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History (SAS)

History (SAS)
Learning Goals
Major Requirements
Minor Programs and Requirements
Certificate Programs and Requirements
Teacher Certification
Departmental Honors Program
General/Comparative History Courses (506)
African, Asian, and Latin American History Courses (508)
European History Courses (510)
American History Courses (512)

HISTORY


(General/Comparative History 506; African, Asian, and Latin American History 508; European History 510; American History 512)

Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences

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Chair: Samantha Kelly

Associate Chairs: Jennifer Jones and Jennifer Mittelstadt

Undergraduate Vice Chair: Julia Stephens

Distinguished Professors:

James Delbourgo, B.A., East Anglia (UK); M.Phil., Cambridge; Ph.D., Columbia

Erica Armstrong Dunbar, B.A., Pennsylvania, M.A., Ph.D., Columbia

Jochen Hellbeck, B.A., Free (Berlin); M.A., Ph.D., Columbia

Seth Koven, B.A., Swarthmore; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard

T.J. Jackson Lears, B.A., Virginia; M.A., North Carolina (Chapel Hill); M.A., Ph.D., Yale

Louis Masur, B.A., SUNY (Buffalo); M.A., Ph.D., Princeton

Richard L. McCormick, B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Yale

Gary A. Rendsburg, B.A., North Carolina (Chapel Hill); M.A., Ph.D., New York

Camilla Townsend, B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers

Professors:

Leslie Alexander, B.A., Stanford; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell

Alastair J. Bellany, B.A., Oxford; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton

Paul G.E. Clemens, B.S., Maryland; Ph.D., Wisconsin

Barbara Cooper, B.A., St. John's (Maryland); M.A., Ph.D., Boston

Belinda Davis, B.A., Wesleyan; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan

Rachel Devlin, B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale

Leah DeVun, B.A., Washington; M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D., Columbia

Melissa Feinberg, B.A., Stanford; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago

David S. Foglesong, B.A., Amherst College; M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

David Greenberg, B.A., Yale; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia

Paul Hanebrink, B.A., Columbia; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago

Samantha Kelly, B.A., Yale; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern

Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago, B.A., Princeton; M.A., New York; Ph.D., Chicago

James P. Masschaele, B.A., Western Ontario; M.A., Ph.D., Toronto

Matt K. Matsuda, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)

Jennifer Mittelstadt, B.A., Wesleyan; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan

Johanna Schoen, B.A., Universität Hamburg (Germany); M.A., Ph.D., North Carolina

Nancy Sinkoff, B.A., Harvard; M.A., Columbia and Jewish Theological Seminary of America; Ph.D., Columbia

Judith Surkis, B.A., Brown; Ph.D., Cornell

Paola Tartakoff, B.A., Harvard; Ph.D., Columbia

Associate Professors:

Yesenia Barragan, B.A., Brown; Ph.D., Columbia

Kim D. Butler, B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; M.A., Howard; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins

Marissa J. Fuentes, B.A., California (Santa Cruz); Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Tiffany Gill, B.A., Georgetown; Ph.D., Rutgers

Chie Ikeya, B.A., Ph.D., Cornell

Jennifer M. Jones, B.A., Grinnell College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton

Toby C. Jones, B.A., M.A., Auburn; Ph.D., Stanford

Sukhee Lee, B.A., M.A., Yonsei (Korea); Ph.D., Harvard

Xun Liu, B.A., Huazhong Normal (China); M.A., California (Long Beach); Ph.D., Southern California

Kathleen López, B.A., Virginia; M.A., Cornell; Ph.D., Michigan

Norman Markowitz, B.A., CUNY (City College); A.M., Ph.D., Michigan

Johan Mathew, B.A., Princeton; Ph.D., Harvard

Donna Murch, B.A., Williams College; M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Jamie Pietruska, B.A., Brown; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tatiana Seijas, B.A., M.A., Columbia; Ph.D., Yale

Peter Silver, B.A., Harvard; M.A., Ph.D., Yale

Julia Stephens, B.A., Harvard; M.Phil., Cambridge; Ph.D., Harvard

Andrew T. Urban, B.A., Middlebury; M.A., Ph.D., Minnesota

Assistant Professors:

Jack Bouchard, B.A., Brandeis; M.A. McGill; Ph.D., Pittsburgh

Nicole Burrowes, B.A., NYU; M.A., Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center

Elaine LaFay, B.A., Michigan; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Kristin O'Brassill-Kulfan, B.A., Millersville; M.A., Queen's (UK); Ph.D., Leicester (UK)

Research Professor:

Paul Israel, B.A., California Polytechnic (San Luis Obispo); Ph.D., Rutgers

Associate Teaching Professor:

Sandra Russell-Jones, B.A., Dickinson College; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Assistant Teaching Professors:

Mark Bray, B.A. Wesleyan; Ph.D., Rutgers

Faculty Emeriti:

Michael Adas

Samuel Baily

Carolyn A. Brown

Jack Cargill

John Chambers

Dorothy Sue Cobble

Ann Fabian

Ziva Galili

Lloyd Gardner

William Gillette

Ann Gordon

Douglas Greenberg

Philip Grevin

Nancy Hewitt

Allen Howard

Reese Jenkins

Temma Kaplan

Donald Kelley

Steven Lawson

Suzanne Lebsock

James Livingston

Phyllis Mack

Karl Morrison

James Reed

Stephen Reinert

Donald Roden

Bonnie Smith

Gail Triner

Mark Wasserman

Deborah Gray White 

Virginia Yans

Yael Zerubavel

The study of history allows students to understand the past as well as the present--how and why our world became the way it is today. The Department of History offers an array of two hundred course offerings and many research opportunities. The courses are designed to (1) provide the student with an understanding of the social, political, and cultural forces that have shaped the course of history and our present world; and (2) teach the student the important skills of critical reading and research, logical analysis, and effective written and oral communication.

Students should begin with introductory-level courses (100 or 200), proceed to the upper-level courses that are at the center of the history major (300), and finally to the advanced courses (400), which usually require significant research.
The history major is designed to expose students to the histories of various civilizations over time and place. However, it also affords specialization in one area, time, or theme (e.g., African history, medieval Europe, or women in history, etc.) to interested students, in consultation with departmental advisers.

For additional information, visit the department's website.