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Dale Center Faculty and Graduate Students 2016The Dale Center for the Study of War & Society and History program of the School of 九游会国际的人文学科可以让学生集中精力 在各种各样与冲突研究相关的研究领域.  War and Society 学者们通常研究社会、文化和政治之间的联系 values of societies and the wars they wage. Several historians at Southern Miss have specialties that complement this approach.  Our graduate program can also support 更传统的军事历史主题,如作战、战略和战术. 因此,我们的程序允许在组合中有很大的灵活性和创造性 战争与社会和传统军事史的方法来研究历史 of conflict.

我们希望培养的学生能说广泛的文献和进入就业市场 as well-defined and broadly-trained scholars. As home to a faculty 戴尔中心是一个与战争研究有关的独特的兴趣中心 一个理想的地方培养研究生的职业生涯在学院和大学 教学、研究、专业军事教育、政府或非营利性工作; or Public History.  We are proud that the U. S. military has trusted the Dale Center 培养一批军官,他们将继续培养未来的领导者 U.S. armed forces.  戴尔中心也很高兴能够提供我们的高级博士生 the opportunity to work as research fellows with the U.S. Army's Center for Military History.  

A listing of our current graduate students 提供了在戴尔中心正在追求的研究和奖学金的一瞥.  Our record of graduate placement 突出了我们的毕业生在许多不同领域找到好工作的成功.

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Masters Programs
 
对战争与社会主题感兴趣的文学硕士学生可以攻读学位 in American History, European History, or War and Society. The programs in American 或欧洲学位是更通用的学位,允许学生在其中的辅修领域学习 War & Society and write their MA thesis on a War and Society topic. Students thinking about pursuing the Ph.D. 鼓励将来获得学位的学生参加这些课程. 学生选修一些核心课程,学习历史的方法和实践 以及美国或欧洲历史的特定史学课程. In addition, students in these programs take a comprehensive exam,准备一门外语或研究工具,并撰写硕士论文.  

有关这些程序的具体要求的更多信息,请参阅 Graduate Bulletin or the History Graduate Handbook.
 

Doctoral Program 

All Ph.D. 学生必须首先集中精力学习美国或欧洲历史, but can do so with a War and Society focus. Most Ph.D. students interested in the field will choose War & 把社会作为自己的副修领域之一并写一篇论文 with a War & Society emphasis. However, students must be prepared to teach the entirety of their dissertation major and minor fields. 

硕士学位之外至少有54个学期的课程学分 必修课程,包括与学生专业相关的史学课程 在辅修领域,学生的主修和辅修额外的600/700级课程 areas, passing vigorous comprehensive exams (书面和口头)在主要和两个次要领域,并写一篇原创和 persuasive dissertation.  Ph.D. students must also have reading knowledge of two (2) 或者,对于美国人来说,一门外语和另一门“研究” tool”).

为博士综合所需的战争与社会实地阅读的列表 exam, click here.

For more information on degree requirements, please see the Graduate Bulletin or the History Graduate Handbook.
 
 
Assistantships and Other Funding

我们为硕士和博士提供几个有竞争力的助教奖学金.D. students.  The deadline to apply is February 15.  首次申请的申请人应在申请表上注明他们希望成为 considered for an assistantship.  Students on assistantships who are working on their 硕士通常担任评分员、历史实验室导师或教员助理 member.  At the Ph.D. level, students may serve as a grader, a faculty assistant, or teach their own sections of History 101 or 102. Other types of assistantship may also be assigned.  Assistants work no more than twenty (20) hours a week; they receive 津贴,学费减免(州内或州外)和基本健康保险(与 a student co-pay each pay period).

除了正常的研究生助教奖学金外,戴尔中心还提供了几种 奖学金和奖学金,在竞争的基础上,以增加或取代助教奖学金 funding:

 

Resources for Graduate Study

World War I Camp Library PosterThe University Libraries九游会国际有越来越多的收藏来支持我们的集中领域 War and Society studies. Of special interest to military historians is the 103d Infantry Division Archive该博物馆保存着大量二战时期的文件和文物.  Special Collections at University Libraries 提供了各种各样的历史资源,从十五世纪的照明 内战信件的手稿,民权文件和现在的密西西比. 特别藏品位于威廉·大卫·麦凯恩大楼,建于1976年. 近2.4万平方英尺的空间专门用于特殊收藏,包括四个 units: University Archives; Rare Books and Mississippiana; Historical Manuscripts; and the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection. 

In addition to these special resources, USM's award-winning Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage (COHCH)收集了数百个关于美国经历的采访 of war.  这些面试可供学生使用,研究生也可以 与COHCH的工作人员一起研究口述历史技术.  

The War and Society program at USM also boasts an active study abroad component, in conjunction with the university’s Center for International Education.  入学学生可以在国外进行初步研究,并有机会 研究法国、英国和越南等地的战争史.

Two ongoing Dale Center projects, War Stories: Preserving National Guard Voices and War Stories: Civil War Governors of Mississippi 也应该引起九游会国际研究生研究人员的极大兴趣.
 
Courses

这只是南方大学战争与社会课程的一个例子 Miss:

  • War in Pre-modern Europe
  • Early American War & Society
  • American Revolution
  • U.S. Civil War
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • World War II--British Studies (Study Abroad)
  • The Vietnam War
  • The Vietnam War--Vietnam Studies (Study Abroad)
  • U.S. Foreign Relations
  • Woman and War
  • Topics in the History of War & Society (various topics)
    • Asian Military History Through Films
    • U.S. Conflicts since Vietnam
    • War and American Communities
    • Native American Warfare
  • War & Society Historiography
  • Graduate Seminar in War and Society (various topics)
    • Women and Gender in War
    • The Cultural History of 20th Century European Warfare
    • The American Civil War: The Latest Historiography

Dale Center Graduate Students 2017

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如果你有任何关于战争与社会研究生课程的问题 九游会国际,请联系历史项目的研究生主任, Dr.%20Heather%20Stur.