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Diego Armus

Diego Armus

Professor
History
darmus1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8094
Trotter 220
Armus CV [pdf], Armus Academia page, History Department publications page
Profile

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

Professor Farid Azfar

Farid Azfar

Associate Professor
History
fazfar1@swarthmore.edu
610-690-5765
Trotter 212
Profile

Interests: Early Modern Europe, urban, sexuality

Stephen P. Bensch

Stephen Bensch (on leave fall 2018)

Professor
History
sbensch1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8137
Trotter 204
Profile

Interests: medieval Europe, Near East

Professor Megan Brown

Megan Brown

Assistant Professor
History
megan.brown@swarthmore.edu
610-957-6097
Trotter 219
Profile

Interests: modern Europe, European integration, empire

Timothy Burke

Timothy Burke

Professor and Chair
History
tburke1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8115
Trotter 206
Easily Distracted: Culture, Politics, Academia, and Other Shiny Objects
Profile

Interests: Africa, cultural studies

Professor BuYun Chen

BuYun Chen

Assistant Professor
History
bchen5@swarthmore.edu
610-690-3978
Trotter 207
Profile

Interests: China, East Asia, women, social

Dr. Allison Dorsey

Allison Dorsey

Professor
History
adorsey1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-7676
Trotter 213
Profile

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

Bruce Dorsey

Bruce Dorsey

Professor
History
bdorsey1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8095
Trotter 214
Profile

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

Robert S. DuPlessis

Robert DuPlessis

Isaac H. Clothier Professor Emeritus of History and International Relations
History
rduples1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8131
Parrish North 374
Profile

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

Professor Nafisa Essop Sheik

Nafisa Essop Sheik

Cornell Visiting Professor
History
nessops1@swarthmore.edu
610-690-6821
Parrish Hall W253
Profile

Interests: South Africa, gender, law

Lillian Li

Lillian M. Li

Sara Lawrence Lightfoot Professor Emerita of History
History
lli1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8134
Parrish North 281
Profile

Interests: China, Japan

Marjorie Murphy

Marjorie Murphy

James C. Hormel Professor in Social Justice
History
mmurphy1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8091
Trotter 211
Profile

Interests: American labor, social, women

Alicia Nock

Alicia Nock

Former Artist in Residence
History
Alicia@mysewdivine.com
Professional Website
Profile
Professor Shokr.

Ahmad Shokr

Assistant Professor
History
ashokr1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8136
Trotter Hall 205
Profile

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

Professor Robert Weinberg

Robert Weinberg

Isaac H. Clothier Professor of History and International Relations
History
rweinbe1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8133
Trotter 218
Website
Profile

Interests: Russia, modern Europe, modern Jewish

Jen Moore

Jen Moore

Administrative Assistant
History
jen_moore@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8135
Trotter 209

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