Biography Biography My specializations are Intellectual and social, political theory (esp. Germany & Britain). My Research and Teaching Interests include European intellectual, social, and political theory (esp. Germany & Britain). Current Research: The “Protestant Ethic” and the theories of “Civil Society.” Education Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley M.A., University of California – Berkeley B.A., …
Biography Biography My specializations are Modern Britain & Ireland. My Research and Teaching Interests: As an Irish Historian, I have had three main research interests over the years: 1) landlord-tenant relations; 2) agrarian rebellions; and 3) popular religion. To these might be added a fourth: the Great Famine of the late 1840’s. For teaching purposes …
Biography Biography My interests center on what I have come to think of as the history of capitalism — an amalgam of business history, the history of technology, labor history, legal history, and political economy, with healthy doses of (quantitative) economic, social, and cultural history. At heart, I am a comparativist with special interests in …
Biography Biography I am currently a professor of history and University Professor of the Humanities at New York University. My early books focused on the historical roots of social policy issues, particularly as they concern gender and family issues. In my later books, I explored other genres of history. My recent books include: The Great …
Biography Biography Interested in Western European area studies Education Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1966 A.B., Indiana University, 1961 Books Uniting Germany: Actions and Reactions Pekka K. Hamalainen. Uniting Germany: Actions and Reactions. Routledge, 1994. This is an account of the dramatic events leading to the reunification of Germany. The author looks into the complex …
Biography Biography Interests: The history of the social and behavioral sciences. Education Ph.D., Harvard University, History of Science, 1967 A.B., Harvard University, History and Science, 1959 Books Statist and Statistician Victor L. Hilts. Statist and Statistician. Arno Press, 1981. A Guide to Francis Galton’s English Men of Science Victor L. Hilts. A Guide to Francis …
Biography Biography Susan Lee Johnson retired from UW–Madison in 2019 and currently holds the inaugural Harry Reid Endowed Chair for the History of the Intermountain West at the University of Nevada. Las Vegas. In 2021-22, Johnson was President of the Western History Association. A historian of western North America and its borderlands, Johnson specializes in …
Biography Biography My specializations are Social History; Epigraphy; The Ancient Novel; The Cities and Communities of Roman Italy and the Western Provinces. My Research and Teaching Interests include The Ancient Novel; Childhood; Slavery; Freedmen; Gladiators; Food. In general, I use a variety of source material to describe and analyze the history of mentalities of the …
Biography Biography Rudy Koshar retired in May 2018 after thirty-eight years of teaching (twenty-seven at UW–Madison and eleven at the University of Southern California). He was the George L. Mosse / Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Professor of History, German, and Religious Studies. During his career he wrote on a variety of subjects, including the social …
Biography Biography Interests: History of medicine and public health in America; women and medicine. Affiliations: History of Medicine, Gender and Women’s Studies Education Ph.D., University of Chicago, History, 1975 M.A., University of Chicago, History, 1966 B.A., Antioch College, Social Science, 1963 Books Make Room for Daddy: The Journey from Waiting Room to Birthing Room Judith W. …