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Major Fields

Africa
Jonathon Glassman, Dylan Penningroth, Carl Petry, David Schoenbrun, and Helen Tilley.

        See also Program of African Studies.

Asia
Peter Carroll, Laura Hein, Rajeev Kinra, Melissa Macauley, and Amy Stanley.

        See also Program of Asian and Middle East Studies.

Latin America and Caribbean
Sherwin Bryant, Brodwyn Fischer, Regina Grafe, and Paul Ramírez.

        See also Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Latina and Latino Studies.

Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Ken Alder, Dyan Elliott, Regina Grafe, Richard Kieckhefer, Sarah Maza, Edward Muir, David Shyovitz, and Scott Sowerby.

Middle East

Henri Lauzière, Carl Petry, Kristen Stilt, and İpek Yosmaoğlu.

Modern Europe
Ken Alder, John Bushnell, Hollis Clayson, Deborah Cohen, Benjamin Frommer, Peter Hayes, Tessie Liu, Sarah Maza, Joel Mokyr, Alexandra Owen, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, and Helen Tilley.

United States

Ken Alder, Michael Allen, Henry Binford, Martha Biondi, T.H. Breen, Geraldo Cadava, Caitlin Fitz, Darlene Clark Hine, Daniel Immerwahr, Jennifer Light, Kate Masur, Robert Orsi, Susan J. Pearson, Dylan Penningroth, Michael Sherry, Carl Smith, and Ji-Yeon Yuh.

        See also Program in American Studies.

Clusters of Interest

African Diaspora and African American history
Martha Biondi, T.H. Breen, Sherwin Bryant, Brodwyn Fischer, Jonathon Glassman, Darlene Clark Hine, Tessie Liu, Kate Masur, Dylan Penningroth, David Schoenbrun, and Ji-Yeon Yuh.

        See also African American Studies and Program of African Studies.

Britain

Deborah Cohen, Joel Mokyr, Alexandra Owen, Scott Sowerby, and Helen Tilley.

Colonialism and Imperialism
T.H. Breen, Deborah Cohen, Jonathon Glassman, Regina Grafe, Laura Hein, Daniel Immerwahr, Rajeev Kinra, Tessie Liu, Melissa Macauley, Paul Ramírez, Helen Tilley, İpek Yosmaoğlu, and Ji-Yeon Yuh.

Cultural History
Michael Allen, T.H. Breen, Peter Carroll, Hollis Clayson, Deborah Cohen, Dyan Elliott, Laura Hein, Richard Kieckhefer, Rajeev Kinra, Tessie Liu, Sarah Maza, Edward Muir, Robert Orsi, Alexandra Owen, Susan J. Pearson, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, Michael Sherry, Carl Smith, and Amy Stanley.

Diasporas
Melissa Macauley, Dylan Penningroth, and Ji-Yeon Yuh.

Economic History
Henry Binford, Regina Grafe, Peter Hayes, Laura Hein, Daniel Immerwahr, Melissa Macauley, Joel Mokyr, and Amy Stanley.

France
Ken Alder, Hollis Clayson, Tessie Liu, and Sarah Maza.

Gender
Michael Allen, Peter Carroll, Deborah Cohen, Dyan Elliott, Laura Hein, Tessie Liu, Melissa Macauley, Kate Masur, Sarah Maza, Alexandra Owen, Susan J. Pearson, Carl Petry, Michael Sherry, and Ji-Yeon Yuh.

Intellectual History
Ken Alder, T.H. Breen, Dyan Elliott, Laura Hein, Daniel Immerwahr, Rajeev Kinra, Jennifer Light, Sarah Maza, Joel Mokyr, Robert Orsi, Alexandra Owen, Susan J. Pearson, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, David Shyovitz, Carl Smith, and Helen Tilley.

Labor History
Brodwyn Fischer.

Law and Crime
Ken Alder, Brodwyn Fischer, Benjamin Frommer, Jonathon Glassman, Melissa Macauley, Kate Masur, Sarah Maza, Edward Muir, Susan J. Pearson, Dylan Penningroth, Carl Petry, Stephen Presser, Kristen Stilt, and Helen Tilley.

History of Religion

Deborah Cohen, Dyan Elliott, Richard Kieckhefer, Rajeev Kinra, Robert Orsi, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, Paul Ramírez, and David Shyovitz.

History of Science and Technology
Ken Alder, Henry Binford, Laura Hein, Jennifer Light, Joel Mokyr, Alexandra Owen, Paul Ramírez, David Shyovitz, and Helen Tilley.

        See also Science in Human Culture Program.

Modern Central and Eastern Europe
John Bushnell, Benjamin Frommer, Peter Hayes, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, and İpek Yosmaoğlu.

Urban History
Henry Binford, Peter Carroll, Brodwyn Fischer, Jonathon Glassman, Laura Hein, Jennifer Light, Kate Masur, Edward Muir, Robert Orsi, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, Carl Smith, and Amy Stanley.

War, Society, and Culture

Michael Allen, John Bushnell, Deborah Cohen, Peter Hayes, Laura Hein, Daniel Immerwahr, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, Michael Sherry, and İpek Yosmaoğlu.

 

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