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Jacob Betz

Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences, Law, Letters and Society, History (2023-25)

Interests:

Religious history; law and religion; history of childhood and the family; legal history; theories of religion

PhD'22 (US history), University of ChicagoBIOGRAPHYJacob Betz’s research sits at the intersection of law, religion, and the family. His current book p...

Arthur Clement

Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences, European Civilizations (2024-26)

Office Hours:

Spring Quarter 2025

Tuesday, 11:00am-1:00pm in Foster Hall, room 04

ajhc@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Development of human sciences in the nineteenth century; emergence of the religious sciences in France; relationship between the human sciences and the natural sciences, natural history, morphology, and embryology; social and political contexts of knowledge formation; dialogue between science and religion as part secularism in France

PhD '24 (History of Science), University of ChicagoRESEARCH INTERESTSRise of the Human Sciences; Studies of Secularity; Engagement between Science and...

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Nicholas Foster

Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences, History (2023-25)

nfoster@uchicago.edu

Interests:

History of capitalism in the twentieth-century United States; history of ideas; the impact of financialization on US politics, society, and culture

PhD'23 (US history), University of Chicago RESEARCH INTERESTS History of capitalism in the twentieth-century United States; history of ideas; th...

Nicholas Johnson

Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences, Law, Letters, and Society (2024-26)

Office Hours:

Autumn Quarter 2024

Wednesday, 12:00-1:30pm in Foster Hall, room 04

npj@uchicago.edu

Interests:

US history, intellectual history, and political economy

PhD '24 (US History), University of Chicago RESEARCH INTERESTS US history, intellectual history, and political economy DISSERTATION Americ...

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

PhD '24 (US History), University of ChicagoBIOGRAPHYCaine Jordan specializes in the History of Medicine and African-American history. Focusing on Afri...

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.

PhD '24 (US History), University of ChicagoRESEARCH INTERESTSHistory of ideas, morals, and ethics; legal history; gender and sexuality; race and racis...

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Corbin Page

Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences, Power, Identity, and Resistance (2023-25)

corbinp@uchicago.edu

Interests:

US legal history; history of criminal law; history of crime, policing, and incarceration; history of the social and human sciences

PhD'23 (US History), University of Chicago RESEARCH INTERESTS US legal history; history of criminal law; history of crime, policing, and incarce...

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Stephanie Painter

Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences, East Asian Civilizations (2023-25)

stephanie3@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Cultural and social history of late imperial and modern China; gender and sexuality; legal history; masculinity studies; ethnicity and the state; everyday life

PhD'23 (East Asian history), University of Chicago RESEARCH INTERESTS Cultural and social history of late imperial and modern China; gender and ...

Jiakai Sheng

Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences, East Asian Civilizations (2024-26)

Office Hours:

Autumn Quarter 2024

Thursday, 12:30-1:45pm

Location: Foster Hall, room 04

jiakaisheng@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Modern Japan; Modern China; East Asian Transnational History; Japanese Colonial Empire; Japanese Diaspora; Sino-Japanese Relations; Urban History; History of Shanghai

PhD '24 (East Asia – Japan), University of ChicagoRESEARCH INTERESTSModern Japan; Modern China; East Asian Transnational History; Japanese Colonial Em...