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HistoryDepartment Chairperson: Troyansky, DavidLocation: 524 Whitehead Hall Phone: 718-951-5303 Fax: 718-951-4504 
The Department of History, with award-winning faculty and students, offers rigorous study in a broad range of regions, methods, and issues across historical time. In course work and seminars, the instructors, many of whom are published authors of books and scholarly articles, offer students a wealth of information about and insight into history in the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America as well as transnational and comparative history. The department is also notable for providing study in historiography and examining problems involved in the accurate recording of history. With a philosophy that includes the belief that no single methodology provides the "right" answer in historical investigation and encourages inquisitiveness, the department offers courses in political, social, and cultural history, including the history of ideas, religions, and gender. Also explored are such diverse issues as slavery, the meaning of "cultural renaissance," the conflicts of the Middle East, and the course and consequences of the Vietnam War. Many graduates go on to careers in teaching, law, archival management, and public service.
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