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Shao Hua Jed Chew

Early Modern, 2024 (PhD Student)

jedchew@uchicago.edu

Kaya Colakoglu

Middle East, 2024 (PhD Student)

kayac@uchicago.edu

Anna Conner

History of Science and Early Modern Europe, 2021 (PhD Student)

aconner@uchicago.edu

Interests:

History of science; Early modern England; history of medicine and the body; disability history; gender and sexuality studies

RESEARCH INTERESTSMain Field: History of ScienceInterests: Early modern England; history of medicine and the body; disability history; gender and sexu...

Laura Cremer

Modern Europe, 2018 (PhD Student)

cremer@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Cultural history, intellectual history, media and information technologies, advertising, propaganda and political art, Germany, the Soviet Union, capitalism and socialism, gender and sexuality

RESEARCH INTERESTS Cultural history, intellectual history, media and information technologies, advertising, propaganda and political art, Germany, ...

McKinsey Crozier

Modern Jewish, 2022 (PhD Student)

mcrozier@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Modern Jewish history; 19th and 20th century Eastern Europe; liberalism, reformism and the Left; empire and revolution; Yiddish literature; Russian literature and film; philanthropy and social welfare; gender and sexuality; disability studies

RESEARCH INTERESTS Modern Jewish history; 19th and 20th century Eastern Europe; liberalism, reformism and the Left; empire and revolution; Yiddish ...

Zoe Ding

East Asia, 2024 (PhD Student)

zoeding@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Medical history, environmental history, sensory studies, Manchukuo

RESEARCH INTERESTSMedical history, environmental history, sensory studies, Manchukuo

Jón Kristinn Einarsson

Early Modern Europe, 2023 (PhD Student)

jonkristinn@uchicago.edu

Zaria El-Fil

US pre-1900, 2021 (PhD Student)

sawdijah@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Atlantic Slavery; Legal History; History of Urban Policing; Carceral Studies; Slavery and Abolition; History of Capitalism; Race and Racialization; Critical Theory; Digital Humanities

RESEARCH INTERESTSAtlantic Slavery; Legal History; History of Urban Policing; Carceral Studies; Slavery and Abolition; History of Capitalism; Race and...

Rebecca Epstein-Boley

Modern Europe, 2020 (PhD Student)

Interests:

Modern Europe with emphasis on Germany; cultural history; music, sound, and performance studies; gender and sexuality; nationalism; transnationalism

RESEARCH INTERESTS Modern Europe with emphasis on Germany; cultural history; music, sound, and performance studies; gender and sexuality; nationali...

Nahomi Linda Esquivel

Latin America, 2018 (PhD Student)

lindaesquivel@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Migration; Labor; Latinx/e History; Mexico; Borderland Development; Legal Informality; Agricultural Work

RESEARCH INTERESTSMigration; Labor; Latinx/e History; Mexico; Borderland Development; Legal Informality; Agricultural WorkDISSERTATIONAlien Residents:...

Miguel C. Fernandes

Medieval, 2021 (PhD Student)

mcfernandes@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Medieval cultural and intellectual history; premodern numeracy; media and technology; visual culture and materiality; Iberian Peninsula

RESEARCH INTERESTSMedieval cultural and intellectual history; premodern numeracy; media and technology; visual culture and materiality; Iberian Penins...

Daniel Fernandez

US 1900-Present, 2021 (PhD Student)

danielfernandez@uchicago.edu

DISSERTATION"Making Prison Law in the United States, 1966-1980"AWARDS2025 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship