Department of History
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Faculty

Faculty
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Visiting
Emeriti

Full Time Faculty

Name	Contact	Specialty	Office Hours
Bernard S. Bachrach Professor	1114 Heller 612-624-3301 bachr001@umn.edu	Medieval & Renaissance, Medieval Military	Tu 2:30-3:15pm, W 5:30-6:15pm, & by appt
Iraj Bashiri Professor	1043 Heller 612-624-3314 bashi001@umn.edu	Islamic World & Literature	M 11:15-noon, F 1:15-2pm, & by appt
Susanna Blumenthal Associate Professor	436 Mondale Hall 612-626-5694 blume047@umn.edu	American Cultural & Intellectual history, Anglo-American Legal, History of the Human Sciences
Giancarlo Casale Associate Professor	1237 Heller 612-626-4265 casale@umn.edu	Islamic World, Ottoman Empire, Comparative Early Modern	M 1:30-3:30pm
Sarah Chambers Associate Professor	1218 Heller 612-625-6376 chambers@umn.edu	Colonial Latin America through independence, Gender, Legal	Th 1:00-2:30, & by appt
David Chang Associate Professor	1143 Heller 612-624-9045 dchang@umn.edu	Race, Western U.S., Native American, African American, U.S.	On Leave
Anna Clark Professor	1051 Heller 612-624-8015 clark106@umn.edu	British, Irish & British Empire, European Social & Women's, History of Sexuality	Tu 4-5pm, Th 11:15-noon, & by appt
Gary Cohen Professor	918 Heller 1110 Heller, Chair 612-624-2800 gcohen@umn.edu	Austrian Studies, Eastern Europe, Modern European Social	Tu 9:45-10:45am, W 10:45-11:45am, & by appt. (918 Heller)
Tracey Deutsch Associate Professor	1045 Heller 612-624-8547 tdeutsch@umn.edu	U.S., Women's, Business	On Leave
Gail Dubrow Professor	1110 Heller Hall 612-625-6191 dubrow@umn.edu	U.S., urban, Women's, Asian American, Public history	W 11:30am-1:15pm
John K Evans Professor	1145 Heller 612-624-5205 evans002@umn.edu	Ancient, Rome	HIST 3960: Tu 5:15-6:15pm, HIST 4073: W 5:15-6:15pm
Kirsten Fischer Associate Professor	1049 Heller 612-626-4456 kfischer@umn.edu	Colonial & Revolutionary America, US Social and Intellectual	On Leave
Donna Gabaccia Professor	Elmer L. Andersen Library, Suite 311; 1116 Heller 612-625-5573 drg@umn.edu	International Migration, Women & Gender, Culinary Studies	M 12-1pm, W 1-3pm (311 Anderson Library)
Andrew Gallia Assistant Professor	1041 Heller 612-626-4268 abgallia@umn.edu	Ancient	M/W 2:30-3:30pm, & by appt
George D Green Associate Professor	1137 Heller 612-624-6010 green007@umn.edu	American Economic & Business	M/W/F 10:15-11:15am, & by appt
Carol Hakim Assistant Professor	1235 Heller 612-624-9043 hakimc@umn.edu	Modern Middle East	On Leave
Allen F Isaacman Regents Professor	910 Heller 612-624-0383 isaac001@umn.edu	Central & Southern Africa	M 10am-noon
Christopher M Isett Associate Professor	920 Heller 612-624-1505 isett003@umn.edu	Modern Chinese, Economic & Social	On Leave
Ruth Mazo Karras Professor	1222 Heller 612-625-8578 rmk@umn.edu Website	Medieval Europe, Women & Gender	Tu 1:30-3pm, & by appt
Regina Kunzel Professor	425 Ford Hall 612-625-5047 kunzel@umn.edu	Modern U.S. History, Gender & Sexuality	W 1-3pm, & by appt
Erika Lee Associate Professor	1012 Heller 612-624-9569 erikalee@umn.edu	20th-century U.S., Asian-American, Immigration, American West	M 2-4pm
Mai Na Lee Assistant Professor	937 Heller 612-625-6124 mainalee@umn.edu	Southeast Asia	Tu/Th 2-3pm, & by appt
Malinda Lindquist Assistant Professor	1139 Heller 612-626-4263 lindqust@umn.edu	African American, U.S.	Th 11:15am-12:45pm, & by appt
Patricia Lorcin Associate Professor	1020 Heller 612-626-4269 plorcin@umn.edu	Modern France	M 2-3pm, W 11:15am-12:15pm
Michael Lower Associate Professor	1122 Heller 612-624-7543 mlower@umn.edu	Crusades, Medieval Mediterranean & Christian-Muslim Relations	On Leave
Saje Mathieu Associate Professor	1233 Heller 612-625-7769 smathieu@umn.edu	African American History, American Social & Political History, & Comparative Immigration	Tu 11:30am-1:00pm
Elaine Tyler May Regents Professor	207 Scott Hal 612-626-7847 mayxx002@umn.edu	American Studies, U.S., U.S. Women	Th 4-5pm, & by appt
Lary May Professor	211 Scott Hall 612-624-5581 mayxx001@umn.edu	American Studies, U.S.	M 2-3pm
Mary Jo Maynes Professor	1010 Heller 612-624-9330 mayne001@umn.edu	Modern Germany, European Social, Women	Tu 1:00-2:30pm, Th 11am-1pm, & by appt
Patrick McNamara Associate Professor	1212 Heller 612-624-6531 pjm@umn.edu	Latin America, Mexico	M 11-1pm
Russell R Menard Professor	1112 Heller 612-624-4105 menar001@umn.edu	Colonial America	M/W/F 11am-noon
Hiromi Mizuno Associate Professor	941 Heller 612-626-7597 mizuno@umn.edu	Modern Japan, Gender, Cultural Science & Technology	M 2:20-3:20pm & Fridays by appt.
Kevin Murphy Associate Professor	1047 Heller 612-624-9021 kpmurphy@umn.edu	Urban, Gender & Sexuality, Political & Cultural	Tu 3:30-5pm, & by appt.
Lisa Norling Associate Professor	1231 Heller 612-624-4501 norli001@umn.edu	American Revolution & 19th-century Social, Women & Gender, Maritime	M 1-2:30pm, Th 11:15am-1pm, & by appt
Jean O'Brien-Kehoe Professor	1014 Heller 612-624-5794 obrie002@umn.edu	Colonial American, Native American	W 3:30-5:30pm, & by appt
Carla Rahn Phillips Professor	1220 Heller 612-626-1796 phill002@umn.edu	Early Modern Europe, Social & Economic, Spain	On Leave
William D Phillips Professor	1216 Heller 612-624-8037 phill004@umn.edu	Medieval & Early Modern Europe, Mediterranean, Spain	On Leave
Jeffrey Pilcher Professor	1118 Heller 612-625-6418 pilcherj@umn.edu	Mexico, Mexican-American, World, Food & Society	M/W 2:15-3:15pm
Helena Pohlandt-McCormick Associate Professor	935 Heller 612-624-8079 pohla001@umn.edu	Africa, S. Africa, Social & Cultural, Comparative Women's	Tu 1:30-2:30, Th 11am-noon, & by appt
Kathryn L Reyerson Professor	1120 Heller 612-624-8569 reyer001@umn.edu	Medieval Europe, the Mediterranean & France, Social, Economic, Legal	Tu 1:45-3:45pm, & by appt
Evan Roberts Assistant Professor	1141 Heller 612-625-7703 eroberts@umn.edu	Economic and Demographic History	Tu 1-3pm, & by appt.
Steven Ruggles Distinguished McKnight Professor, Regents Professor	945 Heller 612-624-4081 ruggl001@umn.edu	American Demographic & Social
Daniel Schroeter Professor, Amos S. Deinard Memorial Chair in Jewish History	1018 Heller 612-624-9526 schro800@umn.edu	Jewish, North African, Mediterranean	Tu 3-5pm, & by appt
JB Shank Associate Professor	922 Heller 612-624-7323 jbshank@umn.edu	Early Modern Europe, France, European Intellectua, History of Science	M 1-3pm, & by appt
Ajay Skaria Associate Professor	924 Heller 612-624-7565 skari002@umn.edu	South Asia, Environmental	F 11:15-1pm, & by appt
Theofanis G Stavrou Professor	1224 Heller 327 Social Science 612-624-5734 stavr001@umn.edu	Russia, Modern Greece, Eastern Orthodox	M/W/F 11am-noon, & by appt (327 Social Science)
Ann Waltner Professor	912 Heller; 136 Nolte Hall 612-626-5149 waltn001@umn.edu	Traditional China	M 2:00-3:30pm, & by appt
Liping Wang Associate Professor	939 Heller 612-624-4834 lipin003@umn.edu	Modern Chinese Social & Cultural	Tu/Th 12-1pm
Eric D Weitz Distinguished McKnight Professor, Arsham & Charlotte Ohanessian Chair in the College of Liberal Arts	1214 Heller 612-624-7506 weitz004@umn.edu WEBSITE	Modern Germany	W 1-3pm, & by appt
Barbara Y Welke Professor of History & Professor of Law	1039 Heller 328 Mondale 612-624-7017 welke004@umn.edu Bio	19th & 20th-century U.S., Legal, Constitutional & Women	Tu 11:15-12:15 (1039 Heller); Tu 1:30-2:30 (328Mondale)
Thomas Wolfe Associate Professor	914 Heller 612-624-1886 wolfe023@umn.edu	Russia, Culture of Journalism, Communications	W 2-4pm, F 9-11am

Adjunct Faculty

Name	Contact	Specialty	Office Hours
Jennifer Alexander Associate Professor	325D Mechanical Engineering 612-626-7309 alexa056@umn.edu	Science & Technology
Keletso Atkins Associate Professor	852 Soc Sci 612-624-9847 atkin013@umn.edu	Afro-American & African Studies
Thomas Buckley Associate Professor Emeritus	158 Apl buckl001@umn.edu	Military, Minnesota
Brenda Child Associate Professor	104 Scott H 612-624-4190 child011@umn.edu	American studies
Victoria Coifman Assistant Professor	825 Soc Sci 612-624-5709 coifm001@umn.edu	Comparative tropical
John Eyler Professor	506 Mayo 612-624-5921 eyler001@umn.edu	Medicine, epidemiology & public health, state medicine
Andrea Hinding Professor Emeritus	318 Ander Lib a-hind@umn.edu	U.S.
Sally Kohlstedt Professor	123 Pills H 612-624-9368 sgk@umn.edu	Science, nature study movement
Nabil Matar Professor	330C Lind H 612-626-8320 matar010@umn.edu	Modern Arabic literature; Arab-Islamic civilization	M 10am-noon & by appt
Keith A. Mayes Assistant Professor	827 Soc Sci 612-624-5202 mayes@umn.edu	African American
Stuart McLean Professor	523 Soc Sci 612-624-3507 mclea070@umn.edu	Latin America, demography
David W. Noble Professor	107 Scott H 612-626-1678 noble015@umn.edu	20th-century U.S., American intellectual, American studies
Karen Painter Associate Professor	132 Ferguson Hall 612-624-7512 kpainter@umn.edu	Germany Musicology
Joel Samaha Professor	635 Soc Sci 612-624-3529 jbs@umn.edu	Anglo-American legal, English constitutional
Paul Stone Lecturer	143 HHH Ctr 612-626-0728 pstone@hhh.umn.edu	U.S.trans-Mississippi Western & North American frontier; American church & religious; 20th century Southwestern	Tu 10am-noon
Eva von Dassow Associate Professor	245 Nich H 612-626-4787 vonda001@umn.edu	Near East	M 2-3pm, & by appt
John Watkins Professor	312 Lind Hall 612-624-8879 watki005@umn.edu	Sovereignty and queenship, medieval and early modern diplomacy, premodern political culture, classical and medieval origins of the Renaissance

Visiting Faculty

Name	Contact	Specialty	Office Hours
Ofer Ashkenazi Assistant Professor	Heller 943 612-626-7598 oashkena@umn.edu	Israel	Tu/Th 11am-noon
Brett Walker Professor	Heller 933 blwalker@umn.edu	East Asia	M/W 4-5pm, Tu 10am-noon

Emeritus Faculty

Name	Contact	Specialty
Hyman Berman Professor Emeritus	berma001@umn.edu	Labor, 20th-century U.S.
Clarke Chambers Professor Emeritus		U.S., Social
Sara M Evans Regents Professor Emeritus	s-evan@umn.edu	20th-century U.S. Social, American Women
Edward L Farmer Professor Emeritus	efarmer@umn.edu	Modern China, Comparative Early Modern, World
David Good Professor Emeritus	goodx001@umn.edu	European economic, Austria
John Howe Professor Emeritus	howex002@umn.edu	Political, 18th- & 19th-century American
Thomas Kelly Professor Emeritus	kelly004@umn.edu	Ancient, Greece
David O Kieft Associate Professor Emeritus	kieft001@umn.edu	European diplomatic
David Kopf Professor Emeritus	kopfx001@umn.edu	India, comparative world
Stanford Lehmberg Professor Emeritus	lehmberg@earthlink.net	England, Tudor-Stuart England
Byron K Marshall Professor Emeritus	marsh004@umn.edu	Japan
Michael F. Metcalf Professor Emeritus		Scandinavia
John Kim Munholland Professor Emeritus	munho001@umn.edu	Contemporary Europe, 20th-century France
Richard L. Rudolph Professor Emeritus	rrudolph@umn.edu	Modern European social & economic, eastern Europe
Romeyn Taylor Professor Emeritus	taylo0017@aol.com	Asia, China
John A. Thayer Professor Emeritus	thaye001@umn.edu	European intellectual, Italy
James Tracy Professor Emeritus	tracy001@umn.edu	Renaissance & Reformation, 16th-century Europe
William Wright Professor Emeritus	wrigh001@umn.edu	Austria

Featured Faculty

Symposium in Honor of Prof. Rus Menard, May 10, 1:00-5:00pm

The Department of History, the Minnesota Population Center, and the Early American istory Workshop invites you to join us for a symposium on May 10 in honor of Rus Menard's retirement.
Several of Rus's former students and collaborators will be in town to share some of their recent work.
The symposium will be held in the History Department Seminar Room
(1210 Heller Hall) from 1:00 to 5:00.
Menard Symposium Flyer.pdf
Gifts in honor of Rus Menard are requested to the Early American History Workshop Fund.
April 26th, 2012
David Chang, Finalist for ASA Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize

AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION AWARDS CEREMONY (2011)
The Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize was established in 2002
and is awarded annually for the best-published first book in American
Studies that highlights the intersections of race with gender, class,
sexuality and/or nation.
The 2011 prizewinner is Cynthia M. Blair, I've Got to Make My Livin':
Black Women's Sex Work in Turn-of-the-Century Chicago (University of
Chicago Press, 2010).
Finalist mentions go to:
David Chang, The Color of the Land: Race, Nation, and the Politics
of Landownership in Oklahoma, 1832-1929 (University of North Carolina
Press, 2010)
Kelly Lytle Hernández, Migra! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol.
(University of California Press. 2010)
December 19th, 2011
Evan Roberts Takes Freshmen to 19th Century Chicago

Students in Evan Roberts freshman seminar are immersing themselves in a different time and place -- 19th century Chicago.
Continue reading MN Daily: Students go back in time to 19th century Chicago
December 16th, 2011

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Last modified on February 1, 2012

Faculty

Full Time Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Visiting Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

Featured Faculty

Symposium in Honor of Prof. Rus Menard, May 10, 1:00-5:00pm

David Chang, Finalist for ASA Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize

Evan Roberts Takes Freshmen to 19th Century Chicago