历史哲学博士-古代/中世纪历史

范德比尔特（Vanderbilt）拥有一批充满活力的古代和中世纪历史学者。该系代表着一系列的地理和时间顺序，包括罗马帝国，古代/中世纪叙利亚，中世纪的欧洲，犹太教，伊斯兰教和亚洲。通过严格的，源驱动的历史重建，以及在法律，宗教，经济，文化和军事历史方面的专长，教师们共同致力于重建过去。他们与杰出的早期现代历史学家紧密合作，并与古典和地中海研究，法律历史研讨会，犹太研究，妇女与性别研究，前现代文化研究研讨会（罗伯特·佩恩·沃伦中心）合作，英语，法语和意大利语，德语，俄语和东欧研究系，艺术史系以及研究生院。
Vanderbilt boasts a dynamic group of scholars in Ancient and Medieval history. The faculty represent a range of geographic and chronological periods, including the Roman Empire, Ancient/Medieval Syria, medieval Europe, Judaism, Islam and Asia. The faculty share a mutual interest in reconstructing past through rigorous, source-driven historical reconstruction, with specializations in legal, religious, economic, cultural and military history. They work closely with a distinguished cohort of early modern historians, and in collaboration with the programs in Classical and Mediterranean Studies, the Legal History Seminar, Jewish Studies, Women and Gender Studies, the Pre-Modern Cultural Studies seminar (Robert Penn Warren Center), the departments of English, French & Italian, German, Russian and East European Studies, History of Art, and the Graduate Department of Religion.<br><br>We welcome applications from potential graduate students interested both in particular subject areas, but also in the questions and methods shared by all historians of pre-modern societies – how to work with patchy or fragmentary evidence, how to reconstruct the world of culture and symbols, how to push beyond the learned texts that predominate in our records, and how to ask meaningful questions about the past.<br>There is no prescribed graduate curriculum, students are invited to craft their own program within the framework of the History Department Ph.D. requirements during coursework. Particular scrutiny is given, in evaluating applications, to a candidate's prior preparation (including knowledge of languages necessary to undertake Ph.D. level research) and a candidate's writing sample. Applicants are encouraged to contact potential supervisors in advance.