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.
Research areas
Faculty directory
Department chair · Global & Comparative History
Prof. Elena Iver
Global history, historiography & method, and empires in world history.
Professor · Ancient & Medieval History
Prof. Freya Wilder
Ancient Mediterranean history, medieval Europe, and Byzantium & the early Islamic world.
Professor · Early Modern History
Prof. Nadia Cove
Renaissance & Reformation, Atlantic world, and early modern empires & trade.
Professor · Modern European & International History
Prof. Mira Ivor
19th–20th century Europe, world wars & the Cold War, and international history.
Professor · History of the United States & the Americas
Prof. Sora Peregrine
US political & social history, Latin American history, and slavery & emancipation.
Professor · Asian, African & Middle Eastern History
Prof. Hiro Blythe
East Asian history, South Asia & the Middle East, and colonialism & decolonization.
Professor · Economic & Social History
Prof. Hiro Wilder
Economic history, history of labor & everyday life, and quantitative & digital history.
