Faculty

Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Multidisciplinary Program

Professor of History and Director of Medieval & Renaissance Studies
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BA, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; PhD, Cornell University
Professor of English
BA, PhD, University of California-Berkeley
Professor of History on the Evalyn Clark Chair
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BA, Haverford College; MA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; PhD, Northwestern University
Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
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BA, Amherst College; MPhil, University of Cambridge; PhD, New York University
Professor of Art on the Agnes Rindge Claflin Chair
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BA, University of Arizona; MA, University of California-Los Angeles; PhD, Yale University
Professor of English on the Henry Noble MacCracken Chair
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BA, Amherst College; PhD, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Assistant Professor of Greek and Roman Studies
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BA, Dartmouth College; MA, PhD, University of California-Berkeley
Professor of English
BA, Clare College; BA, Yale University; PhD, University of Cambridge
Professor of Art
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BS, Yale University; MA, PhD, New York University
Professor of Religion on the Mackie P. Davis and Norman H. Davis Chair and Director of Jewish Studies
Marc Michael Epstein
BA, Oberlin College; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Assistant Professor of Italian
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BA, Università degli Studi di Milano; MA, CUNY Graduate School and University Center; MA, Università degli Studi di Milano; PhD, CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
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BA, University College London; MA, PhD, University of California-Berkeley
Assistant Professor of Art
BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor of English
BA, MA, Eotvos Lorand University (University of Budapest); MA, New York University; MPhil, University of Birmingham; PhD, New York University
Head of Special Collections and College Historian, Adjunct Associate Professor of History on the Frederick Weyerhaeuser Chair
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MLS, Simmons College; BA, Boston College; MA, University of Connecticut; PhD, Boston College
Associate Professor of Philosophy
BA, Brown University; PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Visiting Assistant Professor of Greek and Roman Studies
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BA, West Virginia University; MA, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Professor of Anthropology
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BA, Harvard University; MA, PhD, University of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Chinese and Japanese
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BA, MA, PhD, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Assistant Professor of English
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MSt, MSt, University of Oxford; BA, Washington and Lee University; MA, PhD, Princeton University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies
MA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; MA, New York University; MA, University of London; MPhil, PhD, New York University
Professor of Drama
Denise A. Walen
BA, Rosary College; MA, PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Religion
BA, Ursinus College; MTS, THD, Harvard University