History Department

Faculty & Staff

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Jeffry M. Diefendorf

Pamela Shulman Professor in European and Holocaust Studies
Senior Faculty Fellow, College of Liberal Arts

407 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3013 (History) and 862-2062 (Liberal Arts)
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: jeffryd@unh.edu
Curriculum Vitae

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 444H: Collective Guilt and Collective Responsibility in History
HIST 602/802: Holocaust: The War on Europe's Jews
HIST 669/869: Germany since 1918
HIST 775/875: Historical Methods

Fields of Research: 
modern Germany, urban history, Holocaust studies

 

 


Ellen Fitzpatrick, Carpenter Professor of History, winner of the Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Public Service.  

 

Ellen Fitzpatrick

Carpenter Professor of History


411Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3017
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: eff@cisunix.unh.edu

   


Courses Taught:
HIST 406: History of the Modern U.S.
HIST 500: Introduction to Historical Thinking
HIST 621: History of American Thought
graduate-level seminars and directed readings on twentieth century history

Fields of Research:
modern American intellectual and political History, Historiography, Women's History

 

 


David Frankfurter

David Frankfurter 

Professor of Religious Studies and History 

436 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3015
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: davidTf@unh.edu 

 


Courses Taught:
RS/HIST 483: History of World Religions
RS/HIST 484: Patterns in World Religions
RS/HIST 576: Hebrew Bible in Historical Context
RS/HIST 689/889: New Testament in Historical Context
RS 699: Senior Seminar in Religious Studies 

Fields of Research:
Christianization of the ancient Mediterranean world, apocalyptic literature, magic and ritual, religion and social theory 

 

 


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Cathy A. Frierson

Professor of History

406 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3011
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: cathy.frierson@unh.edu

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 563: Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization
HIST 664: Russia and the Soviet Union in the Twentieth Century
HIST 595: Soviet Dreamers, Despots, and Dissidents
HIST 797: Senior Colloquium in History
HIST 500: Introduction to Historical Thinking

Fields of Research:
Modern Russia, intellectual history, oral history, history of natural disasters

 

 


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Jan Golinski

Professor of History and Humanities
Chair of the Department of History

404 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3789
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: jan.golinski@unh.edu
Website

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 521: Origins of Modern Science
HIST 522: Science in the Modern World
HIST 654/854: Topics in History of Science
HIST 774/874: Historiography

Fields of Research:
history of science, intellectual history, historiography

 

 


J. William Harris

J. William Harris

Professor of History

301D Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3019
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: jwharris@cisunix.unh.edu

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 506: African American History
HIST 611/811: Civil War Era
HIST 625: Southern History and Literature
HIST 787: Quantitative Methods and Computers for Historians

Fields of Research:
history of the American South, civil war, African American history

 

 


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Janet Polasky

Professor of History and Women's Studies

301C Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3027
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: Janet.Polasky@unh.edu
Curriculum Vitae

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 436: Western Civilization
HIST 648/848: Modern France
HIST 665/865: Themes in Women's History
HIST 875: Historical Methods

Fields of Research:
Routes to the City, Roots in the Country: Reforming Urban Labor in Brussels and London
Revolution Without Borders: "Le Cri Universel" of the Eighteenth Century Atlantic World

 

 


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Harvard Sitkoff

Professor of History

403 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3024
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: his@cisunix.unh.edu

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 406: History of Modern U.S.
HIST 616/816: U.S. Since WWII
HIST 617/817: Vietnam War

Fields of Research:
Twentieth-century U.S. history, African-American history, history and film

 


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Funso Afolayan

Associate Professor of History

415 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3026
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: fsa@cisunix.unh.edu

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 422: World History
HIST 588: History of Africa South of Sahara
HIST 684/884: History of South Africa since 1652

Fields of Research:
African history, African religions, Atlantic history, world/non-Western history

 

 


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W. Jeffrey Bolster, Associate Professor of History, winner of the University Award for Excellence in Public Service.  

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W. Jeffrey Bolster

Associate Professor of History
James H. Hayes and Claire Short Chair in the Humanities (2002-2007)

301B Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3016
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: jeff.bolster@unh.edu
curriculum vitae

   


Courses Taught:
HIST 405: History of Early America
HIST 505: African American History to 1865
HIST 511: History of New Hampshire
HIST 666: Environmental History of Northwest Atlantic Commercial Fisheries
HIST 939: Readings in Early American History (graduate level)
HIST 989: Research Seminar in Early American History (graduate level)

Fields of Research:
maritime history, African-American history, environmental history, Atlantic history

 

 


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Kurk Dorsey

Associate Professor of History

414 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3022
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: kd@unh.edu

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 406: Modern United States
HIST 444: When is War the Answer?
HIST 567: History of Canada
HIST 618/818: Modern American Environmental History
HIST 619/819: US Foreign Policy to 1900
HIST 620/820: US Foreign Policy since 1900
HIST 797: Senior Colloquium (The United States in World War II)
HIST 940: Readings in Modern American History
HIST 990: Research Seminar in Modern American History

Fields of Research:
US foreign policy, environmental history, history of Canada

 

 


Eliga Gould

Eliga Gould

Associate Professor of History

412 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3012
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: ehg@cisunix.unh.edu
Curriculum Vitae

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 405: History of Early America
HIST 605/805: Revolutionary America
HIST 797: Senior Colloquium (Anglo-American Right to Bear Arms)
HIST 939: Graduate Readings in Early American History
HIST 949: Graduate Colloquium on the World of the American Revolution
HIST 949: Graduate Colloquium on the British Atlantic, 1500-1800
HIST 989: Graduate Research Seminar in Early American History

Fields of Research:
Colonial America, the American Revolution, and the early modern Atlantic world

 

 


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Nicoletta F. Gullace

Associate Professor of History

413 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1715
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: nfg@cisunix.unh.edu

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 436: Western Civilization
HIST 656/856: 20th Century Europe
HIST 701/801: Seminar/British Empire
HIST 843: British Empire

Fields of Research:
modern Britain, European cultural history, women's history

 

 


Lu Yan

Associate Professor of History

443 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3025
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: ylu@cisunix.unh.edu

   


Courses Taught:
HIST 425: Chinese Civilization
HIST 500: Introduction to Historical Thinking
HIST 579: History of China in Modern Times
HIST 580: History of Japan in Modern Times
HIST 681/881: Modern China Topics
(including: "Society and Culture in Twentieth-century China," and "Women in Chinese History"

Fields of Research:
media in Modern Chinese history, Hong Kong-mainland relations from the Cold War to the age of globalization, trans-cultural practice in Modern Chinese history, Modern Sino-Japanese relations

 

 


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Gregory McMahon

Associate Professor of History

408 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3023
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: gmcmahon@cisunix.unh.edu

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 435: Western Civilization
HIST 575: Ancient Near East
HIST 675/875: Early History of Ancient Greece
HIST 676/876: Classic & Hellenistic Greek Worlds
HIST 677/877: Roman Republic

Fields of Research:
Ancient Near East, Greek history, Roman history

 

 


Julia Rodriguez

Julia Rodriguez

Associate Professor of History

301A Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-0354
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: juliar@cisunix.unh.edu
Curriculum vitae

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 427: Crime and Punishment in Modern Society
HIST 531: Modern Latin America
HIST 532: The Americas
HIST 600: Women and Gender in Latin America
HIST 797: Senior Colloquium: Race, Gender, and Nation

Fields of Research:
Latin America, history of science and medicine, women and gender, Atlantic history

 

 


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Lucy Salyer

Associate Professor of History

409 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3021
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: les@cisunix.unh.edu

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 406: History of Modern U.S.
HIST 509: Law in American Life
HIST 609/809: Special Topics/American Legal History

Fields of Research:
American legal history; Modern American and Progressive era history; race, ethnicity and immigration

 

 


 

Cynthia Van Zandt, Associate Professor of History, winner of a University Excellence in Teaching Award  

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Cynthia Van Zandt

Cynthia Van Zandt

Associate Professor of History

Director of Graduate Studies

410 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-2018
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: cynthia.vanzandt@unh.edu

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 405: History of Early America
HIST 500: Introduction to Historical Thinking
HIST 603/803: European Conquest of America

Fields of Research:
Colonial North America, Native America, Early Modern Atlantic world

 

 


Ethel Sara Wolper

Ethel Sara Wolper

Associate Professor of History

A409 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3884
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: esw@cisunix.unh.edu

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 425: Islamic Culture and Civilization
HIST 500: Introduction to Historical Thinking
HIST 585: Venture of Islam: 6-15th Century

Fields of Research:
history of the Middle East, history of Islam, history of Islamic art

 


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David Bachrach

Assistant Professor of Medieval History

132 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1926
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail:bachrach@cisunix.unh.edu
Curriculum vitae

 


Courses Taught:
HIST 435: Western Civilization
HIST 501: Medieval Military History
HIST 502: Latin Readings in Medieval History
HIST 540: Foundations of Medieval History
HIST 640: Holy War in the Holy Land: The Medieval Crusades 

Fields of Research:
military, religious, and administrative history of Medieval Germany and England

 

 


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Marion Girard-Dorsey

Assistant Professor of History

438 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3014
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: mlgirard@unh.edu

 


Courses Taught:
Hist 422: World History in the Modern Era
Hist 444: Wartime Propaganda
Hist 537: History of Espionage

Fields of Research:
European history, history of law, diplomatic and military history, history of medicine in the United States

 

 


Jessica M. Lepler

Assistant Professor of History

Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1765
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: n/a

   


Courses Taught:

Fields of Research:
American legal culture during the long nineteenth century, early American history

 

 


Elizabeth W. Mellyn

Assistant Professor of History

Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1765
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: n/a

   


Courses Taught:

Fields of Research:
history of medicine and law, origins of forensic medicine in Europe, reception and appropriation of Greco-Roman and Arabic learning, medieval and early modern travel and communication in the Mediterranean, education and culture in medieval and early modern Italy

 

 


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Judith N. Moyer

Research Assistant Professor

Director, History in Perspective

P.O. Box 754, Durham, NH 03824
E-mail: jnmoyer@hopper.unh.edu


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Jonathan Couser
435 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-4599
E-Mail: jbk27@unh.edu

Robert Macieski
University Center
Manchester Campus
E-mail: macieski@cisunix.unh.edu


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Jeanne Ann Mitchell

Academic Student Services Assistant

405 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1765
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: jeanniem@cisunix.unh.edu

 


Susan Kilday

Administrative Assistant I

405 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1764
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: skilday@cisunix.unh.edu


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African History

Funso Afolayan - West African History, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Slavery and Gender Studies

Ancient History

Gregory McMahon - Ancient Near East, Greece, Rome

Asian History

Lu Yan - History of China (modern and pre-modern), history of Japan (modern)

European History

David Bachrach - Medieval European history
Jeffry M. Diefendorf - German history (early modern and modern)
Cathy A. Frierson - Russia and the Soviet Union
Marion Girard-Dorsey - European history, history of law, diplomatic and military history, history of medicine in the United States
Jan Golinski - History of Science
Nicoletta F. Gullace - Modern Britain
Elizabeth Mellyn - history of medicine in Europe, medieval and early modern travel and communication in Mediterranean and education and culture in Italy
Janet Polasky - European Women, French history

Latin American History

Julia Rodriguez - Latin American history, women's history

Middle Eastern History

Ethel Sara Wolper - History of the Middle East, history of Islam

Religious History

David Frankfurter - Religious Studies Director (Religious Studies Program)

United States History

W. Jeffrey Bolster - Social History, African-American, Caribbean, Maritime
Kurk Dorsey - U.S. foreign relations, environmental history, Canada
Ellen Fitzpatrick - modern American intellectual and political History, Historiography, Women's History
Eliga H. Gould - History, Atlantic World, British Empire
J. William Harris - U.S. social history, Southern history, Civil War
Jessica Lepler - early American history
Lucy Salyer - American legal history, Progressive era, immigration
Harvard Sitkoff - Twentieth century U.S. history
Cynthia Van Zandt - Colonial American, Early Modern Atlantic World, Native American, and Cultural History


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