Overview of Ph.D Program

The Strassler Center is home to the world’s first doctoral program in Holocaust History and Genocide Studies. Acclaimed by experts in the field as the most decisive step to date in furthering Holocaust and genocide scholarship, the Ph.D. program offers students a range of courses covering a spectrum of topics pertaining to the history of the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, and other genocides.

The ability to conduct original research and to generate new knowledge is the hallmark of scholarship. Graduate students achieve a deep understanding of their area of specialization, learn relevant methodologies and historiography, and develop the skills necessary for independent research.  The Ph.D. program aims to prepare future Holocaust and genocide scholars as well as future leaders and decision makers in government bureaucracies, corporations, and NGOs.

Graduate students are expected, through disciplined and rigorous application, to fulfill the program requirements in five years.

For further information, please contact:
Dr. Tatyana Macaulay, Program Director
Phone: 508.793.7764 or Email: tmacaulay@clarku.edu