Historians of empire and colonialism consider how power operates across space. We treat empires as political, cultural, social, and economic institutions that shape human agency and identity. At the University of Virginia, we work across different time periods and geographic areas – from the Greek and Roman empires of the ancient world to the imperial formations of the Cold War. In our teaching and research, we examine how such empires acquire, exercise, and justify authority. We ask how they administer diverse populations, and what role these populations play in imperial rule. We study the many forms of colonial domination and resistance – but also hybridization, collaboration, and mutual influence. We track the circulation of goods, people, ideas, and practices, both within empires and across them. And, we consider the varied legacies of empire, such as the racial, social, and religious categories they produce. The study of empire and colonialism helps to locate the local in the global, and vice versa. It highlights both the networks and the hierarchies that structure our world.
Empires & Colonialism
Graduate Student




Co-Organizer, Far Right and Antifascism Group


Nau 396

Visiting Assistant Professor
356 Nau Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday 2-4pm or by appointment
Faculty

Associate Professor Emeritus

Associate Professor, Indian Ocean History, Rouhollah Ramazani Associate Professor of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Studies
Nau 253
Office Hours: On leave Fall 2019-Spring 2020; by appointment

Assistant Professor, General Faculty
155 Nau Hall
Office Hours: M-F by appointment via Zoom.

Associate Professor, Brockman Foundation Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor
Nau 384
Office Hours: Fall 2020: On leave

Professor, Associate Chair, Co-Director, UVa Early American Seminar at Monticello, Co-Director, MapScholar
431 Nau Hall
Office Hours: Mondays, 2-4 pm, and by appointment

Julian Bishko Professor of History, Professor of Law
Nau 454
Office Hours: Fall 2020: Mon. 2:30-4:00; Tues. 10:30-12:00; and by appointment

William W. Corcoran Professor of History
Nau 285
Office Hours: Fall 2020: By appointment

Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Lecturer
New Cabell Hall 321
Office Hours: Mon and Wed, 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Associate Professor of French
317A Cabell Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Assistant Professor
Nau Hall 252
Office Hours: I am on leave in 2019-20

Associate Professor
Nau 391
Office Hours: W 2:30-3:30p

Jay Berkowitz Professor of Jewish History, Ida and Nathan Kolodiz Director of Jewish Studies
236 Nau Hall
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 11:30-1:00 and by appointment

Professor, Associate Dean for the Social Sciences
483 Nau Hall

Associate Professor
234 Nau Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday, 10-11 and by appointment

Professor of Architectural History, Associate Dean in the School of Architecture

Saunders Director, Robert H.Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies
Office Hours: N/A

Assistant Professor (Research)/Assistant Editor, Papers of James Madison

Assistant Professor
452 Nau Hall
Office Hours: On leave Fall 2020

Associate Professor of History, Affiliated Faculty, Department of French
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 1:00PM-3:00PM

Assistant Professor of History and American Studies
484 Nau Hall
Office Hours: On leave through March / schedule a meeting at https://ds2ax.youcanbook.me
Associate Professor
Nau 355
Office Hours: By appointment

White Burkett Miller Professor of History, and Wilson Newman Professor of Governance at the Miller Center of Public Affairs
Nau 421
Office Hours: Mondays, 10:00AM-12:00PM

James Madison Professor
Nau 497
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 2:00-3:00pm