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Brigitte McFarland

United States, 2022 (PhD Student)

bhm@uchicago.edu

Interests:

19th Century U.S. West, Native American History, Settler Colonial Studies, and Material Culture

INTERESTS19th Century U.S. West, Native American History, Settler Colonial Studies, and Material Culture

Julia Mead

Modern Europe, 2018 (PhD Student)

juliamead@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Twentieth-century East Central Europe; state socialism and post-socialism; Cold War history; labor, gender, and sexuality; Anthropocene, energy, and environmental history; mining

RESEARCH INTERESTSTwentieth-century East Central Europe; state socialism and post-socialism; Cold War history; labor, gender, and sexuality; Anthropoc...

Atman Mehta

Political Economy, 2022 (PhD Student)

atmanm@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Twentieth century economic history; history of the Global South; political economy; development; finance; energy and environmental history

RESEARCH INTEREST Twentieth century economic history; history of the Global South; political economy; development; finance; energy and environmenta...

Robert Merges

United States, 2023 (PhD Student)

rmerges@uchicago.edu

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Yasmeen Mobayed

Middle East & Islam, 2023 (PhD Student)

yom@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Middle East history; history of capitalism; social and economic history; colonialism; state formation

RESEARCH INTERESTS Middle East history; history of capitalism; social and economic history; colonialism; state formation

Benjamin Montano

Latin America, 2021 (PhD Student)

montano@uchicago.edu

James Nee

Russia and Eurasia, 2022 (PhD Student)

jmnee@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Twentieth-century Central Asia and Russia; gender, sexuality, law, and nationhood; political economy; leisure and pleasure

RESEARCH INTERESTS Twentieth-century Central Asia and Russia; gender, sexuality, law, and nationhood; political economy; leisure and pleasure

Erin Newton

East Asia-Japan, 2014 (PhD Student)

emnewton@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Nineteenth- and twentieth-century Japanese history; history of science and medicine; gender and labor; medical education and technology; history of care

RESEARCH INTERESTS Nineteenth- and twentieth-century Japanese history; history of science and medicine; gender and labor; medical education and tec...

Quynh-Ahn Nguyen

International, 2019 (PhD Student)

aqnguyen@uchicago.edu

Interests:

The intersection of print culture, urban politics, gender, and emotion in modern Asia.

Hometown: Thanh Hoa, Vietnam Education: Earlham College, Richmond, IN; B.A., History RESEARCH INTERESTS Informed by Critical Theory’s critiqu...

Natalia Niedmann Alvarez

US History, Gender and Sexuality, 2022 (PhD Student)

nniedmannalvarez@uchicago.edu

Interests:

US 20th century; legal history; constitutional law, feminist history; gender and sexuality; social movements; citizenship; political imagination.

RESEARCH INTERESTSUS 20th century; legal history; constitutional law, feminist history; gender and sexuality; social movements; citizenship; political...

Jonathan Ort

Africa, Caribbean & Atlantic, 2024 (PhD Student)

jort@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Anticolonial nationalism; Back-to-Africa thought; Black theological movements; Christian missionaries and empire; decolonization; Liberia; slavery and abolition; race and religion; U.S. imperialism

RESEARCH INTERESTSAnticolonial nationalism; Back-to-Africa thought; Black theological movements; Christian missionaries and empire; decolonization; Li...

Sofia Ortiz Torres

Latin America, 2020 (PhD Student)

DISSERTATION Children of the State: Labour, Family, and Education in Mexico City's Welfare System, 1930-1970