Biography Biography My specializations are Caribbean & Latin America. My research and teaching area is the history of the Caribbean region, with emphasis on the Spanish-speaking nations and Puerto Rico in particular. I have worked on all periods and a variety of topics, ranging from slavery and the plantation economy, demographic history, and the reconstituted …
Biography Biography Broad interests in the physical sciences (and their analogues and contexts) before 1700. Primary research interests focus on late medieval natural philosophy and astronomy, with special attention to the Viennese tradition and most specifically, of late, the work of Johannes Regiomontanus. Additional related interests: science and the medieval university, science and early printing, and Piero …
Biography Biography My specializations are Social, statistical methods, comparative demography, and exploration. My Research and Teaching Interests: Modern American history; demography and public policy. Current Research: Population problems and American foreign policy. Education Ph.D., University of Michigan M.A., University of Michigan B.A., University of Minnesota Selected Publications History Courses
Biography Biography My interests include Physics and related disciplines in the 19th & 20th centuries. Education M.Phil., Yale University, History of Science, 1970 Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Physics, 1968 M.S., University of Chicago, Physics, 1961 B.S., University of Chicago, Physics, 1959 Books Innovation in Maxwell’s Electromagnetic Theory: Molecular Vortices, Displacement Current, and Light Daniel …
Biography Biography I am a historian of early modern Britain, and of the History of Political Thought in Europe between the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment. I have written books on politics and political ideas in early seventeenth-century England, and on Thomas Hobbes and his historical context, and have edited the political writings of King …
Biography Biography I was trained in European intellectual history and Jewish history and throughout my career I have aimed to integrate the two in a mutually enriching manner. My career has thus far had three phases: locating Jewish history in the context of the majority society; illuminating intellectual developments in Judaism through comparison with other …
Biography Biography While serving in the Peace Corps in Tanzania, I became fascinated with exploring the little known history of Africa and Africans. In pursuit of this, I have conducted extensive fieldwork in Kenya and Tanzania and written widely on pre-colonial history and the methods historians employ to recover, reconstruct, and interpret it. I have …
Biography Biography My specialization is Latin America (esp. colonial, Andes, Mexico, Chile). My Research and Teaching Interests: I teach and research Latin American history. My research and teaching interests vary widely, but often focus on the various ways people cope with problems of power and social conflict in their societies. Specific research themes have included …
Biography Biography My field of research is early modern Christianity. I study texts, objects, practices, and identities in the early modern world. My teaching area is early modern Europe, 1492 to 1648, and as it entered a wider world. Education Ph.D., University of Michigan M.A., Brown University B.A., University of California-Santa Cruz Books Reading Catechisms, …
Biography Biography Thongchai Winichakul is Emeritus Professor of History at University of Wisconsin–Madison, a Research Fellow Emeritus at Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan, and currently a Visiting Professor at the Pridi Banomyong International College (PBIC), Thammasat University. His book, Siam Mapped (University of Hawaii Press, 1994), was awarded the Harry J Benda Prize from …