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Letter From the Chair Dear Prospective Graduate Student: Welcome to the Department of History’s web page. It is a useful resource for getting a sense of our graduate school program. Our graduate students are an important part of our department's intellectual community, and I invite you to explore their research interests and those of our faculty. Our program is characterized by the diversity of its interests and by each student's opportunity to work in a close, one-on-one relationship with his or her graduate advisor. In 2003 we instituted three workshops designed to enhance discussion across traditional geographic, disciplinary, and temporal boundaries. These are: The Workshop on Citizenship, Empire, and Nation, the Workshop on Political and Social Thought, and the Workshop on Religion and Society. In addition to working closely with their advisors, students take part in one or more workshops. Please check our department events calendar for more information on these workshops and to see the activities planned for this year. The workshops have the potential of stimulating intellectual growth and creativity, and their success is largely dependent on graduate student participation. I also invite you to visit the web page that describes our faculty and their interests. It will help you to decide whether to apply to our department. You should also strongly consider reading the work of faculty whose interests match your own. You may then wish to contact faculty directly to discuss your graduate school plans. If you have not done so already, be sure to visit the web page for the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. The History Department is part of the Maxwell School, which is an internationally recognized institution for the study and advancement of citizenship and public affairs. The Maxwell School provides an important context in which historians at Syracuse broaden their discussions to involve other social science disciplines. It also constitutes a forum in which historians can link their interests to larger public and international policy concerns. Our workshops frequently draw faculty and graduate students from other Maxwell departments. Please allow me to conclude with some introductions. Ms. Patti Bohrer, our Office Coordinator, works as the general secretary of the graduate program. You will find her extraordinarily knowledgeable and helpful. We encourage you to visit Syracuse, and she will provide you with some of the necessary information. Please also allow me to introduce Professor Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, our Director of Graduate Studies. Professor Lasch-Quinn oversees all aspects of the graduate program. Feel free to contact her, as well, to learn more about graduate studies at Syracuse. I thank you for your interest and wish you the best of luck in furthering your studies.
Sincerely,
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