Department of History

If you love history, enjoy working with faculty in small classroom settings, and want solid preparation for public history, history education, or graduate school, the History Program at Georgia Southern University is for you!  

Our faculty are student-centered, engaging teachers, and nationally and internationally known as scholars in a variety of historical fields. You will be in the classroom with award-winning teachers and  scholars, taking a range of classes that satisfy just about any historical interest.

The Department of History proudly offers the Batchelor of Arts and  Masters of Arts degrees in History, specializing in Southern History, History of Georgia, Women's History, and Military History, among other areas.  For undergraduates, the Department offers a unique Departmental Honors sequence as part of the University Honors Program, and for graduate students the Department has several graduate assistantship opportunities to gain valuable experience and offset tuition costs.

So check us out!  Explore what students and faculty do in History at Georgia Southern University!
Upcoming Events
Fall 2009
  • Dr. Susan Matt, Professor of History, Weber State University, "Homesickness in American History," September 24, 2009, 6:00 PM, CIT Lecture Hall

  • Dr. Michael Neiberg, Professor of History, University of Southern Mississippi, Lecture TBA, Monday, October 12, 2009, 6:00 PM, CIT Lecture Hall

  • Dr. Geoffrey Megargee, Historian, National Holocaust Memorial Museum, Lecture, Date and Time TBA
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