Faculty by Periods
Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean (1000s-1400s)
Devaney, Thomas C.
Associate Professor of History
Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
- Office Location
- 364 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe; History of emotions; History of the senses; Urban History; Interfaith Relations; Popular culture
Smoller, Laura Ackerman
Professor of History
- Office Location
- 369A Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Medieval Christianity; Early Science and Medicine; History of Astrology and Prophecy
Early Modern (1400s-1700s)
Devaney, Thomas C.
Associate Professor of History
Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
- Office Location
- 364 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe; History of emotions; History of the senses; Urban History; Interfaith Relations; Popular culture
Jarvis, Michael J.
Professor of History
Director of the Digital Elmina Project; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project
- Office Location
- 455 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4558
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Public History and Museum Studies; Early American and Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transnational); Material Culture and Historical Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History
Sierra Silva, Pablo M.
Associate Professor of History
- Office Location
- 461 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8354
Interests: African Diaspora, Latin American, Caribbean and Atlantic History
Smoller, Laura Ackerman
Professor of History
- Office Location
- 369A Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Medieval Christianity; Early Science and Medicine; History of Astrology and Prophecy
Modern (1800-)
Jarvis, Michael J.
Professor of History
Director of the Digital Elmina Project; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project
- Office Location
- 455 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4558
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Public History and Museum Studies; Early American and Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transnational); Material Culture and Historical Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History
Lenoe, Matthew E.
Professor of History
Graduate Career Advisor
- Office Location
- 370A Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Russian and Soviet History; Stalinist Culture and Politics; History of Mass Media; Soviet Soldiers in World War II; Russia in East Asia; Leninism in World History
Mandala, Elias C.
Professor of History
- Office Location
- 439 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2058
Interests: Southern Africa since the 19th Century; Social History
Pedersen, Jean
Professor of History
Professor of Humanities, Eastman School of Music
- Office Location
- 447 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3616
Interests: Modern European History; French History; Feminist Theory, Women's History, and Gender Studies; Philosophy of Science; Sociology of Knowledge; History of Academic Disciplines
Rubin, Joan S.
Dexter Perkins Professor in History
Professor of History
- Office Location
- 363 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9347
Interests: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Cultural and Intellectual History; The History of the Book
Weaver, Stewart A.
The Franklin W. And Gladys I. Clark Professor of History
Professor of History
- Office Location
- 368 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9348
Interests: Modern British History; Himalayan History; Environmental History