Johns Hopkins University. Department of History
Dates
- Existence: 1876-
Biography
The study of history at Johns Hopkins began with the university's founding in 1876. The Hopkins history department has the oldest PhD program in the United States.
Dr. John Marshall joined the faculty in 1997 and was appointed chair of the department in 2013.
Source: http://history.jhu.edu
Source: Lisa Enders, Department Administrator
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John Higham papers
John Higham was a historian and professor at Johns Hopkins University with a principal field of interest in American social and intellectual history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection consists of holographic course notes, outlines, examination booklets, and other assignments completed during his undergraduate years at The Johns Hopkins University, 1937-1939, as well as material relating to Dr. Higham's teaching and writing career.