History and Literature
Members of the Steering Committee on Degrees in History and Literature
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Cogan University Professor (Chair)
Richard Charles Adams, Assistant Professor of English and American Literature and Language and of History and Literature
K. Anthony Appiah, Charles H. Carswell Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy
Steven H. Biel, Lecturer on History and Literature (Director of Studies)
Ann M. Blair, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences
Lawrence Buell, Harvard College Professor and the John P. Marquand Professor of English
Lizabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies
Daniel G. Donoghue, Professor of English and American Literature and Language
James Engell, Gurney Professor of English Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature
Bradley S. Epps, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (on leave fall term)
Ruth Feldstein, Assistant Professor of History and of History and Literature (on leave 2001-2002)
Lynn Mary Festa, Assistant Professor of English and American Literature and Language
Virginie Greene, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of History and Literature
Yunte Huang, Assistant Professor of English and American Literature and Language (on leave spring term)
Robert Kiely, Harvard College Professor and the Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English
James T. Kloppenberg, Professor of History
Barbara K. Lewalski, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of History and Literature and of English Literature (on leave spring term)
Christie McDonald, Smith Professor of French Language and Literature
Doris Sommer, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
John Stauffer, Associate Professor of History and Literature and of English and American Literature and Language (on leave fall term)
Alfred Thomas, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities (on leave fall term)
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Harvard College Professor and the James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History
Affiliated Members of the Committee on Degrees in History and Literature
David Sumner Hall
Francisco Márquez, Arthur Kinsgley Porter Research Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
Werner Sollors, Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature and Professor of Afro-American Studies
Helen Vendler, Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor (on leave spring term)
Other Faculty Offering Instruction in the History and Literature Program
W. Nathan Alexander, Instructor in History and Literature
David Lee Brandenberger, Lecturer on History and Literature
Rory A. W. Browne, Lecturer on History and Literature
Alide Cagidemetrio, Visiting Professor of History and Literature (University of Udine)
Jeffrey Randall Collins,
Alan Ralph Cooper, Lecturer on History and Literature
Barbara M. Corbett, Lecturer on History and Literature
Neal L. Dolan, Lecturer on History and Literature
Erika Dreifus, Lecturer on History and Literature
Sara Lynn Eigen, Instructor in History and Literature, Teaching Fellow in Visual and Environmental Studies, Teaching Fellow in Core Curriculum
Carlos Ramiro Espinosa, Lecturer on History and Literature
Victor J. Figueroa, Instructor in History and Literature, Lecturer on History and Literature
Michael Andrew Fodor, Lecturer on History and Literature
Jonathan Andrew Fortescue, Lecturer on History and Literature
Andrew J. Furer, Lecturer on History and Literature
Jane F. Gerhard, Lecturer on History and Literature
Durba Ghosh, Lecturer on History and Literature
Melinda G. Gray, Lecturer on History and Literature
Karen Isabelle Halil, Lecturer on History and Literature
Christopher Laing Hill, Lecturer on History and Literature
Daniel Itzkovitz, Lecturer on History and Literature
Jeffrey Guy Johnson, Lecturer on History and Literature
Philip Joseph, Lecturer on History and Literature
Stephen Haviland Kargere, Lecturer on History and Literature, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow
Dirk Killen, Allston Burr Senior Tutor in Pforzheimer House, Lecturer on History and Literature
Matthew Lazen, Lecturer on History and Literature
Camille Lizarribar, Lecturer on History and Literature
David A. Long, Lecturer on History and Literature
Anne Lynn Lounsbery, Lecturer on History and Literature
Patricia C. Lynch, Lecturer on History and Literature
Matthew William Maguire, Lecturer on History and Literature
Hans Mateo-Silva, Lecturer on History and Literature
Mark Christopher Molesky, Lecturer on History and Literature
Martha Jane Nadell, Lecturer on History and Literature
Rebecca R. Noel, Lecturer on History and Literature
John Timothy O’Keefe, Lecturer on History and Literature
Lillian Paula Porten, Lecturer on Literature
Jeanne Follanabee Quinn, Lecturer on History and Literature
Mark Ernest Rennella, Teaching Assistant in History and Literature, Lecturer on History and Literature
Julia B. Rosenbaum,
Alex Sagan, Lecturer on History and Literature
Ezra Fred Tawil, Lecturer on History and Literature
Shirley Elizabeth Thompson, Instructor in History and Literature
Penny Timika Tucker, Instructor in History and Literature
Toni Turano, Lecturer on History and Literature
Bryan Elliot Waterman, Lecturer on History and Literature
James Wilkinson, Lecturer on History and Literature
Abby Wolf, Lecturer on History and Literature
Primarily for Undergraduates
*History and Literature 91r. Supervised Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 0334
Steven H. Biel and members of the Committee
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 9
The study of selected topics in history and literature.
Note: Permission of the Director of Studies required. In addition to individually supervised reading and research, History and Literature offers small group courses on selected topics. These may be open to qualified freshmen or nonconcentrators with the permission of the instructor. These courses are posted in the History and Literature office.
*History and Literature 97. Tutorial — Sophomore Year
Catalog Number: 4177
Steven H. Biel (spring term) and members of the Committee
Full course. Hours to be arranged.
Note: Ordinarily taken by honors sophomores as a full course. Nonconcentrators wishing to take a half or full year of the Middle Ages, Europe from c. 1300 to c. 1750, Britain, Russia, Germany, Latin America, or France sophomore tutorials may do so with the permission of the Director of Studies. To take one semester only, a divide with credit petition must be filed. This is an opportunity for freshmen and others who would like the benefit of the course without committing to the concentration.
*History and Literature 98r. Tutorial — Junior Year
Catalog Number: 2766
Steven H. Biel and members of the Committee
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Ordinarily taken as two half courses by honors juniors. Required of all concentrators.
*History and Literature 99. Tutorial — Senior Year
Catalog Number: 5362
Steven H. Biel and members of the Committee
Full course. Hours to be arranged.
Note: Ordinarily taken by honors seniors as a full course. Required of all concentrators.
A list of the courses in other departments that count for History and Literature is available in our office at the Barker Center and at www.fas.harvard.edu/~histlit.