Graduate Programs
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Training the Next Generation of Professors
The Kinder Institute’s graduate programs not only train students in the classroom. With fellowships, travel grants, and robust academic programming, they also support the professional development of MA and PhD students by providing opportunities to teach, research, organize events, and meet with cutting edge scholars of global history and political thought.
An MA Like No Other
Our flagship graduate program, the one-year, 30-credit hour MA in Atlantic History & Politics, immerses students in interdisciplinary study of the connections and conflicts among the diverse peoples of the Atlantic World from the dawn of European empires, through the Age of Revolutions, and into the “American Century.” The program begins with a monthlong summer school at University of Oxford and continues throughout the fall and spring semesters with graduate coursework across multiple disciplines at Mizzou.
MU Law students can also take advantage of the MA/JD offering, through which candidates can obtain both degrees with only an extra summer of additional coursework.
Funding Opportunities
While the one-year format already makes the MA one of the most affordable graduate degrees around, the Kinder Institute and College of Arts & Science offer additional funding opportunities in the form of teaching assistantships in the Departments of History and Political Science, fellowships associated with helping coordinate our ASH Scholars and Kinder Scholars undergraduate programs, and partial tuition scholarships.
PhD students in History and Political Science are also eligible to apply for fellowships tied to assisting with conference organizing, serving as Junior Deans for our Oxford and DC summer programs, and teaching at the Honors College’s Missouri Scholars Academy.
Research Opportunities
Whether it’s going to a library in Iowa, an archive in Italy, or a conference in Brazil, all Kinder-affiliated MA and PhD students can apply for funding to support developing and presenting their ongoing research projects.
A Hive of Intellectual Activity
With dedicated office space on the fourth floor of Jesse Hall, all graduate students are seamlessly integrated into the Kinder Institute’s intellectual community. Not only are they steps away from our lecture hall in Jesse 410. They also enjoy exclusive opportunities to meet with all visiting speakers at the Kinder Institute and to present their research at the international conferences we host each year in Columbia.
