Department of History
The Early Modern/Late Medieval European History doctoral field at Georgetown University has one of the strongest faculties in the field anywhere in the United States. Its graduating Ph.D.s have been successful at universities here and abroad. Georgetown's Department of History has unusually broad geographic breadth in this field with numerous supporting faculty in other departments with specialties in the medieval and early modern European field. The History Ph.D. program at Georgetown, while grounded in the discipline of History, also includes a collaborative field, thereby reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the field. In addition, the History Department's Ph.D. program in Medieval and Early Modern Europe benefits from a well-recognized and internationally known language teaching in most European languages, including classical, late antique and medieval Latin. Students have access to the Folger Shakespeare Library, the library at Dumbarton Oaks, and the Library of Congress. The research interests of our faculty include economic history, social and intellectual, education and literacy, science and technology, religion and theology, social mobility and migration, community and family, popular culture, military history, politics and political thought, among other interests. Geographically we cover Europe from Britain to the Mediterranean, the Atlantic World, the Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern Europe and Russia and East Asia.
Ordinary Faculty (See the individual faculty member's webpage for a complete list of publications)
Ágoston, Gábor. Associate Professor (Ph.D., Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1994). Ottoman History, the Balkans, Military History
Astarita, Tommaso. Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1988). Early Modern Europe, the Mediterranean
Games, Alison. Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1992) Colonial America, Early Modern Britain, the Atlantic World
Goldfrank, David. Professor (Ph.D., Washington University, 1970) Medieval and Early Modern Russia; Eastern Europe
Kaminski, Andrzej. Professor (Ph.D., Jagellonian, Poland, 1966) Early Modern East Central Europe; Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth
Leonard, Amy. Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Berkeley, 1999) Early Modern Germany; the Reformation
McAuliffe, Jane. Professor and Dean (Ph.D., Toronto, 1984) Medieval Islam; history of theology
Moran Cruz, Jo Ann. Associate Professor and Director, Medieval Studies (Ph.D., Brandeis, 1975)
Olesko, Kathryn. Associate Professor (Ph.D., Cornell, 1980) Early Modern European Science and Technology
Foss, Clive. Visiting Professor (Ph.D., Harvard, 1973) Roman and Byzantine History; Eastern Mediterranean
Paxton, Jennifer. Adjunct Professor (Ph.D., Harvard, 1999) Medieval England and Europe; Monastic History
The Convener (in charge of course scheduling) for the European area committee for 2005-2006 is Prof. Roshwald. The Early Modern European faculty representative to the Graduate Studies Committee is Prof. J. Collins, and the graduate student area representative is Chase Gummer.
For a list of courses offered, consult the listing of graduate courses in History.
For more information about the Early Modern and Late Medieval Europe field, contact Professor David Collins (faculty representative to the Graduate Studies Committee). In addition, we encourage you to contact current graduate students for their perspectives on the program; they will also be glad to answer any questions you may have. The following students, listed with their chosen fields and specializations, have agreed to serve as contacts.
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