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Sarah Balakrishnan

Andrew W. Mellon 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

thavolia@duke.edu
Mélanie Aimée Marie Lamotte

Assistant Professor of History

melanie.lamotte@duke.edu

Prof. Lamotte's personal website
John Jeffries Martin

Professor of History

john.j.martin@duke.edu
Simon Partner

Professor of History

spartner@duke.edu
Gunther W. Peck

Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy

Associate Professor in History

peckgw@duke.edu
Thomas Robisheaux

Professor of History

trobish@duke.edu
Peter Sigal

Professor of History

peter.sigal@duke.edu
Philip J. Stern

Professor of History

philip.stern@duke.edu

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Commodities, Kinship, Enslavement, and the Making of the Atlantic World

October 6, 2025

The History Department at Duke University was honored to host Dr. Mary Hicks, Associate Professor of History at the University of Chicago, as the featured guest of the Atlantic Worlds Workshop on Monday, September 29, 2025. Co-facilitated by Dr. Sarah Balakrishnan and Dr. Justin Leroy, the workshop brought together faculty and interdisciplinary graduate students for an engaging discussion of Dr. Hicks’ work-in-progress, “Gifts or Peças: The Commodification of African Women in the 15th and 16th Century Portuguese-… read more about Commodities, Kinship, Enslavement, and the Making of the Atlantic World »

Naming the Nameless: Addressing Archival Silences

September 29, 2025

The History Department had the honor of welcoming one of Duke’s very own alum, Dr. Jennifer Morgan – Silver Professor and Professor of Social & Cultural Analysis & History at New York University, and recipient of a 2024 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellowship Grant – as a guest speaker for the “Atlantic Worlds Workshop” on Monday, September 15, 2025. This workshop, which was co-facilitated by Dr. Balakrishnan and Dr. Leroy, invited students and faculty across all disciplines to engage in stimulating discussions… read more about Naming the Nameless: Addressing Archival Silences »

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 »

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" »

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