 Program Assets
Located midway between New York and Washington D.C., the Ph.D. Program in American Civilization at the University of Delaware is ideally situated to foster interdisciplinary scholarship. Among its assets are:
- A distinguished faculty at a Land and Sea Grant research university.
- An interdisciplinary Center for American Material Culture Studies.
- Opportunities to work with the object and library collections at the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library.
- Opportunities to conduct research at the Hagley Museum and Library with its collections of industrial artifacts and business and technology archives.
- A distinguished University Library of more than 2.5 million volumes, serials and special collections.
- The opportunity to receive professional training in Museum Studies via the Museum Studies Program and Historic Preservation via the Center for Historic Architecture and Design.
- An excellent collection of prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture and ethnographic artifacts at the University Museum.
- An emphasis on field-based research and training.
- Good opportunities for financial support.
- Frequent conferences, colloquia, lectures, seminars, symposia, and workshops.
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