Department · vaiu-hum-hist-*
Human societies across time and regions, from antiquity to the present, with methodological breadth spanning political, social, economic, and global-comparative history.
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Department chair
Global & Comparative History
Global history, historiography & method, and empires in world history.
Professor
Ancient & Medieval History
Ancient Mediterranean history, medieval Europe, and Byzantium & the early Islamic world.
Professor
Early Modern History
Renaissance & Reformation, Atlantic world, and early modern empires & trade.
Professor
Modern European & International History
19th–20th century Europe, world wars & the Cold War, and international history.
Professor
History of the United States & the Americas
US political & social history, Latin American history, and slavery & emancipation.
Professor
Asian, African & Middle Eastern History
East Asian history, South Asia & the Middle East, and colonialism & decolonization.
Professor
Economic & Social History
Economic history, history of labor & everyday life, and quantitative & digital history.