Doctor of Philosophy in History - East and Central Asia

Our Ph.D. program has much to offer. In addition to the attention of a distinguished and award-winning History faculty, our students benefit from Georgetown's many regional studies programs and intellectual centers, where interdisciplinary activity is prized. Opportunities for language training abound. No city has greater resources for historians than Washington, D.C.: the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the National Library of Medicine, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and many other institutions hold an unparalleled wealth of research material.

Georgetown's graduate program in Asian history offers students a chance to study with internationally renowned specialists amidst the diverse opportunities and rich research collections of the Washington D.C. area (including the National Archives, Library of Congress and Smithsonian Institution). Faculty interests cover the social, cultural, political, diplomatic and environmental history of early modern through twentieth-century Asia, with particular specialties in the history of medicine, Christianity in Asia, Chinese Inner Asia (Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia and Manchuria) and Central Eurasia, Asian environmental history, Japanese urban and cultural history, colonial Asia, and Asia in world history. Students may also work with history faculty outside the Asian subfield on subjects that cross geographic or thematic boundaries, such as environmental or imperial history, or on topics involving China and Russia, Islam, Central Asia or the Pacific World. Students may also profit from interaction with Georgetown's Asianist faculty members in other disciplines, including government, economics, law, art history and theology.

All applicants to the PhD program should have strong analytical, language, and writing skills. An undergraduate GPA above 3.3 is expected, and above 3.5 is encouraged.
Applications for PhD admission include:
a 500-word, double spaced statement of purpose,
a substantive sample of work (research papers preferred, maximum of 50 pages, if you are excerpting a larger work, please provide a cover page explaining the selection and larger context),
unofficial transcripts from any and all college and universities attended (see note below on unofficial transcripts),
GRE General Test scores (optional),
TOEFL/IELTS where applicable (see note below on language proficiency),
and three letters of recommendation.
Resume/CV
TOEFL/IELTS (if applicable)
TOEFL = 80 minimum
IELTS = 7.0 minimum