历史系提供国家，比较和跨国领域的硕士和博士学位课程，包括非洲，非洲侨民，大西洋世界，东亚，欧洲，拉丁美洲和加勒比，南亚和美国的历史。 。有联合博士学位。通过法文研究所，希伯来和犹太研究与历史，通过希伯来和犹太研究的斯基伯系，以及历史和中东研究以及中东和伊斯兰研究系开设的法文历史专业课程。学生可以选择在其专业领域内或作为第二领域来强调比较或主题方法。
The PhD is a research degree. The principal objective of graduate training concerns the development of professional skills in historical research, and the principal source of professional employment for a holder of the PhD in history is teaching. The department seeks to prepare doctoral students for research and teaching, but we are also dedicated to preparing students for a variety of other careers, including public history and archival management.The program for the Ph.D. degree provides a framework within which students can acquire the following training and experience: (1) broad exposure to a general area of interest and to its current literature and controversies; (2) more intense training in the special field in which the student intends to conduct research and do his or her primary teaching; (3) a sound but more limited introduction to a second field; (4) training in research procedures and methods; (5) appropriate linguistic competence; and (6) the completion of a dissertation judged to be a significant piece of historical research and writing.