Guy Salvatore Alitto

Associate Professor Emeritus of History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College

Field Specialties

Modern Chinese intellectual history; Chinese social history; Chinese local and rural history


Ralph A. Austen

Professor Emeritus of African History, African Studies, and the College

Prof. Austen has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students

Alain Bresson

Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Classics, History, the Oriental Institute, and the College

Prof. Bresson has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.

Bruce Cumings

Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History and the College

Field Specialties

Modern Korean history; East Asian political economy; international history


Prasenjit Duara

Professor Emeritus of East Asian History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Prof. Duara has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students at the University of Chicago.

Constantin Fasolt

Karl J. Weintraub Professor Emeritus of History, Fundamentals, and the College

Prof. Fasolt has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.

Sheila Fitzpatrick

Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of Russian History and the College

Prof. Fitzpatrick has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students at the University of Chicago.

Michael Geyer

Samuel N. Harper Professor Emeritus of German and European History and the College

Prof. Geyer has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.

Jan Goldstein

Norman and Edna Freehling Professor Emerita of History, the Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, and the College

Prof. Goldstein has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.

Hanna Holborn Gray

Harry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History
President of the University of Chicago (1978–1993)

Prof. Gray has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.

Ramón A. Gutiérrez

Preston & Sterling Morton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of US History and the College

Prof. Gutiérrez has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.

Harry Harootunian

Max Palevsky Professor Emeritus of History and the College

Prof. Harootunian has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students at the University of Chicago.

Neil Harris

Preston & Sterling Morton Professor Emeritus of US History, Art History, and the College

Prof. Harris has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.

James Hevia

Professor Emeritus of the College, the New Collegiate Division, and International History

Prof. Hevia has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.


Thomas C. Holt

James Westfall Thompson Professor Emeritus of American and African American History and the College

Prof. Holt has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students

Ronald Inden

Professor Emeritus of History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College

Prof. Inden has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.

James E. Ketelaar

Professor Emeritus of Japanese History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College

Field Specialties

Religious, philosophical, and intellectual history of Japan


Julius Kirshner

Professor Emeritus of Medieval and Renaissance History and the College

Prof. Kirshner has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.

Julie Saville

Associate Professor Emerita of History and the College

Prof. Saville has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.

William H. Sewell Jr.

Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Political Science and History

Prof. Sewell has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.

Christine Stansell

Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of US History and the College

Prof. Stansell has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.

Ronald G. Suny

Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Russian History

Prof. Suny has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students at the University of Chicago.

Bernard Wasserstein

Harriet & Ulrich E. Meyer Professor Emeritus of Modern European Jewish History and the College

Prof. Wasserstein has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.

John E. Woods

Professor Emeritus of Iranian and Central Asian History, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the College

Prof. Woods has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.