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Anirban Karak

Anirban Karak



Collegiate Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Collegiate Division; Harper-Schmidt Fellow, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
Office: Gates-Blake Hall, room 437
akarak@uchicago.edu
Interests:

Early Modern and Modern South Asia; the history of capitalism; intellectual history and the history of political economy; comparative histories of caste, race, and slavery; the history of modern sport; historical musicology; social theory

Edmund Kennedy



United States, 2023 (PhD Student)
edmundk@uchicago.edu
Emily Kern

Emily Kern



Assistant Professor of the History of Science and the College
Office: Social Science Research Building, room 517 Mailbox 22
Phone: (773) 702-7888
ekern@uchicago.edu
Interests:

History of modern science; intellectual and cultural history; twentieth century global history

Evelyn Kessler

Evelyn Kessler



Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences, History (2024-26)
erkessler@uchicago.edu
Interests:

History of ideas, morals, and ethics; legal history; gender and sexuality; race and racism; personhood, citizenship, and the state; political economy; visual and material culture. 

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James E. Ketelaar



Professor Emeritus of Japanese History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College
jketelaa@uchicago.edu
Interests:

Religious, philosophical, and intellectual history of Japan

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Roy Kimmey III



PhD '22 (Modern Europe)
kimmey@uchicago.edu
Interests:

East Central European history; modern Hungary; immigration and migration; nationalism; cultural history of state socialism; histories of humanitarianism and human rights; minority rights and politics; politics of recognition; Romani studies; ethnomusicology

Julius Kirshner



Professor Emeritus of Medieval and Renaissance History and the College
jkir@uchicago.edu
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Nell Klinger



Britain, 2022 (PhD Student)
nwilliamsonshaff@uchicago.edu
Interests:

Early Modern Britain and its Empire; Political Economy; Comparative Empires; the Atlantic World

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Emilio Kourí



Professor of History and the College
Office Hours:
  • Spring Quarter 2025
  • Thursday, 3:00-4:30pm and by appointment
  • Office: William Rainey Harper Memorial Library, East Tower, room 681 Mailbox 57
    Phone: (773) 834-4769
    kouri@uchicago.edu
    Interests:

    Modern Mexico; social and economic history of Latin America; agrarian studies; indigenous societies; rural ecology; political economy; the social history of law; the history of ideas; Cuba and the Spanish Caribbean; US Latino/a history

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    Matthew Kruer



    Associate Professor of Early North American History and the College
    Office Hours:
  • Spring Quarter 2025
  • Wednesday, 12:30-2:00pm
  • Sign-up Link: https://calendly.com/matthewkruer/15min
  • Office: Social Science Research Building, 225C Mailbox 59
    Phone: (773) 834-6794
    kruer@uchicago.edu
    Interests:

    Early American history; Indigenous histories; settler colonialism; sovereignty; conspiracy theory; histories of emotions

    S. Prashant Kumar

    S. Prashant Kumar



    Postdoctoral Researcher at the Rank of Instructor
    Office: 5737 S. University Ave Chicago, IL 60637
    spkumar@uchicago.edu
    Interests:

    History of mathematics and statistics; history of astronomy; history of technology; South Asian history; British empire; colonialism; race

    Savitri Kunze



    PhD '21 (US History)
    smsedlacek@uchicago.edu
    Interests:

    Transnational history of U.S. politics, society, migration, citizenship, and human rights. Her dissertation is a political and social history of non-citizen rights in the United States between 1913-1933. 

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