Transatlantic History Student Organization: Links

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Transatlantic History Ph.D. – Department of History, University of Texas at Arlington

In 1998, the UTA implemented a Ph.D. program in Transatlantic History. Unlike other doctoral programs, the Ph.D. Program in Transatlantic focuses on the interactions of people and regions across the Atlantic from the fifteenth century to the present time. The program is not defined by political boundaries, and students explore the interactions and cross-cultural developments between Europe, Africa, and the Americas over the last six centuries.

Job Opportunities in Transatlantic History

Developed in response to recent trends away from strict national histories, Transatlantic History is an exciting, imaginative new field among the global history and comparative history subject areas that are now in demand. Whether the student's future employment is in the area of education and teaching, research, government, or business, doctoral work in Transatlantic studies will make the job candidate attractive to future employers.

Department of History – University of Texas at Arlington

The History department offers a number of courses and specializations for students wishing to pursue a B.A., M.A., or Ph.D. degree at UTA.

Phi Alpha Theta – Omicron Kappa Chapter

The purpose of UTA’s Phi Alpha Theta chapter is to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication, and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians. THSO often co-hosts many events with Phi Alpha Theta.

Time Traveler

The newsletter of the UTA History Department offers news and information on THSO and UTA history graduate students.

The University of Texas at Arlington Library

The library and its website offer many useful starting points for research.

Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography

UTA’s Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography fosters interdisciplinary study of the Southwest and publicizes the University's Special Collections pertaining to the region and its cartographic history.

UTA Special Collections

On the sixth floor of UTA’s Central Library, Special Collections specializes in historical materials relating to Texas, the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), the cartographic history of Texas and the Gulf of Mexico, and Mexico from 1810-1920. The collections include more than 30,000 volumes, 7,000 linear feet of manuscript and archival collections, 5,000 historical maps, 3,600,000 photographic prints and negatives, and thousands of items in other formats.

Cartographic Connections

UTA hosts a project called Cartographic Connections: Improving Teaching through the Use of Historic Maps, which is a three-year, interactive electronic pilot project. Its goal is to connect secondary school students and teachers to a primary source—historic maps of Texas, the Southwest and beyond, dating from the 1500s through the 1900s. Through the use of maps, students gain a better understanding of history and the sources that reveal it.

Walter Prescott Webb Lecture Series

Renowned historian Walter Prescott Webb (1888-1963) was intimately associated with the University of Texas, he repeatedly asserted that this institution had a bright future, urged his and other graduate students to join its faculty, and followed its growth in size and stature with the special interest of a man seeing his prophecies fulfilled. For decades now, UTA’s Department of History has respectfully dedicates a lecture series to his memory.

International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World, 1500-1825

The Atlantic History Seminar was established at Harvard University in 1995 by Bernard Bailyn, under the auspices of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History. Its aim is to promote the scholarship of historians from many nations interested in the early years of Atlantic history.

Graduate Student Senate

The Graduate Student Senate is the branch of Student Government representing our interests to the administration.

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Department of History

Transatlantic History Doctoral Program

THSO, Department of History, Box 19529, 601 S. Nedderman Drive, 201 University Hall, Arlington, TX 76019