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Professor Rachel Jean-Baptiste has joined us in July 2023 as The Michelle Mercer and Bruce Golden Family Professorship in Feminist and Gender Studies. A social and legal historian, she works on gender and sexuality in colonial West and Equatorial…
The Walter J. Gores Award is the university’s highest award for excellence in teaching. It recognizes faculty and teaching staff who have made special contributions to teaching in its broadest sense, including lecturing, tutoring, advising,…
Professor Jessica Riskin recently wrote a piece for the New York Review of Books on Professor Richard White's book, Who Killed Jane Stanford?
We can’t be sure who the…
"Sometimes Latino urban history is thought of as the history of a cultural community and that’s a little dismissive. I examine people contesting and reshaping the use of space."
Mike Amezcua and Pedro Regalado have a lot in common: they…
An interview with Hannah Johnston, Ph.D. candidate in History and 2023-24 Fulbright Fellowship Recipient
Ph.D. candidate Hannah Johnston received one of the 2023-24 Fulbright Commission Research Awards, one of the most competitive…
Aron Rodrigue was made an honorary citizen of the northern Greek city of Didymoteicho (older names Dimetoka and Demotica) on May 5, 2023, honoring his research and publications on the Sephardi Jews of the Ottoman Balkans and Asia Minor. He…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, Turkey, on March 29. ADEM ALTAN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Elections still matter in Turkey, and not every strongman is strong.
Can elections remove an autocrat like Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from power? If you pose this question to Turkey watchers in Western capitals to get their…
Years ago, historian Tom Mullaney decided that he wanted not just to teach undergraduates about eras, cultures, and political shifts, but to involve them in the kind of work that historians do. With the Massively Multiplayer…
An Interview with Merve Tekgürler, Ph.D. Candidate in History and 2023-24 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellow
Ph.D. candidate Merve Tekgürler is awarded one of the forty-five 2023-24 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships…
Oral history collections provide rich evidence for understanding sexual harassment in the era before that term applied to unwanted sexual advances in schools and workplaces. Close reading of both speech and silence about sexual harassment in oral…
