The new interdisciplinary Genocide Studies doctoral program broadens the methodological, conceptual, and empirical training that we offer; transcending history as a discipline, it goes beyond European and Ottoman genocides. Adding a cross-disciplinary Ph.D. to the existing doctoral program in History, the Strassler Center offers training designed to confront large-scale human rights abuses and events of mass violence in the past as well as in the present. Accommodating inter- and multidisciplinary methods that increasingly shape the field of genocide studies, students will graduate prepared for careers as leaders in government, NGOs, and various pedagogical institutions such as museums, memorials, and teacher training initiatives.
The Ph.D. in Genocide Studies relies on a curriculum that trains students not primarily in the diachronic, but in the synchronic dimension of genocides, and thus in disciplines such as anthropology, psychology, political science, sociology, literary studies, legal studies, and pedagogy. Graduates will be conversant in multiple disciplines and will be able to “translate” across these differences, becoming practitioners prepared to apply knowledge and skills in problem-oriented work and real-life contexts.
15 January 2025
Start date
Expected August 2025
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Jonas Clark Hall, Room 114A,
950 Main Street,
WORCESTER,
Massachusetts,
01610, United States
Admission to the program is based on the applicant’s undergraduate academic record.
TOEFL: 85 overall, recommended sub-score minimum of 18, or
TOEFL: ITP Plus Scores, or
IELTS: 6.5 overall, recommended sub-score minimum of 6, or
PTE: 53 overall, or
Completion of ELS 112, or
Completion of EC English B2+ Pre-Advanced Level
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.