M. Kittiya Lee
Faculty Fellow
Latin America

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Scott Levi
Assistant Professor
Islamic Central Asia

Professor Levi's research focuses on the socio-economic history of early modern, pre-colonial Central Asia. In addition to multiple journal articles, book chapters and other publications, Professor Levi has authored The Indian Diaspora in Central Asia and its Trade, 1550-1900 (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2002) and he has edited India and Central Asia: Commerce and Culture, 1500–1800 (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007). His current projects include a co-edited (with Ron Sela of Indiana University, Bloomington) anthology of Central Asian primary sources, and a history of the Khanate of Khoqand (1799-... (read more about Scott Levi)

Peter Mansoor
Associate Professor
Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History

Dr. Peter Mansoor, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired), is the General Raymond Mason Chair of Military History at the Ohio State University. He assumed this position in September 2008 after a 26 year career in the U.S. Army that culminated in his service in Iraq as the executive officer to General David Petraeus, the Commanding General of Multi-National Force-Iraq.

A 1982 distinguished graduate of the United States Military Academy, Colonel Mansoor served in a variety of command and staff positions in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East during his military career, to include post... (read more about Peter Mansoor)

Karen Spierling
Visiting Associate Professor
Early Modern Europe

Karen Spierling received her B.A. in Renaissance Studies from Yale University (1992) and her M.A. (1996) and Ph.D. (2001) in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She joined the Department of History in 2008 as a Visiting Associate Professor of Early Modern European History. She specializes in the history of the Reformation, and her work focuses on the interplay among religious, social, and political concerns in the development and spread of Reformed (Calvinist) Protestantism. Her first book, Infant Baptism in Reformation Geneva: The Shaping of a Community, 1536–1564 (Ashgate, 2005... (read more about Karen Spierling)

Theodora Dragostinova
Assistant Professor
Modern European History

Theodora Dragostinova received her B.A. in History and Archaeology from the University of Athens, Greece (1998), her M.A. in History from the University of Florida (2000), and her Ph.D. in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2005). She joined the Department of History in 2007 as an Assistant Professor of Eastern European history. Professor Dragostinova's work focuses on nation-building, refugee movements, and minority politics in Eastern Europe, with a particular emphasis on the Balkans. She is completing a book manuscript entitled "Between Two Motherlands: Nationa... (read more about Theodora Dragostinova)

Tryntje Helfferich
Assistant Professor (Lima)
Early Modern European History

Tryntje Helfferich received her M.A. from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and her Ph.D. in early modern European history from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She studies central Europe during the period of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), with a particular focus on the diplomatic, military, and religious history of the time. She just published _The Thirty Years War: A Documentary History_, and is currently working on a book on the German princess Amalia Elisabeth of Hesse-Cassel.... (read more about Tryntje Helfferich)

Christopher Otter
Assistant Professor
Modern European History