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Xiaoyu Gao

East Asia - China, 2019 (PhD Student)

Interests:

Economic History of Late Imperial and 20th-Century China; History of Capitalism; History of Global Trade; Social History of Technology (Currency Minting and Metallurgy); Sino-South American History

RESEARCH INTERESTS Economic History of Late Imperial and 20th-Century China; History of Capitalism; History of Global Trade; Social History of Tec...

Kit Ginzky

US 1900-Present, 2020 (PhD Student)

kgindler@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Twentieth-century US history; labor, gender, and social reproduction; inequality; history of capitalism; social policy and the welfare state

RESEARCH INTERESTS Twentieth-century US history; labor, gender, and social reproduction; inequality; history of capitalism; social policy and the w...

Matteo Giordano

Modern Europe, 2024 (PhD Student)

mgiordano@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Economic history, history of global political economy, intellectual history of capitalism, Modern Europe, history of western philosophy

INTERESTSEconomic history, history of global political economy, intellectual history of capitalism, Modern Europe, history of western philosophy

Tahel Rachel Goldsmith

Modern Europe, 2018 (PhD Student)

tgoldsmith@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Twentieth-century Germany and Poland; history and memory; Holocaust and its aftermath; Cold War; space and place; material culture

RESEARCH INTERESTS Twentieth-century Germany and Poland; history and memory; Holocaust and its aftermath; Cold War; space and place; material cultu...

Zackery Gostisha

British History, 2023 (PhD Student)

zgostisha@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Early Modern Britain and its empire; Atlantic history; State formation; Social structure; History of Race and Racism; Temporality; Infrastructure.

RESEARCH INTERESTS Early Modern Britain and its empire; Atlantic history; State formation; Social structure; History of Race and Racism; Temporalit...

Patrick Graham

British, 2021 (PhD Student)

patrickjgraham@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Computing techniques; data; early modern Britain; political economy; science; capitalism.

RESEARCH INTERESTS Computing techniques; data; early modern Britain; political economy; science; capitalism.

Gabriel Groz

International, 2020 (PhD Student)

ggroz@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Comparative state formation, early-modern China, early-modern Britain, history of political economy

RESEARCH INTERESTS Comparative state formation, early-modern China, early-modern Britain, history of political economy DISSERTATION The Polit...

Maxfield Hancock

United States, 2024 (PhD Student)

mgiordano@uchicago.edu

Alexa Herlands

Medieval, 2019 (PhD Student)

aherlands@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Muslim and Christian Iberia, medieval race, geography, climatology, astrology, ajā'ib and marvel

RESEARCH INTERESTS Muslim and Christian Iberia, medieval race, geography, climatology, astrology, ajā'ib and marvel DISSERTATION The Golden T...

Elena Hoffenberg

Modern Jewish, 2020 (PhD Student)

ehoffenberg@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Twentieth-century East Central Europe; gender and sexuality; history of the family; Jewish nationalisms; modern Yiddish literature

RESEARCH INTERESTS Twentieth-century East Central Europe; gender and sexuality; history of the family; Jewish nationalisms; modern Yiddish literatu...

Chris Hong

Early Modern Europe, 2020 (PhD Student)

haochenhong@uchicago.edu

DISSERTATION Developmental Hegemony and Geopolitical Enlightenment in Louis XIV's France

Rachel Horowitz

United States, 2023 (PhD Student)

rdhorowitz@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Twentieth-century United States; history of capitalism; intellectual history

RESEARCH INTERESTSTwentieth-century United States; history of capitalism; intellectual history