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
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338 Nau Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 1-3PM

Visiting Assistant Professor
356 Nau Hall

Instructional Designer, A&S Learning Design & Technology
295 New Cabell Hall
Office Hours: Contact me.

Co-Organizer, Far Right and Antifascism Group


Nau 396
Faculty

Associate Professor Emeritus

Associate Professor, Indian Ocean History, Rouhollah Ramazani Associate Professor of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Studies
Nau 253
Office Hours: M/T/W, 1:00-2:00PM on Zoom

Associate Professor
Nau 336
Office Hours: TR, 10:00AM-12:00PM

Associate Professor, Brockman Foundation Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor
Nau 384
Office Hours: On Leave

Professor, Co-Director, UVA Early American Seminar, Co-Director, MapScholar
431 Nau Hall
Office Hours: W, 11:00-1:00pm and by appointment

Associate Professor
Nau 356
Office Hours: T/TR, 2:00-3:00PM

Julian Bishko Professor of History, Professor of Law
Nau 454
Office Hours: ON LEAVE

James Madison Professor of History, Director, Governing America in a Global Era (GAGE)
Nau 285
Office Hours: On Leave

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

Associate Professor
Nau 235
Office Hours: On leave 2023-2024

Assistant Professor
Nau Hall 252
Office Hours: W, 10:00AM-12:00PM and by appointment

William W. Corcoran Professor of History
Nau Hall 496
Office Hours: On Leave

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

Jay Berkowitz Professor of Jewish History, Ida and Nathan Kolodiz Director of Jewish Studies
Nau 236
Office Hours: On Leave

Associate Professor; Co-Director, Holsinger Portrait Project
353 Nau
Office Hours: T, 2:00PM-4:00PM; W, 10:30AM-12:30PM; and by appointment

Professor
483 Nau Hall
Office Hours: MW, 4:00PM-5:00PM and by appointment

Professor of History, Affiliate Faculty, Women, Gender, and Sexuality
234 Nau Hall
Office Hours: Thursdays 2:30 - 4 pm, and by appointment

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

Professor, Director, Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation, Hotel A
Nau 382
Office Hours: T, 11:00AM-12:00PM; W/TR 2:00-3:30PM

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

Assistant Professor
452 Nau Hall
Office Hours: Thursdays 1pm-3pm

Associate Professor of History, Affiliated Faculty, Department of French
Office Hours: T, 2:00-3:00PM; TR, 11:00AM-12:00PM; or by appointment

Assistant Professor of History and American Studies
484 Nau Hall
Office Hours: On Leave

Associate Professor
Nau 433
Office Hours: M, 3:00-4:30PM and by appointment

Professor of History, William R Kenan, Jr Professor in American Studies
233 Nau Hall
Office Hours: W, 2:00-4:00PM

Associate Professor, Director, Distinguished Majors Program
Nau 355
Office Hours: Tuesday, 3-5 PM and by appointment

White Burkett Miller Professor of History
Nau 421
Office Hours: On Leave

James Madison Professor