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William Phillips

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Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • early modern European history
  • European expansion
  • history of Spain
  • Medieval Europe

Publications

  • Peste Negra: The Fourteenth-Century Plague Epidemics in Iberia. Phillips, William D, 1998.
  • Spain's Golden Fleece: Wool Production and the Wool Trade from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century. Phillips, William D, Carla Rahn Phillips, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.

Awards

  • American Historical Association Leo Gershoy Award, 1998

Courses Taught

  • Hist 5616 - Proseminar in Medieval Spain
  • Hist 5900 - Topics in European/Medieval History: Atlantic World
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Featured Faculty

  • Gary Cohen Awarded Austrian Medal of Honor

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    Gary Cohen has been awarded the Austrian Medal of Honor (Verdienstkreuz) for Science and Arts, First Class. The ceremony was held at the Austrian Embassy in Washington. He was presented the award by Dr. Christian Prosl, the Austrian Ambassador to the United States.

    Congratulations to Gary! This is a much-deserved recognition of Gary's scholarship on the Habsburg Empire and his leadership of the Center for Austrian Studies.

    November 17th, 2009
  • Regina Kunzel, Lambda Literary Award Recipient

    Regina Kunzel has been awarded the Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Studies for her book Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality. Congratulations Regina.

    June 5th, 2009
  • Donna Gabaccia, Fesler-Lampert Chair

    Tthe Graduate School has appointed Donna Gabaccia to the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Public Humanities for 2009-2010.

    June 5th, 2009

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