History of Ideas Program

Engerman, David

Associate Professor of History

Expertise: History of American foreign policy. American Intellectual and cultural history. International history and American history in transnational contexts.

Gaskins, Richard

Proskauer Chair in Law and Social Welfare

Expertise: American legal culture. Legal rhetoric. Environmental policy. Law, social policy, and philosophy.

Miller, Robin Feuer

Edytha Macy Gross Professor of Humanities

Expertise: The novel in Russia and Europe of the nineteenth century. The short story in Russia. The literature of childhood.

Powelstock, David

Assistant Professor of Russian Language and Literature

Expertise: Modern Russian Literature, Modern Czech Literature, Russian & Czech Languages, Comparative Literature, Literary Theory, Translation Studies

Randall, Michael

Professor of French and Comparative Literature

Expertise: Late Medieval and Renaissance poetry, prose, and philosophy. Italian and Comparative Literature

Yack, Bernard

Lerman Neubauer Professor of Democracy and Public Policy

Expertise: Political theory. History of political thought. Nationalism. Cultural pluralism.