We tend to think of globalization as something relatively recent, the result of technological innovations and new forms of economic activity and cultural expression. But globalization—the forging of networks that link different parts of the world and the impacts of those networks on individuals, comm...
Studying history at George Mason will provide you with a broad perspective on the contemporary world and the events that have shaped it. As a history major, you will hone your skills in collecting, interpreting, and communicating information. Our department is home to specialists on every region of t...
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...
University Professor, Provost Emeritus World History, Social History, Globalization, History of Emotions Dr. Peter N. Stearns became Provost and Professor of History at George Mason University on January 1, 2000, serving as Provost until June 30, 2014. He was named University Professor in January ...
Professor Bockman works in globalization studies, economic sociology, urban studies, and East European Studies. Her book Markets in the Name of Socialism: The Left-Wing Origins of Neoliberalism was published by Stanford University Press. In her research and teaching, Bockman uses comparative and hist...
To many, globalization, or “inter-connectedness,” is a modern phenomenon. The reality is that for centuries, if not millennia, civilizations across regions and hemispheres have been linked to one another through exploration, commerce, religion, colonization, conflict, migration, and disease. Using th...
To many, globalization, or “inter-connectedness,” is a modern phenomenon. The reality is that for centuries, if not millennia, civilizations across regions and hemispheres have been linked to one another through exploration, commerce, religion, colonization, conflict, migration, and disease. Using th...
Matt Karush received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1997. He teaches a broad range of undergraduate and graduate courses on modern Latin American history and has published extensively on labor politics and mass culture in Argentina. He is the author of three books and co-editor of a four...
