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 Prof. Eric Johnson, Director

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242B Powers Hall
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
ph: (989) 774-3374
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Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

 Central Michigan University Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla University of Strathclyde

The CTCH coordinates a unique, international, graduate program in historical studies.  In this program the Department of History at Central Michigan University works in consortium with the history departments of four foreign universities in Europe and Mexico: The Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands; The Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany; the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland; and the Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico.  In this transnational M.A./Ph.D. program in history, students are expected to study at one of these universities for at least two academic semesters usually in one academic year.

CMU also hosts exchange students each year at the M.A. and occasionally Ph.D. level from each of its partner institutions providing a truly international classroom in its graduate history program.  Students from many other countries are also encouraged to study at CMU in these unique transnational M.A. and Ph.D. programs. The Department of History also offers a traditional M.A. program in history as well. Although the transnational program is relatively new, we have already had students from several other countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, Ireland, England, China, Norway, and Puerto Rico in addition to our partner institutions in Germany, Holland, Mexico, and Scotland.

Besides coordinating the transnational M.A./Ph.D. programs with these universities, the CTCH hosts a multitude of other activities. Among the activities of the CTCH are a yearly speaker series with leading academics and people of public interest from around the world. The CTCH also hosts yearly conferences on transnational and comparative topics.  Over the next four years, for example, a series of conferences on the history of violence and genocide are to be held.  The first of these, the Conference on Violence and Genocide in Latin America, was held in the late summer 2007. In subsequent years, conferences will follow on Africa, Asia, and Europe/North America.  Finally the CTCH acts as a cultural, business, and political conduit mediating academic knowledge and study with matters of important national and international concern.