The Department of History at Brown University in Providence Rhode Island provides a dynamic and rigorous environment for exploring the human past. Students delve into a wide range of historical periods and global regions guided by diverse faculty who are recognized scholars employing innovative teaching and research methods. The comprehensive curriculum emphasizes critical thinking research and analytical skills allowing students to understand the complex forces that have shaped the world. This vibrant academic community fosters intellectual curiosity and prepares graduates with versatile skills highly valued in diverse careers beyond academia from law and business to public service and journalism making it a distinguished center for historical study.
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Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island. It is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. One of nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution, it was the first college in the United States to codify in its charter that admission and instruction of students was to be equal regardless of their religious affiliation.
