Permanent Faculty

Aziz Al-Azmeh

University Professor
Fields: 
Comparative Empires
Eastern Mediterranean
History of Political Thought
Intellectual History
Modern Period
Nation and Nationalism
Ottoman/Middle Eastern Studies
Religious History and Studies
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
Modern Period
Ottoman/Middle Eastern Studies
Religious History and Studies
Transnational and Global History

Tolga U. Esmer

Assistant Professor
Fields: 
Comparative Empires
Cultural History and Cultural Studies
Early Modern Period
Eastern Mediterranean
Modern Period
Ottoman/Middle Eastern Studies
Social History
Southeastern Europe/Balkans

András Gerő

Professor
Fields: 
Central Europe
Identity Politics
Modern Period

Karl Hall

Associate Professor
Fields: 
Cultural History and Cultural Studies
Eastern Europe
History of Science
History of Science
Intellectual History
Modern Period

Jan Hennings

Associate Professor
2y MA Programme Director
Fields: 
Comparative Empires
Cultural History and Cultural Studies
Early Modern Period
Eastern Europe
Transnational and Global 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
Modern Period
Nation and Nationalism
Political History
Social History
Southeastern Europe/Balkans
Transnational and Global History

Victor Karady

Professor
Fields: 
Central Europe
Jewish History
Modern Period
Social History

Laszlo Kontler

Professor
Director of Doctoral Program, Department of History
Fields: 
Central Europe
Early Modern Period
History of Political Thought
History of Science
Intellectual History

Emese Lafferton

Assistant Professor
Fields: 
Central Europe
History of Science
History of Science
History of Women and Gender
Modern Period

Istvan Rev

Professor
Fields: 
Central Europe
Digital Humanities
Intellectual History
Modern Period

Alfred J. Rieber

Professor Emeritus
Fields: 
Cold War Studies
Comparative Empires
Eastern Europe
Modern Period
Political History
Social History

Matthias Riedl

Associate Professor
Fields: 
Early Modern Period
History of Political Thought
Intellectual History
Religious History and Studies

Charles Shaw

Assistant Professor
Fields: 
Communism, Soviet, and Post-Soviet History
Comparative Empires
Cultural History and Cultural Studies
Eastern Europe
Identity Politics
Nation and Nationalism

Marsha Siefert

Associate Professor
Fields: 
Communism, Soviet, and Post-Soviet History
Comparative Empires
Cultural History and Cultural Studies
Eastern Europe
Labor History
Media and Communication History
Modern Period
Oral History
Transnational and Global History

Balázs Trencsényi

Professor
Head of Department
Fields: 
Central Europe
History of Political Thought
Intellectual History
Modern Period
Nation and Nationalism
Southeastern Europe/Balkans
Transnational and Global History

Carsten L. Wilke

Professor
Religious Studies Program Director
Fields: 
Early Modern Period
Intellectual History
Jewish History
Modern Period
Religious History and Studies

Brett Wilson

Associate Professor
1YMA Program Director
Fields: 
Eastern Mediterranean
Empire, Nation, Nationalism
Modern Period
Nation and Nationalism
Ottoman/Middle Eastern Studies
Political History

Susan Zimmermann

University Professor
Fields: 
Central Europe
History of Women and Gender
Labor History
Modern Period
Social History
Transnational and Global History
Urban History