Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

History

Chair: William Deverell, Ph.D.

Faculty

University Professor: Kevin Starr, Ph.D.

University Professor and Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature and Professor of English and History: Leo Braudy, Ph.D. (English)

Gordon L. MacDonald Chair in History: Joan Piggott, Ph.D.

Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish Studies: Wolf Gruner, Ph.D.

Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities: Peter C. Mancall, Ph.D.

Turpanjian Early Career Chair in Contemporary Armenian Studies: Richard Antaramian, Ph.D.

Professors: Elinor A. Accampo, Ph.D.; Lisa Bitel, Ph.D.; Leo Braudy, Ph.D. (English); William Deverell, Ph.D.*; Mary Dudziak, Ph.D. (Law); Alice Echols, Ph.D.*; Philip J. Ethington, Ph.D.; Richard W. Fox, Ph.D.; Ariela Gross, Ph.D. (Law); Karen Halttunen, Ph.D.; Daniel Klerman, Ph.D. (Law); Carolyn Malone, Ph.D. (Art History); John Pollini, Ph.D. (Art History); Azade-Ayse Rorlich, Ph.D.*; Steven J. Ross, Ph.D.*; George J. Sanchez, Ph.D.* (American Studies and Ethnicity); Mary Sarotte, Ph.D. (International Relations); Vanessa Schwartz, Ph.D.; David Sloane, Ph.D. (Public Policy); Jacob Soll, Ph.D.

Associate Professors: Marjorie R. Becker, Ph.D.; Bettine Birge, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Daniela Bleichmar, Ph.D. (Art History); Jason Glenn, Ph.D.; Joshua Goldstein, Ph.D.; Sarah Gualtieri, Ph.D.*; Kyung Moon Hwang, Ph.D.; Lon Kurashige, Ph.D.; Paul Lerner, Ph.D.*; Mariá Elena Martinéz, Ph.D.; Ramzi Rouighi, Ph.D.; Brett Sheehan, Ph.D.*; Francile Wilson, Ph.D. (American Studies and Ethnicity)

Assistant Professors: Gerard Clinton Rainier Godart, Ph.D.; Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, Ph.D.; Diana Williams, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor (Research): Peter Westwick, Ph.D.

Professor (Teaching): Deborah Harkness, Ph.D*

Assistant Professor (Teaching): Lindsay O’Neill, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of History and John R. Hubbard Chair in British History Emerita: Judith Bennett, Ph.D.*

Professor Emerita of History and John R. Hubbard Chair in British History Emerita: Cynthia Herrup, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita and John R. Hubbard Chair Emerita in History: Carole Shammas, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professors: Lois W. Banner, Ph.D.*; Gordon M. Berger, Ph.D.; Roger Dingman, Ph.D.; Charlotte Furth, Ph.D.; Paul W. Knoll, Ph.D.; Ernest B. Koenker, Ph.D.; Franklin D. Mitchell, Ph.D.; A. Lloyd Moote, Ph.D.; D. Brendan Nagle, Ph.D.; Edwin J. Perkins, Ph.D.; Charles R. Ritcheson, Ph.D., Litt.D.; John E. Wills, Ph.D.

Emeritus Associate Professor: Terry L. Seip, Ph.D.*

The Department of History offers courses in ancient, medieval and modern European history, including Russian history; in both North and Latin American history; in the history of East Asia; and in world history. Some of the department’s courses are chronological, some national or regional and some are thematic, with special strengths in gender, race and ethnicity, popular culture, medicine and urban history. The faculty is committed to continuous review and revision of the department curriculum, as student needs and professional emphases shift. Many departmental courses meet general education requirements, and various programs for majors and non-majors are available.

The department offers an honors program for qualified seniors. Honors programs are individually arranged through consultation with the honors director, and completion of an honors thesis is required.

Degree Programs

The Department of History offers the B.A., a minor, the M.A. and Ph.D. in History.

Honor Society

The department sponsors its own local chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society. Phi Alpha Theta provides opportunities for students to take their interest in history beyond the classroom and to cultivate their intellectual pursuits in a community setting.

Membership is open to history majors and other interested students with a 3.33 GPA in history courses and a 3.0 overall GPA. For more information contact the honors director.

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