History Department

Research

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The History Department's faculty and students conduct leading research to advance the understanding of societal interactions over time, work collaboratively to advance knowledge and connect their learning to today's pressing challenges.  

In addition to geographic and chronological foci, our faculty members have expertise in fields such as political, social, military and cultural history, with particular interest in political violence, empire, religion, law, women, gender and sexuality, labor, race and ethnicity, and intellectual history. Foci include:

  • Africa - Pre-Colonial, Modern
  • East Asia - Pre-Modern China, Modern China, Pre-Modern Korea, Modern Korea
  • Europe - Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern
  • Latin America - Modern, Colonial, Mexico, Caribbean
  • United States - Early North America, Modern United States, Women, Religion, Native American, African American
  • South Asia - Modern and Contemporary
  • Thematic - Empire, Nation and Citizenship; Labor and Social Movements; Mediterranean World; Modern Atlantic; Political Violence; Intellectual History; Crime, Law and Deviance; Women, Gender and Sexuality; Race and Ethnicity; Religion and Society


Faculty Books

Maxwell Faculty Bookshelf

Maxwell's History Department faculty members publish award-winning books on a wide range of topics. Scroll a sample of recently published works below.
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A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad from Kennedy to Biden

Osamah F. Khalil

Harvard University Press, 2024

Conflict, Defense & Security, Government, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States

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Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City

Dennis Romano

Oxford University Press, 2024

Europe

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Human-Animal Relations and the Hunt in Korea and Northeast Asia

George Kallander

Edinburgh University Press, 2023

China, East Asia

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History Department Research Publications

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Albrecht Diem

Dec 9, 2024

Diem Monograph, ‘The Pursuit of Salvation,’ Featured on Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

Europe, Religion

Research
Denisa Jashari

May 3, 2024

Popular Christian Communities and Religious Protest during Pinochet's Dictatorship, 1973–90

Conflict, Latin America & the Caribbean, Religion, Social Justice

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Denisa Jashari

Apr 29, 2024

The Chilean Christians for Socialism Movement: Liberationist, Third Worldist, and Utopian

Latin America & the Caribbean, Religion

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Omar Cheta

Apr 16, 2024

Hostages of Credit: The Imprisonment of Debtors in the Khedival Period

Law, Middle East & North Africa

Tessa Murphy Named Humanities Faculty Fellow for Research on Histories of Enslaved People

Until slavery was abolished, British Crown colonies in the Caribbean kept detailed registries of every enslaved person on an estate. Their records included specific places of origin and familial connections to others enslaved on the same plantation or in the same household. Tessa Murphy’s fellowship will support her work on creating a publicly accessible database of the people enslaved in British Caribbean Crown colonies and an associated book.

Tessa Murphy

Associate Professor of History

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