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Department of History

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Faculty by Themes

  • Cultural/Intellectual History
  • Economic History
  • Environmental History
  • Global Perspectives
  • History of Science, Medicine and Technology
  • Political History
  • Social History
  • War and Revolution
  • Maritime History

    • Cultural/Intellectual History


    Thomas Devaney Headshot

    Devaney, Thomas C.

    • Associate Professor of History

    Interests: Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe; Urban History; Interfaith Relations

    Richard Kaeuper Headshot

    Kaeuper, Richard W.

    • Gladys I. & Franklin W. Clark Professor in History

    Interests: Medieval Britain and Continental Europe

    Matthew Lenoe Headshot

    Lenoe, Matthew E.

    • Associate Professor of History

    Interests: Russian and Soviet History; Stalinist Culture and Politics; History of Mass Media; Soviet Soldiers in World War II; Russia in East Asia; Leninism in World History

    Jean Pedersen Headshot

    Pedersen, Jean

    • Associate Professor of History
      Associate Professor of Humanities, Eastman School of Music

    Interests: Modern European History; French History; Feminist Theory, Women's History, and Gender Studies; Philosophy of Science; Sociology of Knowledge; History of Academic Disciplines

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    Rubin, Joan S.

    • Dexter Perkins Professor in History

    Interests: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Cultural and Intellectual History; The History of the Book

    Thomas Slaughter Headshot

    Slaughter, Thomas P.

    • Arthur R. Miller Professor of History
    • Director of Graduate StudiesDirector, Seward Family Archive Project

    Interests: Europe and the Americas, c.1500-1900; Early America; American Revolution; Abolition; Humans and Nature; Families

    Laura Ackerman Smoller Headshot

    Smoller, Laura Ackerman

    • Professor of History
    • Department Chair

    Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Medieval Christianity; Early Science and Medicine; History of Astrology and Prophecy

    Robert Westbrook Headshot

    Westbrook, Robert B.

    • Joseph F. Cunningham Professor of History

    Interests: Modern American History

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    Economic History


    Joseph Inikori Headshot

    Inikori, Joseph E.

    • Professor of History

    Interests: Atlantic World Economic History

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    Environmental History


    Molly Ball Headshot

    Ball, Molly

    • History Lecturer

    Interests: Modern Brazil; Economic History

    Michael Jarvis Headshot

    Jarvis, Michael J.

    • Associate Professor of History
    • Director of Digital Media Studies Program; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project

    Website

    Interests: Museum Studies; Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transational); Material Culture and Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History

    Elias Mandala Headshot

    Mandala, Elias C.

    • Professor of History

    Interests: Southern Africa since the 19th Century; Social History

    Morris Pierce Headshot

    Pierce, Morris

    • Adjunct Professor of History

    Interests: Military History; Science and Technology

    Thomas Slaughter Headshot

    Slaughter, Thomas P.

    • Arthur R. Miller Professor of History
    • Director of Graduate StudiesDirector, Seward Family Archive Project

    Interests: Europe and the Americas, c.1500-1900; Early America; American Revolution; Abolition; Humans and Nature; Families

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    Global Perspectives


    Thomas Devaney Headshot

    Devaney, Thomas C.

    • Associate Professor of History

    Interests: Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe; Urban History; Interfaith Relations

    Dahpon Ho Headshot

    Ho, Dahpon

    • Assistant Professor of History

    Interests: East Asian History

    Joseph Inikori Headshot

    Inikori, Joseph E.

    • Professor of History

    Interests: Atlantic World Economic History

    Michael Jarvis Headshot

    Jarvis, Michael J.

    • Associate Professor of History
    • Director of Digital Media Studies Program; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project

    Website

    Interests: Museum Studies; Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transational); Material Culture and Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History

    Matthew Lenoe Headshot

    Lenoe, Matthew E.

    • Associate Professor of History

    Interests: Russian and Soviet History; Stalinist Culture and Politics; History of Mass Media; Soviet Soldiers in World War II; Russia in East Asia; Leninism in World History

    Elias Mandala Headshot

    Mandala, Elias C.

    • Professor of History

    Interests: Southern Africa since the 19th Century; Social History

    Jean Pedersen Headshot

    Pedersen, Jean

    • Associate Professor of History
      Associate Professor of Humanities, Eastman School of Music

    Interests: Modern European History; French History; Feminist Theory, Women's History, and Gender Studies; Philosophy of Science; Sociology of Knowledge; History of Academic Disciplines

    Pablo Sierra Silva Headshot

    Sierra Silva, Pablo M.

    • Assistant Professor of History
    • Director of Undergraduate Studies

    Interests: Latin American and Atlantic History

    Thomas Slaughter Headshot

    Slaughter, Thomas P.

    • Arthur R. Miller Professor of History
    • Director of Graduate StudiesDirector, Seward Family Archive Project

    Interests: Europe and the Americas, c.1500-1900; Early America; American Revolution; Abolition; Humans and Nature; Families

    Laura Ackerman Smoller Headshot

    Smoller, Laura Ackerman

    • Professor of History
    • Department Chair

    Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Medieval Christianity; Early Science and Medicine; History of Astrology and Prophecy

    Stewart Weaver Headshot

    Weaver, Stewart A.

    • Professor of History

    Interests: Modern British History; Himalayan History; Environmental History

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    Political History


    Dahpon Ho Headshot

    Ho, Dahpon

    • Assistant Professor of History

    Interests: East Asian History

    Richard Kaeuper Headshot

    Kaeuper, Richard W.

    • Gladys I. & Franklin W. Clark Professor in History

    Interests: Medieval Britain and Continental Europe

    Matthew Lenoe Headshot

    Lenoe, Matthew E.

    • Associate Professor of History

    Interests: Russian and Soviet History; Stalinist Culture and Politics; History of Mass Media; Soviet Soldiers in World War II; Russia in East Asia; Leninism in World History

    Thomas Slaughter Headshot

    Slaughter, Thomas P.

    • Arthur R. Miller Professor of History
    • Director of Graduate StudiesDirector, Seward Family Archive Project

    Interests: Europe and the Americas, c.1500-1900; Early America; American Revolution; Abolition; Humans and Nature; Families

    Stewart Weaver Headshot

    Weaver, Stewart A.

    • Professor of History

    Interests: Modern British History; Himalayan History; Environmental History

    Elya Zhang Headshot

    Zhang, Elya J.

    • Assistant Professor of History

    Website

    Interests: Chinese History, Financial History, Spatial History, and Network Studies

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    Social History


    Dahpon Ho Headshot

    Ho, Dahpon

    • Assistant Professor of History

    Interests: East Asian History

    Larry Hudson Headshot

    Hudson, Larry E.

    • Associate Professor of History

    Interests: African-American History; Comparative Slavery; Civil War and Reconstruction; New South; Theory and Methods of Oral History

    Michael Jarvis Headshot

    Jarvis, Michael J.

    • Associate Professor of History
    • Director of Digital Media Studies Program; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project

    Website

    Interests: Museum Studies; Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transational); Material Culture and Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History

    Richard Kaeuper Headshot

    Kaeuper, Richard W.

    • Gladys I. & Franklin W. Clark Professor in History

    Interests: Medieval Britain and Continental Europe

    Matthew Lenoe Headshot

    Lenoe, Matthew E.

    • Associate Professor of History

    Interests: Russian and Soviet History; Stalinist Culture and Politics; History of Mass Media; Soviet Soldiers in World War II; Russia in East Asia; Leninism in World History

    Elias Mandala Headshot

    Mandala, Elias C.

    • Professor of History

    Interests: Southern Africa since the 19th Century; Social History

    Pablo Sierra Silva Headshot

    Sierra Silva, Pablo M.

    • Assistant Professor of History
    • Director of Undergraduate Studies

    Interests: Latin American and Atlantic History

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    War and Revolution


    Thomas Devaney Headshot

    Devaney, Thomas C.

    • Associate Professor of History

    Interests: Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe; Urban History; Interfaith Relations

    Dahpon Ho Headshot

    Ho, Dahpon

    • Assistant Professor of History

    Interests: East Asian History

    Larry Hudson Headshot

    Hudson, Larry E.

    • Associate Professor of History

    Interests: African-American History; Comparative Slavery; Civil War and Reconstruction; New South; Theory and Methods of Oral History

    Richard Kaeuper Headshot

    Kaeuper, Richard W.

    • Gladys I. & Franklin W. Clark Professor in History

    Interests: Medieval Britain and Continental Europe

    Matthew Lenoe Headshot

    Lenoe, Matthew E.

    • Associate Professor of History

    Interests: Russian and Soviet History; Stalinist Culture and Politics; History of Mass Media; Soviet Soldiers in World War II; Russia in East Asia; Leninism in World History

    Jean Pedersen Headshot

    Pedersen, Jean

    • Associate Professor of History
      Associate Professor of Humanities, Eastman School of Music

    Interests: Modern European History; French History; Feminist Theory, Women's History, and Gender Studies; Philosophy of Science; Sociology of Knowledge; History of Academic Disciplines

    Thomas Slaughter Headshot

    Slaughter, Thomas P.

    • Arthur R. Miller Professor of History
    • Director of Graduate StudiesDirector, Seward Family Archive Project

    Interests: Europe and the Americas, c.1500-1900; Early America; American Revolution; Abolition; Humans and Nature; Families

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    Maritime History


    Dahpon Ho Headshot

    Ho, Dahpon

    • Assistant Professor of History

    Interests: East Asian History

    Michael Jarvis Headshot

    Jarvis, Michael J.

    • Associate Professor of History
    • Director of Digital Media Studies Program; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project

    Website

    Interests: Museum Studies; Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transational); Material Culture and Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History

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