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
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396 Nau Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2:50-4:50 PM
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Visiting Assistant Professor
356 Nau Hall
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Instructional Designer, A&S Learning Design & Technology
295 New Cabell Hall
Office Hours: Contact me.
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Co-Organizer, Far Right and Antifascism Group
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Jay Berkowitz Professor of Jewish History, Ida and Nathan Kolodiz Director of Jewish Studies
Nau 236
Office Hours: On Leave
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Nau 396
Faculty
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Associate Professor Emeritus
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Associate Professor, Indian Ocean History, Rouhollah Ramazani Associate Professor of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Studies
Nau 253
Office Hours: By Appointment
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Associate Professor
Nau 395
Office Hours: T, 1:00-3:30PM and by appointment
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Associate Professor, Brockman Foundation Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor
Nau 384
Office Hours: ON LEAVE
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Professor, Co-Director, UVA Early American Seminar
431 Nau Hall
Office Hours: M, 3:30-5PM and by appointment
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Associate Professor
Nau 356
Office Hours: T, 2:00-4:00PM
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Julian Bishko Professor of History, Professor of Law
Nau 454
Office Hours: ON LEAVE
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James Madison Professor of History, Director, Governing America in a Global Era (GAGE)
Nau 285
Office Hours: M, 12:00-3:30PM
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Associate Professor of French
317A Cabell Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Associate Professor
Nau 235
Office Hours: ON LEAVE
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Assistant Professor
Nau Hall 252
Office Hours: M, 2-4PM
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William W. Corcoran Professor of History
Nau Hall 496
Office Hours: On Leave
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Professor
Nau 391
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Associate Professor; Co-Director, Holsinger Portrait Project
353 Nau
Office Hours: M, 2:00PM-4:00PM; W, 12:0-1:30; and by appointment
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Professor
483 Nau Hall
Office Hours: M, 3:00-4:30PM; W, 2:00-3:00PM
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Professor of History, Affiliate Faculty, Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Affiliate Faculty, Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures
234 Nau Hall
Office Hours: On Leave: 2024-25
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Professor of Architectural History, Associate Dean in the School of Architecture
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Professor, Director, Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation, Hotel A
Nau 382
Office Hours: By Appointment
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Assistant Professor
452 Nau Hall
Office Hours: W, 1:00-3:00PM
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Associate Professor of History, Affiliated Faculty, Department of French
Nau 354
Office Hours: TR, 11:00AM-1:00PM; Students should schedule meetings at https://calendly.com/profsessions
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Assistant Professor of History and American Studies
484 Nau Hall
Office Hours: W, 11:00AM-1:00PM and Zoom by appointment at https://calendly.com/ds2ax
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Associate Professor
Nau 433
Office Hours: T, 3:00-4:30PM and by appointment
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Director & Chair of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American & African Studies
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Professor of History, William R Kenan, Jr Professor in American Studies
233 Nau Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
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Associate Professor
Nau 355
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White Burkett Miller Professor, Emeritus
Nau 421
Office Hours: On Leave
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James Madison Professor, Emeritus