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Troubled Waters: Steamboat Disasters, River Improvements, and American Public Policy, 1821–1860: LSU's Paul Paskoff deploys a vast array of data to study the 19th-century river improvements program, and concludes that the government was far more active than generally thought in promoting development in years leading up to the Civil War.  LSU Press, 2007.
 

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Recognition for Teaching and Research

Prof. Andrew Burstein has been named the Editor of the LSU Press’s Southern Biography Series, while Prof. Nancy Isenberg has been elected to the prestigious Society of American Historians. Prof. Alecia Long has received a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation for her oral history project, tied to a service learning course, “Listening to Louisiana Women:  Sexuality, Reproduction and Social Equality.”  Prof. Gibril Cole has been named as the recipient of an Atlas Grant to support his research during 2009-10, and History Ph.D. Richard Jordan won both the LSU Distinguished Dissertation Award and the American Conference for Irish Studies Adele Dalsimer Prize for his dissertation,  written under the supervision of Prof. Meredith Veldman. More honors (click)

Ph.D. minor field in world history

In recognition of the fact that world history is in demand as a teaching field in many colleges and universities, and the increased breadth of the department’s offerings in various regions of the world, the department now offers a minor field in world history for the Ph.D. Requirements include History 7970 (Seminar in Comparative History); three courses in any three of the following four areas:  East Asia, South Asia, Africa, Latin America; and an oral examination. With 12 hours of required courses, the world history minor counts as two minor fields.

Fall 2009 Course Offerings (click here)

Faculty
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Andrew BursteinAndrew Burstein
Charles Phelps Manship Professor

Early American Republic
220 Himes Hall
578-4451
aburstein@lsu.edu  

Nancy ClarkNancy Clark
Professor; Dean of Honors College

Research Interest: Africa
205 French House
578-8831
nclark@lsu.edu

Gibril R. ColeGibril R. Cole
Assistant Professor

Africa
217D Himes Hall
578-4591
gcole@lsu.edu 

William J. CooperWilliam J. Cooper
Boyd Professor

U.S. South, 19th-c. U.S.
225D Himes Hall
578-4495
wcooper@lsu.edu

David H. CulbertDavid H. Culbert
John L. Loos Professor

U.S. Diplomatic, Mass Media
250H Himes Hall
578-4503
dhculbert@aol.com

Maribel DietzMaribel Dietz
Associate Professor

 

Medieval Europe, Late Antiquity
217E Himes Hall
578-1141
maribel@lsu.edu

Rand DotsonRand Dotson
Instructor


217D Himes Hall
578-6412
pdotso1@lsu.edu  

Gaines M. FosterGaines M. Foster
T. Harry Williams Professor; Department Chair

New South
224 Himes Hall
578-4471
hyfost@lsu.edu

James D. HardyJames D. Hardy
Professor 

Early modern Europe
205 French House
578-8831
hrhard@lsu.edu

John B. HendersonJohn B. Henderson
William R. and Letitia Bell Endowed Professor

East Asia, China
250G Himes Hall
578-4452
jbhende@lsu.edu

Stanley E. HiltonStanley E. Hilton
Jane Lucas DeGrummond Professor

Modern Latin America, U.S. Military
216A Himes Hall
578-5883
shiltonlsu@aol.com

Paul E. HoffmanPaul E. Hoffman
Paul W. and Nancy W. Murrill Professor

Colonial Latin America, borderlands, Spain
221C Himes Hall
578-4459
hyhoff@lsu.edu

nancy IsenbergNancy Isenberg
Professor

Women's History; Early American Republic
225A Himes Hall
578-6412
nisenberg@lsu.edu  

Christine J. KooiChristine J. Kooi
Associate Professor

Renaissance and Reformation, Netherlands
231B Himes Hall
578-4499
ckooi1@lsu.edu

Carolyn LewisCarolyn Lewis
Assistant Professor

American History,Women's History
217F Himes Hall
578-4496
cflewis@lsu.edu

David F. LindenfeldDavid F. Lindenfeld
Professor

Modern Europe, German, Intellectual, World
223A Himes Hall
578-4490
hylind@lsu.edu

John V. LombardiJohn V. Lombardi
Professor; LSU System President


LSU System Office
3810 West Lakeshore Dr. 578-5524
lombardi@lsu.edu

Alecia P. LongAlecia P. Long
Assistant Professor

U.S. South, Louisiana
223B Himes Hall
578-4413
aplong@lsu.edu

Suzanne L. MarchandSuzanne L. Marchand
Professor

European intellectual, Modern Europe, Germany
250F Himes Hall
578-4454              
smarch1@lsu.edu   

Benjamin F. MartinBenjamin F. Martin
Katheryn, Lewis, and Benjamin Price Professor

Modern France, 19th-century Europe
231C Himes Hall
578-4497
bmarti9@lsu.edu

Robert OutlandRobert Outland
Instructor

225B Himes Hall
old160@aol.com

Paul F. PaskoffPaul F. Paskoff
Professor

ON LEAVE, SPRING 2009

American Economic, technology
250E Himes Hall
578-4456
ppaskoff@lsu.edu

Reza PirbhaiM. Reza Pirbhai
Assistant Professor

ON LEAVE, SPRING 2009

South Asia, World
231D Himes Hall
578-4501
rpirbhai@lsu.edu

Karl A. RoiderKarl A. Roider
Thomas and Lillian Landrum Alumni Professor

East Central Europe
216B Himes Hall
578-4498
kroider@lsu.edu

Steven K. RossSteven K. Ross
Associate Professor

Ancient Mediterranean
237A Himes Hall
578-0460
skross@lsu.edu

Charles W. RoysterCharles W. Royster
Boyd Professor

Civil War, Early America
231A Himes Hall
578-4507

Charles J. ShindoCharles J. Shindo
Associate Professor

20th-century U.S., American West, Asian American
237B Himes Hall
578-4478
cshindo@lsu.edu

Victor L. StaterVictor L. Stater
Professor

Tudor-Stuart England
250D Himes Hall
578-4505
stater@lsu.edu

Mark ThompsonMark Thompson
Assistant Professor

 

Colonial, American Revolution
237D Himes Hall
578-4453
thompson@lsu.edu

Meredith VeldmanMeredith Veldman
Associate Professor

Modern Britain
223B Himes Hall
578-4413
hyveld@lsu.edu  

Louise WalkerLouise E. Walker
Assistant Professor

Latin America
237C  Himes Hall
578-3106
louisewalker@lsu.edu 

Margherita ZanasiMargherita Zanasi
Associate Professor

ON LEAVE, FALL 2008

Modern China
250C  Himes Hall
578-4108
mzanasi@lsu.edu 

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