History Department Faculty Listing

Listing By Major Field

• Early Modern Europe
• East Asia
• Global
• Imperialism and Colonialism
• Latin America
• Medieval Europe
• Middle East and Ottoman
• Modern Europe
• Science, Technology, and Medicine
• United States
• Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Early Modern Europe

• Brown, Howard G. Professor, PhD, 1990, Oxford University: Early Modern Europe, France, Politicized Violence.
• Casteen, Elizabeth, Assistant Professor, PhD, 2009, Northwestern University: Medieval and Early Modern Europe.
• Karp, Jonathan Associate Professor of History and Judaic Studies, PhD, 2000, Columbia University: Jewish Economic and Cultural History, Christian-Jewish Relations.
• Mackenney, Richard S. Professor, PhD, 1982, University of Cambridge: Italian Renaissance, Early Modern Venice, Shakespeare.

East Asia

• Bix, Herbert P. Professor, PhD, 1972, Harvard University: 20th Century Japan, Japan-US Relations, Monarchical Studies.
• Chaffee, John Distinguished Service Professor of History and Asian and Asian American Studies, PhD, 1979, University of Chicago: East Asia, Chinese Social History.
• Fan, Fa-ti Associate Professor, PhD, 1999, University of Wisconsin: East Asia, History of Science, Environmental History, Nation and Empire

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Global

• Abou-El-Haj, Rifa'at  Professor, PhD, 1963, Princeton University: Modern Near East, Europe, Arab, Ottoman, Historiography, Psychohistory.
• Bailey, Anne Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies, PhD, 1998, University of Pennsylvania: African-American, African, African Diaspora.
• Chaffee, John Distinguished Service Professor of History and Asian and Asian American Studies, PhD, 1979, University of Chicago: East Asia, Chinese Social History.
• DeHaan, Heather Associate Professor, PhD, 2005, University of Toronto: Russia and the Soviet Union, East Central Europe, Urban.
• Fan, Fa-ti Associate Professor, PhD, 1999, University of Wisconsin: East Asia, History of Science, Environmental History, Nation and Empire.
• Kansteiner, Wulf Associate Professor, PhD 1997, UCLA, comparative cultural history, transnational social memory, historical theory.
• Karp, Jonathan Associate Professor of History and Judaic Studies, PhD, 2000, Columbia University: Jewish Economic and Cultural History, Christian-Jewish Relations.
• Kutcher, Gerald J. Assistant Professor, PhD, 1973, City University of New York (Physics); PhD, 2002, University of Cambridge (History and Philosophy of Science): History of Medicine, 20th Century American Medical Research, Biomedical Ethics.
• Quataert, Jean Professor, PhD, 1974, UCLA: German History, Women's and Gender History, Comparative and Global History, Human Rights.

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Imperialism and Colonialism

• Abou-El-Haj, Rifa'at Professor, PhD, 1963, Princeton University: Modern Near East, Europe, Arab, Ottoman, Historiography, Psychohistory.
• Appelbaum, Nancy Associate Professor and Chair, PhD, 1997, University of Wisconsin: Latin America, Colombia, Race, Gender.
• Bailey, Anne C. Associate Professor, PhD, 1998, University of Pennsylvania: African American history, African Diaspora Studies, African History.
• Bix, Herbert P. Professor, PhD, 1972, Harvard University: 20th Century Japan, Japan-US Relations, Monarchical Studies.
• Bradburn, Douglas. Associate Professor, PhD, 2003, University of Chicago: Early American, Early Modern Britain, Comparative Slavery/Emancipation.
• Camiscioli, Elisa Associate Professor, PhD, 2000, University of Chicago: Modern France, Race and Gender History/Theory, Colonial Culture.
• Chaffee, John Distinguished Service Professor of History and Asian and Asian American Studies, PhD, 1979, University of Chicago: East Asia, Chinese Social History.
• DeHaan, Heather Assistant Professor, PhD, 2005, University of Toronto: Russia and the Soviet Union, East Central Europe, Urban.
• Fan, Fa-ti Associate Professor, PhD, 1999, University of Wisconsin: East Asia, History of Science, Environmental History, Nation and Empire. 
• Quataert, Jean Professor, PhD, 1974, UCLA: German History, Women's and Gender History, Comparative and Global History, Human Rights.

Latin America

• Appelbaum, Nancy Associate Professor and Chair, PhD, 1997, University of Wisconsin: Latin America, Colombia, Race, Gender.

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Medieval Europe

• Casteen, Elizabeth, Assistant Professor, PhD, 2009, Northwestern University: Medieval and Early Modern Europe.

Middle East or Ottoman

• Abou-El-Haj, Rifa'at Professor, PhD, 1963, Princeton University: Modern Near East, Europe, Arab, Ottoman, Historiography, Psychohistory.
• Muhammad, Akbar Associate Professor, PhD, 1974, Edinburgh University: Africa, Islam.
• Schull, Kent F. Assistant Professor, Ph.D., UCLA, 2007, Ottoman History, Modern Middle East History, Crime & Punishment, Islamic Criminal Law, Muslims in North America & Europe.

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Modern Europe

• Camiscioli, Elisa Associate Professor, PhD, 2000, University of Chicago: Modern France, Race and Gender History/Theory, Colonial Culture.
• DeHaan, Heather Assistant Professor, PhD, 2005, University of Toronto: Russia and the Soviet Union, East Central Europe, Urban. 
• Kansteiner, Wulf Associate Professor, PhD, 1997, UCLA: Modern Germany, Holocaust Studies, Hedia History, Historiography
• Lothian, James Visiting Assistant Professor, PhD., 2006 Univeristy of Chicago, Modern Britain and Ireland; Early Modern Britain; Intellectual History.
• Quataert, Jean H. Professor, PhD, 1974, UCLA: German History, Social and Labor History, Nationalism, Comparative and Global History.

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Science Technology, and Medicine

• Fan, Fa-ti Associate Professor, PhD, 1999, University of Wisconsin: East Asia, History of Science, Environmental History, Nation and Empire.
• Kutcher, Gerald J. Professor, PhD, 1973, City University of New York (Physics); PhD, 2002, University of Cambridge (History and Philosophy of Science): History of Medicine, 20th Century American Medical Research, Biomedical Ethics.

United States History

• Bailey, Anne C. Associate Professor, PhD, 1998, University of Pennsylvania: African American history, African Diaspora Studies, African History.
• Bradburn, Douglas. Associate Professor, PhD, 2003, University of Chicago: Early American, Early Modern Britain, Comparative Slavery/Emancipation.
• Dublin, Thomas State University of New York Distinguished Professor, PhD, 1975, Columbia University: U.S. Labor and Social History, Women.
• Hacker, J. David Associate Professor, PhD, 1999, University of Minnesota: U.S. Demographic and Family History, American Civil War.
• Kutcher, Gerald J. Assistant Professor, PhD, 1973, City University of New York (Physics); PhD, 2002, University of Cambridge (History and Philosophy of Science): History of Medicine, 20th Century American Medical Research, Biomedical Ethics.
• Ortiz, Stephen Assistant Professor, PhD, 2004, University of Florida: 20th Century U.S., Political History, Military History
• Sommerville, Diane Miller Associate Professor, PhD, 1995, Rutgers University: Early America, American South, Civil War & Reconstruction, Race, Class, Gender, Family.
• Wall, Wendy Associate Professor, PhD, 1998, Stanford University: 20th Century U.S., Cultural and Political History, the American West.
• Wheeler, Leigh Ann Associate Professor, PhD, 1998, University of Minnesota: U. S. Women, Sexuality, Reform, Law, and the Grassroots of Public Policy

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History of Women, Gender and Sexuality

• Appelbaum, Nancy Associate Professor and Chair, PhD, 1997, University of Wisconsin: Latin America, Colombia, Race, Gender.
• Camiscioli, Elisa Associate Professor, PhD, 2000, University of Chicago: Modern France, Race and Gender History/Theory, Colonial Culture.
• Casteen, Elizabeth Assistant Professor, PhD, 2009, Northwestern University: Medieval and Early Modern Europe.
• Dublin, Thomas State University of New York Distinguished Bartle Professor, PhD, 1975, Columbia University: U.S. Labor and Social History, Women.
• Hacker, J. David Associate Professor, PhD, 1999, University of Minnesota: U.S. Demographic and Family History, American Civil War.
• Quataert, Jean H. Professor, PhD, 1974, UCLA: German History, Women's and Gender History, Comparative and Global History, Human Rights.
• Sommerville, Diane Miller Associate Professor, PhD, 1995, Rutgers University: Early America, American South, Civil War & Reconstruction, Race, Class, Gender, Family.
• Wheeler, Leigh Ann Associate Professor, PhD, 1998, University of Minnesota: U. S. Women, Sexuality, Reform, Law, and the Grassroots of Public Policy