History

Rebecca Wu studies Chinese legal history, focusing on the late imperial and the Republican periods. 

Rebecca graduated from Princeton University in 2025 with an A.B. in History (magna cum laude); her thesis on petitioning practices in late-Ming China was...

Deren Ertas is a PhD Candidate in the joint History and Middle Eastern Studies program at Harvard University. She is currently completing her dissertation entitled “Geos and Empire: Mining, Labor, and Environment in the Ottoman Empire, 1720s-1820s.” Her...

I am a postdoctoral researcher working at the intersection of early modern European history and the emerging field of Aging Studies. My postdoctoral appointments have taken me to three continents. My previous work, particularly my doctoral research...

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is professor of history, French and Italian and law at USC Dornsife. His research focuses on the political and cultural history of Europe and the Americas in the age of revolution, with particular attention to the transnational...

John Harpham is a Lecturer on Social Studies at Harvard University. He is an historian of political thought and intellectual historian. His research examines ideas about slavery, freedom, and race, as well as the relation of such ideas to practices of...

• Regions: China; Eurasia; Europe; Iberia; Japan; Low Countries
• Times: 16th to 18th centuries
• Themes: Cultural History; History of the Book; History of Religion; History of Science; Intellectual History

Daniel Said Monteiro received his Ph.D. in...

Thomas began the History PhD program in 2023. Specializing in Early Modern European History, Thomas is interested in the translation of classical literature into vernacular languages, the printing of classical texts during the Renaissance and...