spanish and Portuguese.

The languages, literature, and cultures of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) are the focus of teaching and research in the department. The interdisciplinary curriculum ranges from topics in Viking and Medieval Scandinavian history and literature to the influential cultural contributions of the successful Nordic societies of contemporary times. Graduate students pursuing the Ph.D. train to become comparative Scandinavianists while also developing depth and expertise in a specific scholarly field.

We offer an abundance of opportunities to learn and achieve mastery of the languages and cultures we study, which include Catalan, Nahuatl, Portuguese, Romance Studies, and Spanish. Our programs are specially designed for highly-motivated, imaginative students with a passion for other languages, literatures, and cultures and the ability to carefully cross traditionally defined geographic, linguistic, and disciplinary borders.

Recognizing that many Berkeley students across the Humanities and Social Sciences are already deeply engaged in the study of religious phenomena, the DESR creates a space where those students may come together and focus on the history and theory of how others have approached such phenomena. Since Berkeley currently has no Religious Studies, the DESR also integrates professional approaches derived from Theology and Religious Studies, alongside those derived from other cultural traditions and critical approaches to religion.

The Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) teaches performance as a mode of critical inquiry, creative expression, and public engagement. Through performance training and research, we create liberal arts graduates with expanded analytical, technical, and imaginative capacities. As a public institution, we make diversity and inclusion a key part of our teaching, art making, and public programming.