Vadim A. Staklo joined George Mason University in 2013 after a career as an editor at Yale University Press. He participated in, and directed such publishing programs and the Annals of Communism, Stalin Digital Archive, the Yale-Hoover Series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War, and Yale Reference...
This course will examine the history and methods of Art History. We will study how Art History has emerged as a discipline and look at the different approaches that scholars have taken when discussing and analyzing art. In doing so, we will consider the kinds of questions art historians ask, the evid...
Zachary M. Schrag [silent c, rhymes with bag and flag] studies cities, technology, and public policy in the United States in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. He is the author of four books: The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro; Ethical Imperialism: Instit...
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...
As an art history major at Mason, you'll investigate works of art to learn about how and why they were made, and about the people who made them. You'll study art as a form of personal expression and a record of its historical moment by understanding not only the artwork's aesthetic qualities, but als...
