Paul Dover

Paul Dover is a Professor of History at Kennesaw State University, specializing in late medieval and early modern European history with a focus on political, diplomatic, and cultural developments. He joined KSU in 2005 after teaching at the University of the South and Georgian Court University.

• Education: BA (1991) and PhD (2003) in History from Yale University

His research spans three primary areas: Renaissance diplomacy, the history of information, and the reception of classical geography. He has published extensively on ambassadorial practices, information management, and the impact of paper abundance.

Recent publications include chapters in The Cambridge History of Intelligence (2023) and Paper Stories (2023), and articles in journals like Cahiers d'histoire (2021) and The Journal of Early Modern History (2008). His 2014 textbook The Changing Face of the Past reflects his teaching on historiography.

• Scientific Awards: RCHSS Distinguished Professor (2023); NEH long-term fellowship (2015-2016); NEH Enduring Questions grant (2015)

He developed an interdisciplinary course on the relationship between past and present, leading to the 2023 edited volume Engaging with the Past and Present. His current book Information: a Human History (under contract with Johns Hopkins University Press) aims to contextualize information as a historical phenomenon.