The Graduate Program

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Atlantic History 

Jordan Powell (BA, Yale University; MA, University College London) 

 

Ph.Ds.’ Conferred in 2024-2025

Almukhtar, Amnah. Nahdawi Themes in Writing from Iraq in al-Irafan, al-ilm, and al-Yaqin, 1909-1925
Sponsor: Marwa Elshakry

Blatchford R. Barrie. America’s Acclimatization Exchange: Animal Acclimatization, Settler Colonialism, and the Transformation of American Nature, 1840-1975. 
Sponsor: Karl Jacoby

Cohen, Jessica. A Better Life for Us All?: Local Perspectives on the History of Family Planning in Accra, Ghana.
Sponsor: Abosede George

Colpa, Luz. Looking for Love: Marriage and ‘Out-Marriage’ between France and West Africa: 1939-1985
Sponsor: Emmanuelle Saada

Coon, Ella. Control Data: American Power and the Global Assembly Line, 1957-1996
Sponsor: Adam Tooze

Corban, Robert. Bitter Harvest: The Militarization of Agriculture in Mussolini’s Italy, 1915-1945
Sponsor: Victoria de Grazia 

DeVinney, Joslyn. Mysore Science: A Connected History of Eighteenth-Century Natural Knowledge
Sponsor: Manan Ahmed 

Dubler, Roslyn. Non-Discrimination: Family Care and the Welfare State in the European Community, 1957-1992
Sponsor: Susan Pedersen

Faulkner, Amanda. ” A Place of Beginning Along the Land”: Migration and Community in the Dutch Atlantic World, 1609-1715
Sponsor: Pamela Smith

Goetz, Jennifer. Developing Soviet Photography: From Military Mobilization to Family Photo-Albums, 1934-1956
Sponsor: Catherine Evtuhov 

Guadarrama Dominguez, Andrei Luis. Circuits of Power: Private Interests and the Politics of Development in Mexico City, 1870-1950
Sponsor: Pablo Piccato

Hawk, Emily. Movements of Black Modern Dance: Choreography, Education , and Community Engagement, 1960-1976.
Sponsor: Casey Blake 

Houwink ten Cate, Lotte. Histories, Tech, and a New Central Planning.
Sponsor: Mark Mazower

Kamil, Seth. New York and Barbados 1650-1775: Colonial Interdependence and Contemporary Links
Sponsor: Christopher Brown 

Khalifa, Nada. After the Fact: Social Investigation and Constitutionalism in Egypt and Bilad al-Sham, 1908-1923.
Sponsor: Rashid Khalidi & Marwa Elshakry 

Kleiser, Randal Grant. Exchanging Empires: Free Ports, Reform, and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1750-1784.
Sponsor: Christopher Brown

Le, Adrienne. The Untold Revolution: Buddhist Nation Building in Vietnam’s Decolonial Century 
Sponsor: Lein- Hang Nguyen 

Lebovich, Andrew. The Search for the Straight Path: Islamic Reform and Regional Change in Algeria, Senegal, and Mali in the Twentieth Century.
Sponsor: Gregory Mann

Lerer, David. Visions of Popular Financial Internationalism in Europe and the United States During the Interwar Years.
Sponsor: Adam Tooze

Plowright, Isobel. The International Workingmen’s Association in the United States, 1865-1876
Sponsor: Stephanie McCurry 

Rivadeneira, Stephanie. The Confraternity of Our Lady of Los Remedios: Piety, Politics, and Captial in Mexico City 
Sponsor: Caterina Pizzigoni

Ryuk, Sohee. Unraveling the Soviet Carpet: Handicraft Carpets as Commodity, Craft, and Heritage, 1890-1982.
Sponsor: Catherine Evtuhov 

Shah, Rohan. Reluctant Globalists: The Political-Economy of “Interdependence” from Nixon’s New Economic Policy to Reagan’s Hidden Industrial Policy 
Sponsor: Kimberly Phillips-Fein & Anders Stephanson 

Solis, Gabriel. Entangled Assembly: A History of the Global Factory in Taiwan and the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1960-1993 
Sponsor: Frank Guridy 

Ullman, Reut. “Between Craft and Science: the Disciplining of Chymistry in Early Modern Russia (1500-1765)” 
Sponsor: Pamela Smith

Villegas, Jordan. Pochitas: Mexican American Girlhood in Depression-era Texas 
Sponsor: Karl Jacoby 

Yan, Laura. Making a Country out of a Harbor: The Transnational Everyday life of Migrant Workers
Sponsor: Manan Ahmed

 

Congratulations to all those who successfully defended their dissertations in 2024-2025!

 

Almukhtar, Amnah. Nahdawi Themes in Writing from Iraq in al-Irafan, al-ilm, and al-Yaqin, 1909-1925
Sponsor: Marwa Elshakry

Blatchford R. Barrie. America’s Acclimatization Exchange: Animal Acclimatization, Settler Colonialism, and the Transformation of American Nature, 1840-1975. 
Sponsor: Karl Jacoby

Cohen, Jessica. A Better Life for Us All?: Local Perspectives on the History of Family Planning in Accra, Ghana.
Sponsor: Abosede George

Colpa, Luz. Looking for Love: Marriage and ‘Out-Marriage’ between France and West Africa: 1939-1985
Sponsor: Emmanuelle Saada

Coon, Ella. Control Data: American Power and the Global Assembly Line, 1957-1996
Sponsor: Adam Tooze

Corban, Robert. Bitter Harvest: The Militarization of Agriculture in Mussolini’s Italy, 1915-1945
Sponsor: Victoria de Grazia 

DeVinney, Joslyn. Mysore Science: A Connected History of Eighteenth-Century Natural Knowledge
Sponsor: Manan Ahmed 

Dubler, Roslyn. Non-Discrimination: Family Care and the Welfare State in the European Community, 1957-1992
Sponsor: Susan Pedersen

Faulkner, Amanda. ” A Place of Beginning Along the Land”: Migration and Community in the Dutch Atlantic World, 1609-1715
Sponsor: Pamela Smith

Goetz, Jennifer. Developing Soviet Photography: From Military Mobilization to Family Photo-Albums, 1934-1956
Sponsor: Catherine Evtuhov 

Guadarrama Dominguez, Andrei Luis. Circuits of Power: Private Interests and the Politics of Development in Mexico City, 1870-1950
Sponsor: Pablo Piccato

Hawk, Emily. Movements of Black Modern Dance: Choreography, Education , and Community Engagement, 1960-1976.
Sponsor: Casey Blake 

Houwink ten Cate, Lotte. Histories, Tech, and a New Central Planning.
Sponsor: Mark Mazower

Kamil, Seth. New York and Barbados 1650-1775: Colonial Interdependence and Contemporary Links
Sponsor: Christopher Brown 

Khalifa, Nada. After the Fact: Social Investigation and Constitutionalism in Egypt and Bilad al-Sham, 1908-1923.
Sponsor: Rashid Khalidi & Marwa Elshakry 

Kleiser, Randal Grant. Exchanging Empires: Free Ports, Reform, and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1750-1784.
Sponsor: Christopher Brown

Le, Adrienne. The Untold Revolution: Buddhist Nation Building in Vietnam’s Decolonial Century 
Sponsor: Lein- Hang Nguyen 

Lebovich, Andrew. The Search for the Straight Path: Islamic Reform and Regional Change in Algeria, Senegal, and Mali in the Twentieth Century.
Sponsor: Gregory Mann

Lerer, David. Visions of Popular Financial Internationalism in Europe and the United States During the Interwar Years.
Sponsor: Adam Tooze

Plowright, Isobel. The International Workingmen’s Association in the United States, 1865-1876
Sponsor: Stephanie McCurry 

Rivadeneira, Stephanie. The Confraternity of Our Lady of Los Remedios: Piety, Politics, and Captial in Mexico City 
Sponsor: Caterina Pizzigoni

Ryuk, Sohee. Unraveling the Soviet Carpet: Handicraft Carpets as Commodity, Craft, and Heritage, 1890-1982.
Sponsor: Catherine Evtuhov 

Shah, Rohan. Reluctant Globalists: The Political-Economy of “Interdependence” from Nixon’s New Economic Policy to Reagan’s Hidden Industrial Policy 
Sponsor: Kimberly Phillips-Fein & Anders Stephanson 

Solis, Gabriel. Entangled Assembly: A History of the Global Factory in Taiwan and the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1960-1993 
Sponsor: Frank Guridy 

Ullman, Reut. “Between Craft and Science: the Disciplining of Chymistry in Early Modern Russia (1500-1765)” 
Sponsor: Pamela Smith

Villegas, Jordan. Pochitas: Mexican American Girlhood in Depression-era Texas 
Sponsor: Karl Jacoby 

Yan, Laura. Making a Country out of a Harbor: The Transnational Everyday life of Migrant Workers
Sponsor: Manan Ahmed