Through research, teaching, publishing, and public service, the History Department at Washington University situates itself at the core of the university. We are committed to a comprehensive and diverse curriculum for undergraduates, which not only imparts important knowledge about the past, but cultivates skills that are crucial for life and work in today's twenty-first century world: research, analysis and interpretation, argument, and clear writing. Through our scholarship and in the training of Ph.D. students, we seek to contribute in substantive ways to the ongoing development of our discipline, to the nurturing of interdisciplinary inquiry, and to the fostering of intellectual collaboration locally, nationally, and internationally. We believe that a critical understanding of the past is foundational not only to an arts and sciences education, but to responsible global citizenship.
Jean Allman
Chair, Department of History