Master of Arts in History - African-American and Southern History

University of Memphis

The History Department at the University of Memphis is especially strong in African American and Southern histories. While these are distinct fields of inquiry and students may work exclusively within one or the other our program provides a unique opportunity to study at the intersection of two histories that have informed each other across the centuries in myriad ways large and small. The center of our attention is generally the nineteenth and twentieth century U.S. but our collective interests transcend political borders geography and time enabling students to pursue research that is as global and deep as it is African American and or Southern. Departmental strengths in the histories of labor race gender politics women and the economy open up further lines of inquiry and emphasis. Thus while Southern and African American experiences represent the focal points of our scholarship opportunities abound for students to find their own intellectual space between and within two dynamic fields of study that have their own long and tangled histories.