Departmental Information
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Prof. Samuel Moyn
616 Fayerweather
854-3009
sam2008@columbia.edu
Undergraduate Education Committee
Prof. Richard Billows
322M Fayerweather;
(212) 854-4486;
rab4@columbia.edu (fall)
Prof. Christopher Brown
610 Fayerweather
(212) 854-4591
clb2140@columbia.edu
Prof. Evan Haefeli
323 Fayerweather
(212) 854-2432
eh2204@columbia.edu
Prof. Martha Howell
614 Fayerweather
(212) 854-7404
mch4@columbia.edu
Prof. Kenneth Jackson
603 Fayerweather
(212) 854-2555
ktji2008@columbia.edu
Prof. Samuel Moyn
616 Fayerweather
(212) 854-3009
sam2008@columbia.edu
Prof. Mae Ngai
520 Fayerweather
(212) 854-4646
mn53@columbia.edu
Prof. Christine Philliou
516 Fayerweather
(212) 854-4646
cmp9@columbia.edu
Prof. Sarah Phillips
321 Fayerweather
(212) 854-8709
sp2313@columbia.edu (fall)
Prof. Emma Winter
604 Fayerweather
(212) 854-2420
ew2176@columbia.edu
Undergraduate Administrator
To be announced
Departmental Office
611 Fayerweather
(212) 854-4646
Department Web Site
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/history/
| Professors
Volker Berghahn
Richard Billows
Elizabeth Blackmar
Casey Blake
Alan Brinkley
Christopher Brown
Richard Bulliet
John Coatsworth (School of International
and Public Affairs)
Victoria de Grazia
Nicholas Dirks (Anthropology)
Barbara Fields
Eric Foner
Carol Gluck
William Harris
Martha Howell
Kenneth Jackson
Ira Katznelson (Political Science)
Alice Kessler-Harris
Rashid Khalidi
William Leach
Manning Marable (Political Science; School
of International and Public Affairs)
Mark Mazower
Samuel Moyn
Mae Ngai
Susan Pedersen
David Rosner (Public Health)
David Rothman (Medicine)
Simon Schama (University Professor)
Pamela Smith
Robert Somerville (Religion)
Michael Stanislawski
Anders Stephanson
Marc van de Mieroop (Middle East and
Asian Languages and Cultures)
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Professors (continued)
Richard Wortman
Marcia Wright
Yosef Yerushalmi
Madeleine Zelin (East Asian Languages and Cultures)
Associate Professors
Charles Armstrong
Ellen Baker
Matthew Connelly
Matthew Jones
Adam Kosto (chair)
Gregory Mann
Adam McKeown
Pablo Piccato
Assistant Professors
Janaki Bakhle
Evan Haefeli
Rebecca Kobrin
Natasha Lightfoot
Christine Philliou
Sarah Phillips
Caterina Pizzigoni
Samuel Roberts
Neslihan Senocak
Emma Winter
On Leave
Profs. Baker, Berghalin, Blake, Leach,
McKeown, Piccato, Roberts, Rothman,
and Yerushalmi for the academic year
Profs. Somerville, Stephanson, and van de
Mieroop for the fall semester
Profs. Bakhle, Billows, Foner, Gluck, Smith,
and Wright for the spring semester
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The
history
curriculum covers most areas of the world and most periods of written history.
It encourages students to develop historical understanding in the widest sense
of the word: a thorough empirical grasp along with the kind of analytical skills
that come with a genuinely historical sensibility. This is done through two types
of courses: lectures and seminars. Lectures range from broad surveys of the history
of a place or period to more thematically oriented courses. Seminars offer students
the opportunity to work more closely with historical sources in smaller groups
and to do more sophisticated written work. Because history courses usually have
no prerequisites, there are no preordained sequences to follow. It is advisable,
however, to take a relevant lecture course as preparation before taking a seminar.
Majors wishing to follow a more intensive program are advised to enroll in the
various courses in historiography and to undertake a senior thesis project. Historically,
majors have gone on to careers in a very wide range of areas including medicine,
law, mass media, Wall Street, and academia.
Advising: During their junior and senior years, majors and concentrators are advised by the faculty members of the Undergraduate Education Committee (UNDED). UNDED advisers also review and sign Plan of Study (POS) forms for majors/concentrators at least once per year. POS forms track students’ progress toward completing all major/concentrator requirements. New history majors/concentrators are assigned an UNDED adviser at the beginning of the junior year. Switching UNDED advisers is permissible. For the most up-to-date information on UNDED members, please see the undergraduate advising page of the department Web site.
Majors and concentrators can also receive pure academic interest advising (non-requirement advising) from any faculty member and affiliated faculty member of the department.
First-years and sophomores considering a history major or concentration can seek advising from UNDED or any other faculty member.
For questions about requirements, courses, or the general program, majors and concentrators can also contact the undergraduate administrator.
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