历史学者研究过去，从而更好的理解现在。他们分析影响人类经历和塑造不同社会的因素和影响。80多年来，该研究生专业在全球各地语境中从社会、文化、政治和智力视角进行分析。毕业生在菲律宾、中国、日本、印度、俄罗斯、德国、英国、墨西哥、古巴、美国、加拿大等地的机构进行研究，研究领域覆盖原住民历史、性别历史、科学历史、国际关系、移民历史等等。
Historians study the past to better understand the present. They analyze the forces and influences that have affected human experiences and shaped different societies over time. For more than 80 years, our graduate program has promoted this analysis from social, cultural, political, and intellectual perspectives in diverse contexts throughout the world. Our graduate students have done research in such diverse locations as the Philippines, China, Japan, India, Russia, Germany, Britain, Mexico, Cuba, the United States and Canada and in fields spanning Aboriginal History, Gender History, History of Science, International Relations, and Migration History, among others.