Permanent Faculty | Department of History

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From September 2024, the new Department of Historical Studies will include faculty from Medieval Studies.

Jan Hennings

Associate Professor

Head of Department

Fields:

Comparative Empires

Cultural History and Cultural Studies

Early Modern History

Transnational and Global History

Nadia Al-Bagdadi

Professor

Fields:

Comparative Empires

Cultural History and Cultural Studies

Eastern Mediterranean

History of Women and Gender

Intellectual History

Ottoman/Middle Eastern Studies

Religious History and Studies

Transnational and Global History

Khadija Zinnenburg Carroll

Associate Professor

Fields:

Comparative Empires

Cultural History and Cultural Studies

History of Science

History of Women and Gender

Nation and Nationalism

Transnational and Global History

Tolga U. Esmer

Associate Professor

Fields:

Comparative Empires

Cultural History and Cultural Studies

Early Modern History

Eastern Mediterranean

Ottoman/Middle Eastern Studies

Southeastern Europe/Balkans

Karl Hall

Associate Professor

Director, One-Year MA Program

Fields:

Cultural History and Cultural Studies

History of Science

History of Science

Intellectual History

Michael Ignatieff

Professor

Fields:

Contemporary History

History of Political Thought

Intellectual History

Nation and Nationalism

Political History

Constantin Iordachi

Professor

Fields:

Communism, Soviet, and Post-Soviet History

Fascism and Totalitarianism

Intellectual History

Nation and Nationalism

Political History

Southeastern Europe/Balkans

Transnational and Global History

Laszlo Kontler

Professor

Pro-Rector for Budapest and KEE

Fields:

Early Modern History

History of Political Thought

History of Science

Intellectual History

Emese Lafferton

Associate Professor

Fields:

History of Science

History of Science

History of Women and Gender

Robyn Dora Radway

Associate Professor

Fields:

Archives and Sources

Comparative Empires

Cultural History and Cultural Studies

Digital Humanities

Early Modern History

Habsburg Studies

Intellectual History

Political History

Transnational and Global History

Istvan Rev

Professor

Fields:

Digital Humanities

Intellectual History

Matthias Riedl

Associate Professor

On research leave in fall term 2023/2024

Fields:

Early Modern History

History of Political Thought

Intellectual History

Religious History and Studies

Charles Shaw

Assistant Professor

Fields:

Cold War Studies

Communism, Soviet, and Post-Soviet History

Comparative Empires

Contemporary History

Cultural History and Cultural Studies

Nationalism Studies

Transnational and Global History

Balázs Trencsényi

Professor

Fields:

History of Political Thought

Intellectual History

Nation and Nationalism

Southeastern Europe/Balkans

Transnational and Global History

Carsten L. Wilke

Professor

Fields:

Early Modern History

Intellectual History

Religious History and Studies

Brett Wilson

Associate Professor

Fields:

Cultural History and Cultural Studies

Eastern Mediterranean

Nationalism Studies

Intellectual History

Nation and Nationalism

Ottoman/Middle Eastern Studies

Political History

Religious History and Studies

Transnational and Global History

Susan Zimmermann

University Professor

Fields:

History of Women and Gender

Transnational and Global History