Daniel Riches

Daniel Riches is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of History at the University of Alabama. His research centers on early modern Central/Northern Europe, military/diplomatic history, and the intersection of religion with statecraft.

Education:
Ph.D. in History (University of Chicago, 2007).

Research Projects:

• Pan-Protestant Networks and the Post-Westphalian State (monograph)
• Swedish historiography of Bengt Skytte’s Universitas Gentium
• Diplomacy and cosmopolitanism in early modern Europe

Courses Taught:

• Western Civilization
• The Thirty Years’ War
• War and Diplomacy in Medieval/Early Modern Europe

Awards:

• Aurora Borealis Prize (2007)
• DAAD Scholarship (1999-2000)
• Mellon Fellowship (1996-1997)