Hannah Marcus is an historian of science, whose research focuses on the scientific culture of early modern Europe between 1400 and 1700. She is the author of Forbidden Knowledge: Medicine, Science, and Censorship in Early Modern Italy (University of...
Professor Watson's research encompasses a wide range of topics including the history of mysticism and devotion, the development of English vernacular culture and theology, sacred biography and its audiences, and women's literature. He is the author of Ric...
Daniel Lord Smail is Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of History, and interim chair of the Department of History in 2025-2026. His research and teaching address the history and anthropology of Mediterranean societies between 1100 and 1600 as well as deep...
Jinah Kim is the George P. Bickford Professor of Indian and South Asian Art in the Department of History of Art & Architecture, and leads the Arts program of the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute. Her research and teaching focus upon South...
Xiaofei Tian is a scholar of medieval Chinese literature and cultural history, with a particular interest in manuscript culture, court culture, and the dynamic negotiations of medieval Chinese poetry and Buddhism, as well as late imperial and modern...
Professor Hamburger's research addresses the art of the High and later Middle Ages, with a focus on illuminated manuscripts. Areas of special interest include devotional imagery, interrelationships among art, mysticism and theology, diagrams and the...
