A. Program Description. Each applicant to the PhD program must demonstrate a high level of academic achievement and have research interests compatible with members of the Department. We support PhD research on the following geographic areas: Canada, especially the Atlantic region, the United States, Britain and Europe, the Atlantic World, including the Caribbean, and in several thematic areas, including: war and society, intelligence, international relations, gender and sexuality, medicine and the body, ethnicity, settler colonialism, imperialism, culture and belief systems, intellectual history, and the histories of education and the environment. In a supportive environment, doctoral candidates complete the following components: five graduate seminar courses, three reading fields, a language requirement, a teaching apprenticeship, and a dissertation that displays original research and analysis.

B. Special Programs. Graduate students benefit from close relationships between the Department and several research centres and groups, including: The Milton F. Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society, the Atlantic Canada Studies Centre, and the Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Group. The History Department is home to Acadiensis: Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region, the premier journal in its field, and the New Brunswick Military Heritage book series. UNB History has an active Graduate Student Society and co-organizes an annual transnational Graduate Student History Conference with the University of Maine. MA and PhD students have opportunities to work as teaching and/or research assistants, to participate in travel study programs and field schools.

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, the UNB Libraries Archives and Special Collections, the Mi'kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre, and the UNB Art Centre, are all located on our campus. The broader community supports historical work through the King's Landing Historical Settlement, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the New Brunswick Museum, and the Fredericton Region Museum.

C. Financial Aid. PhD students are eligible for up to four years of funding through an Arts Faculty Graduate Assistantship, currently valued at $19,799; top-ranked PhD applicants can also receive a School of Graduate Studies Doctoral Tuition Award and special recruitment scholarships. The University and the Department also award a variety of other merit awards, special fellowships, and donor scholarships. All Canadian citizen and permanent resident applicants to the PhD program are required to apply for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowships.

D. Degree Requirements. Specific program requirements involve the completion of 15ch of courses (including Hist6925 Thinking History, Hist6935 Writing History and Hist6945 Doing History); a major reading field and two minor reading fields; a teaching apprenticeship; possible language requirements (depending on the field of study); and the completion of a doctoral dissertation. The PhD program is designed to be completed in four to five years of full-time study.