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Faculty & Staff

History Department Faculty & Staff

Diego Armus

Professor

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8094
  2. Trotter 220
  3. Office Hours:

    Wednesdays, 11:45 - 1pm

  1. Profile
  2. Armus CV [pdf]
  3. Armus Academia page
  4. History Department publications page

Interests: Latin America, urban, diseases, migrations, social and cultural history

Diego Armus

Farid Azfar

Associate Professor

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5765
  2. Trotter 212
  3. Office Hours:

    Fridays, 12 - 3 pm

  1. Profile

Interests: Early Modern Europe, urban, sexuality

Professor Azfar selfie in the city.

Megan Brown

Assistant Professor

On leave 2020-2021

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6097
  2. Trotter 219
  1. Profile

Interests: modern Europe, European integration, empire

Professor Megan Brown

Timothy Burke

Professor

Co-Director of the Aydelotte Foundation

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8115
  2. Trotter 206
  3. Parrish W201
  4. Office Hours:

    Thursdays, 10-12 & 1-3

  1. Profile
  2. Easily Distracted: Culture, Politics, Academia, and Other Shiny Objects
  3. Aydelotte Foundation

Interests: Africa, cultural studies

Professor Timothy J. Burke

BuYun Chen

Associate Professor

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-3978
  2. Trotter 207
  3. Office Hours:

    Thursdays, 11am - 1pm

  1. Profile

Interests: China, East Asia, women, science and technology

Professor BuYun Chen

Allison Dorsey

Professor

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7676
  2. Trotter 213
  3. Office Hours:

    Wednesdays, 10-12pm

  1. Profile

Interests: African American, African American women, U.S., South, West, food

Photo credit: Leonora Anzaldua

Dr. Dorsey. Photo credit: Leonora Anzaldua

Bruce Dorsey

Professor

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8095
  2. Trotter 214
  3. Office Hours:

    Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 3-5pm

  1. Profile

Interests: Early America, 19th Century, U.S., gender, social and cultural history

Professor Bruce Dorsey

Ahmad Shokr

Assistant Professor

On leave 2020-2021

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8136
  2. Trotter Hall 205
  1. Profile

Interests: modern Middle East, Egypt, capitalism, empire and decolonization, nationalism, social movements, environmental history

Professor Ahmad Shokr

Robert Weinberg

Isaac H. Clothier Professor of History and International Relations and Chair

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8133
  2. Trotter 218
  3. Office Hours:

    Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 2pm - 3pm
    or email for appointment

  1. Profile

Interests: Russia, modern Europe, modern Jewish

Professor Robert Weinberg

Stephen Bensch

Professor Emeritus

Emeritus History

Contact

  1. Profile

Interests: medieval Europe, Near East

Professor Emeritus Stephen Bensch

Robert DuPlessis

Isaac H. Clothier Professor Emeritus of History and International Relations

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8131
  2. Parrish North 374
  1. Profile

Interests: Cultural, economic, and social histories of Europe and the Atlantic world, 15th-18th centuries

Professor Emeritus Bob DuPlessis

Lillian M. Li

Sara Lawrence Lightfoot Professor Emerita of History

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8134
  2. Parrish North 281
  1. Profile
Interests: China, Japan
Lillian Li

Marjorie Murphy

James C. Hormel Professor in Social Justice

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8091
  2. Trotter 211
  3. Office Hours:

    Monday, 11:30 - 12:30pm

  1. Profile

Interests: American labor, social, women

Professor Marjorie Murphy

Jen Moore

Administrative Assistant

History

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8135
  2. Trotter 209
  3. Office Hours:

    Schedule a meeting

Jen Moore