Global History

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Program Requirements

• One course each in European, U.S., and Latin American history (12 credits).
• Two courses in global or transnational history (8 credits). Courses may include any aspect of Latin American or Caribbean history, Atlantic history, or any courses taught by European or U.S. faculty members that have a substantial non-Western history component.
• Three additional history courses in any area (12 credits). With the approval of the department, students may take two of these three courses in another department, provided the courses are of a historical nature.
• M.A. research paper or M.A. exam
• Reading proficiency in one foreign language

Selected History Courses HSGA 5403 The British Empire

HSGA 5470. Modern Imperialism
HSGA 5519 Comparartive Nationalisms
HSGA 5581 The Global Cold War
HSGA 5909 Atlantic Slavery
HSGA 5911 Gender & the Latin American City
HSGA 5912 Latin American History in Film & Literature
HSGA 5913 Golden Age Spain & America
HSGA 5917 Puerto Rico in Amer Century
HSGA 5960 Renaissance East and West


Faculty

Elaine Forman Crane (1978), Professor of History. Ph.D., NYU. 
Colonial and revolutionary America; history of gender roles in America.
 
David Hamlin (2004), Assistant Professor of History. Ph.D., Brown.
Modern Germany; cultural and economic history.
 
Robin (Orlansky) Kietlinski (2008), Visiting Assistant Professor. Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Modern Japan, women, sports.
 
Michael E. Latham (1996), Associate Professor of History. Ph.D., UCLA. 
History of American foreign relations; 20th-century America; intellectual history.
 
Héctor Lindo-Fuentes (1991), Professor of History. Ph.D., Chicago.
Latin America, U.S.-Latin American relations.
 
Silvana Patriarca (2001), Associate Professor of History. Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University.
Modern Italy, Nationalism and National Identities, History of Social Quantification.
 
S. Elizabeth Penry (1997), Assistant Professor of History and Director of Latin American and Latino Studies. Ph.D., Miami. 
Colonial Latin America, Andean ethno history, cultural history.
 
Carina Ray (2007), Assistant Professor of History. Ph.D., Cornell
Modern Africa, African Diaspora, Comparative Colonialism, Comparative Nationalism, Race & Sexuality Studies, Social History of Africa.

Ivette Rivera-Giusti (2003), Assistant Professor of History. Ph.D., Binghamton University.
U.S. Latina/o History; Labor, Gender, Immigration and Ethnicity; Hispanic Caribbean history.

Christopher Schmidt-Nowara (1998), Professor of History. Ph.D., Michigan.
History of Spain and Latin America; colonialism; Atlantic world.
 
Ebru Turan (2006), Assistant Professor of History. Ph.D., Chicago.
Sixteenth-century political, cultural and intellectual Ottoman, Islamic and Mediterranean history, early modern state formation and empire building.
 
Elya J. Zhang (2008), PhD University of California, San Diego.  
Modern East Asia, Chinese History, Network Studies, Political Economy.