Bowdoin College History Department

History at Bowdoin

Bowdoin College's rich history combines with the exceptional resources of an elite liberal arts college to offer students an exciting atmosphere for the study of history. Come -- explore our heritage and our offerings. Thinking about what a major or minor in History could do for you? Click here to find out more.

Paul Nyhus Travel Grants

Spector Award in History

Recent Faculty Publications

Herrlinger Working Souls
 Working Souls: Russian Orthodoxy and Factory Labor in St. Petersburg, 1881-1917 , by Professor Page Herrlinger, was recently published by Slavica Publishers.
Rael Activism
African American Activism Before The Civil War: The Freedom Struggle in the Antebellum North, by Professor Patrick Rael, was recently published by Routledge. This book is the first work to gather together scholarly essays published from 1965 to the present on the role of African Americans and race in the struggle for equality in the northern states before the Civil War.
Klingle Emerald City
 Emerald City: An Environmental History of Seattle, by Professor Matthew Klingle, was recently published by Yale University Press. This book explores the role of nature in the development of the city of Seattle from the earliest days of its settlement to the present. Combining environmental history, urban history, and human geography, Klingle shows how attempts to reshape nature in and around Seattle have often ended not only in ecological disaster but also social inequality.
David Gordon, Nachituti's Gift (UWP, 2006) Nachituti's Gift: Economy, Society, and Environment in Central Africa, by Professor David Gordon, is an engaging history of the Lake Mweru and Luapula River region, one of the most productive fisheries and fertile valleys in south-central Africa. The book interweaves archival sources with interviews and fieldwork to provide an analysis of economic, social, and environmental transformations that challenges conventional models of economic development.
image Seeing and Being Seen in the Later Medieval World, by Professor Dallas G. Denery II, was recently published by Cambridge University Press. The book offers an interdisciplinary examination of the interplay between medieval scientific thought, theology and religious writings.


Department coordinator: Josephine Johnson
Dept. Phone: (207) 725-3291
Dept. Fax: (207) 725-3929

Mailing Address:
History Department
Bowdoin College
9900 College Station
Brunswick, ME 04011-8499
24 Hubbard Hall