Directory | Department of History

Social and cultural history of eighteenth-century France and the French Revolution; the history of medicine; the history of Paris; physiognomy and caricature

Claire Jones

Early Modern Europe, 2020 (PhD Student)

clpjones@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Early Modern Britain, Portugal, and the Sephardic Jewish diaspora

Caine Jordan

Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences, Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity (2024-26)

cainejordan@uchicago.edu

Interests:

African American History, History of Medicine, American History, History of Science

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

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

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.

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