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Sarah Balakrishnan

Assistant Professor of History

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Juliana Barr

Associate Professor of History

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Barry Gaspar

Professor of History

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Thavolia Glymph

Peabody Family Distinguished Professor of History

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John Jeffries Martin

Professor of History

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Adam Mestyan

Associate Professor of History

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Simon Partner

Professor of History

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Gunther W. Peck

Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy

Associate Professor in History

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Thomas Robisheaux

Professor of History

trobish@duke.edu
Peter Sigal

Professor of History

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Philip J. Stern

Professor of History

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History Major Receives 2024 Chester P. Middlesworth Award

September 10, 2024

Veronica Sanjurjo has been named the undergraduate student winner of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library's Chester P. Middlesworth Award for her paper, “A Diary’s Purpose: Sarah J. Ewing’s Portrait of Domestic Abuse in Victorian London.” The award comes with a prize of $1,000.The Middlesworth Awards were established to encourage and recognize excellence of analysis, research and writing by Duke University students in the use of primary sources and rare materials held by the Rubenstein Rare Book… read more about History Major Receives 2024 Chester P. Middlesworth Award »

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History Hub Workshop with Jessica Borsellino: "Medicine for Generations"

March 26, 2024

Jessica Borsellino presented a chapter of her dissertation, “Medicine for Generations: Healing Work in Kiowa Communities, 1867-1920,” on January 26. The professors and students in the history department attended her presentation and contributed their comments and suggestions on Borsellino’s work. After talking about the availability and possibility of using more materials of oral history records, the discussion's focus turned to the chapter's writing structure. Borsellino was suggested that she should bring some details and… read more about History Hub Workshop with Jessica Borsellino: "Medicine for Generations" »

Book Talk! Panel discusses Adam Mestyan's Modern Arab Kingship

October 11, 2023

On October 9th, a group of panelists gathered for an informal discussion of Adam Mestyan’s new book Modern Arab Kingship: Remaking the Ottoman Political Order in the Interwar Middle East (PUP, 2023). After some introductory notes by the author, including a recognition of the ongoing violence in Palestine-Israel, the discussion’s chair, Dina Khoury (GWU) and each of the panelists presented their impressions of the work and how it has contributed to thinking about their own research. Topics of discussion… read more about Book Talk! Panel discusses Adam Mestyan's Modern Arab Kingship »

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