Europe

Jessica Blum-Sorensen
Assistant Professor of Classics

Latin poetry of the early empire and the epic tradition

Matthew Dowling
Assistant Professor of History
French Colonialism, French colonial Polynesia

Vefa Erginbas
Assistant Professor of History
Early Modern Ottoman Empire; Modern Turkey; Middle East

Robin Greene
Associate Professor of History
Hellenistic poetry; ancient and natural history and popular science; Greek historiography; early Christian narrative

Thomas Grzebien
Assistant Professor of History
Medieval Europe

Karen Holland
Assistant Professor of History

Early Modern Europe (England and France); Women and Gender in Ireland; Material Culture

Jennifer Illuzzi
Associate Professor of History

Modern Europe; Romani populations; Modern Germany; Modern Italy

John Lawless
Assistant Professor of History

Ancient Greece

Margaret Manchester
Emeritus Professor of History

20th century Political history; Eastern European foreign policy; Cold War

David Orique, O.P. Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Age of Exploration; Spanish and Portuguese contact, conquest, and colonization of America

Constance M. Rousseau
Professor of History

Medieval Europe; Italian Renaissance history; 11th-13th centuries; Medieval Canon Law; Western Civilization; Women, Family, and Gender history

Raymond Sickinger
Professor Emeritus of History
Modern Germany; Era of Napoleon; Service Learning; Faith and Service

John Vidmar, O.P.
Associate Professor

Monasticism, The Popes, The Inquisition, The Reformation, 19th century Catholicism, American Dominican History


History and Classics Department


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