Faculty (By Last Name)

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Emmanuel K. Akyeampong

Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Harvard University Center for African Studies
Ellen Gurney Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies

Office Hours: Mon. 12-2 pm, CGIS S433

Professor Akyeampong joined the History faculty at Harvard upon receiving his Ph.D. in African...

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Center for Government & International Studies (CGIS)
South Building, Room S433
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: 617-496-3684
Alejandro de la Fuente

Alejandro de la Fuente

Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics
Professor of African and African American Studies and of History
Director, Afro-Latin American Research Institute, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research

A historian of Latin America and the Caribbean who specializes in the study of comparative slavery and race...

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Harvard University
Institute of Afro-Latin American Studies
104 Mt. Auburn Street, Room 3R

Cambridge, MA 02138
p: 617-496-0681 f: 617-495-8511
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Caroline Elkins

Professor of History and African and African American Studies

Caroline Elkins is Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, the Thomas...

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Center for Government and International Studies-South Building
Room 432
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
elkins@fas.harvard.edu
617-495-2568

Faculty Assistant
Billy Malt
bmalt@hbs.edu
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Drew Faust

President Emerita Harvard University and Arthur Kingsley Porter University Research Professor

Drew Gilpin Faust is President Emerita of Harvard University and the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor.

As president of...

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drew_faust@harvard.edu
P: 617-384-4375

Executive Assistant to President Emerita:
Katie Tiger
katie_tiger@harvard.edu
Peter E.  Gordon

Peter E. Gordon

Amabel B. James Professor of History
Faculty Affiliate, Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures, & Department of Philosophy

Office Hours: Wednesday 2:30-4:30pm. The Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Room 305.

Peter Gordon specializes in...

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Center for European Studies
Room 305
27 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: 617-998-5419
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies

Office Hours: T.B.D. 

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at... Read more about Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Department of African and African American Studies
12 Quincy St. Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: 617-495-7828
Cemal Kafadar

Cemal Kafadar

Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies

Office Hours: T.B.D.

Prof. Kafadar is interested in the social and cultural history of the Middle East and southeastern Europe in the late...

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Robinson Hall
Room B-01
35 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: 617-496-5389
William C. Kirby

William C. Kirby

Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration
T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies
Chairman, Harvard China Fund

William C. Kirby is Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard...

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Fairbank Center
Center for Government and International Studies-South Building
Room S128
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: 617-495-5119
Lisa McGirr

Lisa McGirr

Charles Warren Professor of American History
Director of the Charles Warren Center

Office Hours: Mondays 12-1:30, 3-4:30pm or by appointment (for History 74N)

Lisa McGirr specializes in the history of the 20th...

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Robinson Hall 208
35 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: 617-496-0213
tiya miles

Tiya Miles

Michael Garvey Professor of History
Radcliffe Alumnae Professor

On Leave Academic Year 2023-2024

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Robinson Hall 121
35 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

If you would like to reach Tiya Miles regarding journal article reviews, manuscript reviews, book blurbs, documentary film blurbs, book reviews, historic site consultations, personal/family research questions, or external programmatic reviews, you may use the following email account: tmilesasst@fas.harvard.edu.

If you would like to reach Tiya Miles for a speaking engagement outside of Harvard University, please contact Rolisa Tutwyler at CCMNT Speakers: rtutwyler@ccmntspeakers.com.

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Ian J. Miller

Professor of History
Faculty Dean of Cabot House

On Leave Academic Year 2023-2024

Academic office hours (Thurs 2:00-4:00 pm):
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Center for Government and International Studies-South Building
Room S421
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
ian_miller@harvard.edu
p:617-495-7921

Faculty Assistant
Jenni Ting
wting@fas.harvard.edu
617-496-3184
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David Spreen

Assistant Professor of History
Faculty Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

Office Hours: Monday 10:30-12:30pm in Room 125 at the Center for European Studies (Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St)

David Spreen is a...

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Center for European Studies
Room 125
27 Kirkland St
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: +1 (617) 998-5414