Faculty from many of the chronologicall and geographical subfields within the department study formal political history, state formation, national ideologies, citizenship, and reform and revolution. They examine power in its circulatory, socioeconomic, and sociocultural dimensions, as well as the formation of political subjectivities, and the rise and fall of political hegemonic blocks. One distinctive feature of the University of Michigan’s History Department is the close connection between studies of this kind, and work in social history. That is to say, the imagined distinction between political and social history does not constitute a line of cleavage for this department—many of the same faculty work in both areas.
Department of History: Politics and Power
Hakem Al-Rustom
Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (by courtesy), Alex Manoogian Professor of Modern Armenian History
Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (by courtesy), Alex Manoogian Professor of Modern Armenian History
hakemaa@umich.edu
1725 Haven Hall
Lorena Chambers
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Inclusive History Project and the Department of History
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Inclusive History Project and the Department of History
rchin@umich.edu
1666 Haven Hall
Angela Dillard
Richard A Meisler Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies and in the Residential College
Richard A Meisler Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies and in the Residential College
mhickok@umich.edu
2645 Haven
raevinj@umich.edu
2518 Haven Hall
mlassite@umich.edu
2513 Haven Hall
Earl Lewis
Thomas C. Holt Distinguished University Professor of History, Afroamerican and African Studies and Public Policy
Thomas C. Holt Distinguished University Professor of History, Afroamerican and African Studies and Public Policy
earlewis@umich.edu
2735 Haven Hall
wsoergel@umich.edu
1665 Haven Hall
tamayo@umich.edu
2520 Haven Hall
hthompsn@umich.edu
704-968-6595
wangzhen@umich.edu
734.763.6635
