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Larrie D. Ferreiro

Larrie D. Ferreiro

Larrie D. Ferreiro FRHistS received his PhD in the History of Science and Technology from Imperial College London. He teaches history and engineering at George Mason University in Virginia, Georgetown University in Washington DC and the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. He has served for...

Sam Lebovic

Sam Lebovic

Sam Lebovic is an historian of U.S. politics, culture, civil liberties, and foreign relations. He teaches broadly in these areas; his research focuses on the ways that democratic life and the public sphere have been shaped by capitalism and imperialism in the twentieth century. Educated at the Univer...

Huseyin Yilmaz

Huseyin Yilmaz

Dr. Yilmaz holds a Ph.D. in History and Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University. His research interests focus on the early modern Middle East including political thought, geographic imageries, social movements, and cultural history. His most recent publications are “The Eastern Question and th...

Jack R. Censer

Jack R. Censer

A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Dr. Censer became the Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at George Mason University in 2006. He earned his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University. After three years at the College of Charleston, Dr. Censer came to George Mason in 1977. Beginning as an ass...

HIST 125-DL4: Introduction to Global History

Past Class
Spring 2024 -  Gail Dallas Hook 

This fully online course is a survey of the development of the world from ancient times to the present. Major themes include the rise and fall of governments and empires, the evolution of cultures and society, philosophy and religion, economics and trade, and in the end, globalization. We will examin...

Jessica Otis publishes book on the history of numeracy in early modern England

Jessica Otis publishes book on the history of numeracy in early modern England

Dr. Jessica Otis, Assistant Professor of History at George Mason University, has written a book titled, “By the Numbers:  Numeracy, Religion, and the Quantitative Transformation of Early Modern England.” The book will be published by Oxford University Press in January 2024.Keith Wrightson, a historia...