JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYEST. 1876
America’s First Research University
For more than a century, the Department of History has flourished as an intellectual community committed to intensive research, collaborative seminars, public engagement, and methodological innovation. We offer a top-ranked graduate program and a rigorous undergraduate major and minor, all of which prepare students to engage issues of vital personal and global significance.
Contribute new research to the oldest PhD history program in the country.
The department seeks to develop each student’s capacity for comparative reasoning and to deepen their understanding of global connections.
Faculty research ranges from medieval to modern history and emphasizes the histories of Europe, the United States, East Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.
Congratulations to Ginger Trask, who received a BA/MA in History earlier this year. Trask will travel to Samoa on a Fulbright Fellowship to study the history of tourism and its […]
The Ditz Prize for excellence in Teaching is awarded annually, each fall, in recognition of outstanding teaching on the part of a graduate student either for a STAR course of […]
Professor Connolly and Dr. Mott were inducted into the 2025 Indispensable Role of Blacks at Johns Hopkins, on June 20, 2025, highlighting their strong leadership roles and invaluable contributions to the university and community.