Legal 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...

• Regions: Atlantic World; France; Mediterranean
• Times: 17th and 18th centuries
• Themes: Economic History; Legal History; Maritime Humanities

Mallory Hope is an economic historian working within the field of Early Modern Europe. Her body of work explores how...

• Regions: Atlantic World, England, Europe, France, North America, United States
• Time Periods: 18th century; 19th century
• Themes: Colonialism; Legal History; Political History; Reformation

Daniel Carpenter is Allie S. Freed Professor of...

Region: Africa; Atlantic World; Britain; Caribbean; China; Eastern Mediterranean; England; Eurasia; Europe; France; Holy Roman Empire; Iberia; Italy; Japan; Mediterranean; Middle East; Pacific World; South Asia
Time: 14th century; 15th century; 16th...

Francesco Anselmetti is a PhD candidate in the joint program in History and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. He holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and the American University of Beirut. His dissertation draws on archival work...

• Region: Europe; Italy
• Time: 15th century; 16th century
• Theme: Renaissance Art and Architecture; Legal History