جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

• Economic History
• Agrarian Economics
• Early Modern European Economic History
• +۶ مورد دیگر

David Gonzalez Agudo is a faculty member at the University of Valencia, affiliated with the Faculty of Economics and the Department of Economic Analysis. His academic work centers on Economic History and Institutions, with a strong regional focus on early modern Spain, particularly Toledo. He is an active researcher within the EHVALENCIA group, contributing to long-term studies on economic development. His research interests span Economic History , Agrarian Economics , Urban Economics in Early Modern Europe , Historical Land Markets , and Institutional Economics . His work examines land rents, agrarian contracts, pricing dynamics, wage structures, and urban cost of living in pre-industrial Spain, offering nuanced insights into economic behavior and institutional evolution. The analysis of his recent publications reveals a consistent focus on the economic structures of early modern Castile, particularly Toledo, with recurring themes in land tenure, credit systems, gender wage disparities, and urban commercial life. His work bridges micro-level case studies with broader historical economic trends, contributing to both national and international scholarship in economic history. Scientific Awards: No awards mentioned in the provided text. David Gonzalez Agudo has supervised at least one doctoral thesis, indicating his role in academic mentoring. While specific grants are not listed, his sustained publication output and research group affiliation suggest active participation in funded academic projects. He contributes to scholarly discourse through book reviews and original research, reinforcing his position in the field of Spanish economic history. Labs and Research Teams: EHVALENCIA – Economic Development in Historical Perspective

Chris Pearsonمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Environmental History
• Animal History
• Cultural History
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Chris Pearson is Professor of Environmental History and the Chaddock Chair of Economic and Social History at the University of Liverpool, within the School of Histories, Languages and Cultures. His interdisciplinary research spans environmental history, animal studies, urban history, and the history of medicine, with a focus on human-animal relationships in modern cities. His research interests include the cultural and environmental history of dogs, the history of emotions, urban health, and multispecies coexistence. He has led and co-led several major Wellcome Trust-funded projects, including Melting Metropolis: Everyday Histories of Heat and Health in London, New York, and Paris since 1945 (2023–2029) and Remaking One Health: Decolonial Approaches to Street Dogs and Rabies Prevention in India (2021–2026). His recent books, Dogopolis (2021) and Collared (2024), have been widely published and translated, reflecting both scholarly and public engagement. Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong thematic focus on dogs in urban environments across time and space, examining their roles as workers, companions, pests, and cultural symbols. His work integrates environmental, medical, and emotional histories, often with a transnational lens. He frequently engages with public audiences through media, podcasts, and digital platforms. Regional Representative for Britain and Ireland, European Society for Environmental History Editorial Board Member, Critical Military Studies (2015–present) Editorial Board Member, Environmental History (2014–present) Fellow, Royal Historical Society (2017–present) Professor Pearson supervises postgraduate research on topics including nuclear culture, emotional history, and human-animal relations. He has developed the interactive smartphone app Sniffing the Past , which maps historical canine sites in London, Paris, and New York. His teaching includes modules on health, environmental humanities, and cultural history. He has also examined PhD theses in history.

Boris Cvitanic D.مشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Industrial Heritage
• Architectural History
• Heritage Conservation
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Boris Cvitanic D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Magallanes, Chile. He holds a PhD in Architectural Projects from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain), a Master in Theory and History of Architecture, and a professional degree in Architecture from the University of Concepción, Chile. His academic and research work centers on industrial heritage, particularly in Latin America and Chile, with a focus on oil and extractive industries, urban planning, and the socio-cultural dimensions of industrial landscapes. PhD in Architectural Projects, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (2010) Master in Theory and History of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (2013) Architect, University of Concepción, Chile (2002) His research interests include industrial heritage, architectural history, urban planning, gender and industrialization, extractivism, and the territorial impact of energy infrastructure. He explores how industrial legacies shape regional identities and how communities engage with post-industrial landscapes through memory, tourism, and conservation. The recent publications and conference presentations reflect a strong thematic coherence around industrial heritage systems, company towns, energy landscapes, and the sociopolitical dimensions of industrial decline and memory. His work often adopts comparative and global perspectives, engaging with debates on heritage policy, environmental transition, and social justice in post-industrial contexts. Boris leads the Fondecyt Regular project Nº1200469 (2020–2023) on the oil industry in Chile, focusing on architecture, territory, and the construction of a national industrial heritage. He is also a former Associate Researcher of the Conicyt Anillos Soc1403 project (2014–2017). He has authored numerous articles and book chapters on the architectural and cultural heritage of the Magallanes Region. He actively participates in international academic discourse, notably through the TICCIH network, and has presented at major forums on industrial heritage, including sessions on urban forms, technological heritage, and the future of industrial conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Shana L. Redmondمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• 20th and 21st Century American Literature
• Postcolonial Studies
• Global South Africa
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Shana L. Redmond is a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where she also serves as Director of the Center for the Study of Social Difference. Her work bridges literary criticism, music studies, political theory, and cultural analysis. B.A., Macalester College (2002); Ph.D., Yale University (2008) Co-editor, Critical Ethnic Studies: A Reader and Phono: Black Music and the Global Imagination (UC Press series) Research Interests include: Black Radical Historiography Black Atlantic and Diaspora Studies Sound and Music Studies Political Theory and Marxism Performance Studies and Carcerality Popular Culture and Nationalism Scientific Awards : 2023 Guggenheim Fellow 2021 American Book Award 2022 Irving Lowens Book Award 2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Advising & Grants : While specific students are not listed, Redmond’s work has been supported by major fellowships. She contributes to public and academic discourse through essays in outlets like NPR, BBC, and Mother Jones .

Brittany Murrayمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• French Culture
• Gender Studies
• Migration Policy
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Brittany Murray is an Assistant Professor of French at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She holds a PhD in French and Francophone Studies from Northwestern University (2016) and a BA in French and Comparative Literature from Vanderbilt University. Her research focuses on 20th/21st century French culture, with specialties in gender studies, migration policy, and contemporary literature/film. Research Projects: Current book project: 1970s France's economic/political struggles and artistic creativity Upcoming monograph: Allegory vs empathy in French intercultural cinema Recent Work: Published analysis linking 1970s French sci-fi to labor crises. Co-edited volume on 2000s French feminist movements. Labs/Teams: Affiliated with smART Lab and Wood Shop resources at UT's art programs.

Anna Oechslenمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Digitalization of Work
• Platform Economy
• Feminist Research Approaches
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Anna Oechslen is a Research Associate and postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Spatial Social Research (IRS) since March 2023, and holds a junior professorship for anthropological studies in culture and history at the University of Hamburg during the winter semester 2023/2024. She studied Social Science and Modern South and Southeast Asian Studies at Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Sussex. Research Interests: Digitalization and globalization of work practices Feminist research approaches Ethnographic methods Translocal work relationships via digital platforms Creative industries and platform economy Publications: Her work focuses on remote work, platform labor, socio-technical systems, and gendered spatial dynamics, with recent articles in journals like Global Networks and Digital Geography and Society . Projects: She is involved in the third-party funded project REMAKING (2024-2027), analyzing socioeconomic impacts of remote work. Her Platform Ecology research (2018-2021) explored digital platform work in fashion design and creative industries.

Franziska Daviesمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• East European History
• Russian Empire
• Soviet Union
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Dr. Franziska Davies is a research fellow at the History Department of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich , specializing in the History of Eastern and Southeastern Europe . Her work bridges Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and modern Ukraine studies. Habilitation project: Comparative labor struggles between Poland, UK, and Soviet Ukraine Doctoral research: Islamic military integration in Tsarist Russia Research keywords include Imperial history , transnational labor movements , ethnic/religious diversity , and contemporary Ukraine analysis . Her 2024 monograph Muslims in the Russian Army will appear in Routledge's "Imperial Transformations" series. Recent publications show thematic clusters in: Labor movements (Poland's Solidarity, UK miners, Soviet Ukraine strikes) Memory politics (Babi Yar, WWI legacies, Soviet remembrance) Contemporary Ukraine (post-Soviet identity, Russian narratives, war analysis) Scientific awards include: 2022 Bavarian Book Prize for Open Wounds of Eastern Europe 2018 ZEIT Foundation Translation Prize 2021-2022 Alexander von Humboldt Feodor Lynen Fellowship Active in public discourse, she contributes to media outlets like Süddeutsche Zeitung , Deutschlandfunk , and podcasts including "Salonkolumnisten" and "Historia Universalis".

Eduardo Elenaمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Latin American History
• Race and Ethnicity Studies
• Nationalism
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Eduardo Elena is an Associate Professor at the University of Miami's College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History. His research examines Argentina's historical development through the lenses of race, class, nationalism, and cultural identity, bridging social, political, and transnational histories. Focus on marginalized groups in capitalist expansion Analysis of racial hierarchies in nationalist movements Interdisciplinary approach to migration and identity His recent publications explore themes such as steam-age infrastructure, Afro-Argentine communities, and the paradoxes of mid-20th-century populist nationalism. While no scientific awards are listed in the provided text, his work contributes to redefining Argentina's place within broader Latin American and global historical discourses.

Rebecca Gruskinمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Environmental History
• Labor History
• History of Capitalism
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Rebecca Gruskin is an Assistant Professor of History at Hamilton College , specializing in environmental history, labor history, and the history of capitalism. Her research centers on mining industries in modern North Africa and the Middle East, with a particular focus on Tunisia. Education: Ph.D., Stanford University M.A., Stanford University B.A., Harvard University Research Focus: Gruskin’s scholarship explores how North African communities shaped the ecological and economic trajectories of capitalism. Her current book project, Capitalism’s Nature: A Global History of Mining, Empire, and Resistance in Tunisia , examines the environmental and social impacts of phosphate mining in colonial Tunisia. This work integrates themes of industrial pollution, labor resistance, anti-colonial movements, and global food production. Recent Courses Taught: A Global History of Oil Global Environmental History Agriculture and Empire in the Global South Environmental History in the Middle East and North Africa Labor Migration in North Africa and the Middle East Professional Affiliations: American Institute for Maghrib Studies Middle East Studies Association French Colonial Historical Society African Studies Association National Women’s Studies Association American Society for Environmental History Gruskin’s work has been supported by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers and the American Institute for Maghrib Studies . She has published in the Journal of Global History and has an article forthcoming in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East .

Rebecca Yeمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Sociology of Education
• Vocational Education and Training
• Educational Transitions
• +۹ مورد دیگر

Rebecca Ye is a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor at the Department of Education, Stockholm University , and a Researcher at the Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (SCORE) . She has held visiting academic positions at Nanyang Technological University and the UCL Institute of Education . Her research explores the intersection of education and labor markets, focusing on transitions, trajectories, vocations, and temporality in educational contexts. Educational Background: PhD in Sociology, Stockholm University Master of Science in Sociology, University of Oxford Rebecca's research examines how social processes produce inequalities in educational organizations, particularly during periods of uncertainty. She investigates both institutionalized education-to-work pathways and emerging anticipatory systems across Sweden, Singapore, and the UK. Her work spans traditional elite institutions and innovative higher vocational education models, analyzing skilling regimes and transnational education strategies. Her research projects include: The Swedish Research Council-funded study on higher vocational education expansion (2015-2024) The upcoming CYCLE project (2025) on green transition skilling The multi-year PLACES project on migrant children's educational transitions SCORE's "Organizing Education" strategic initiative (2025-2028) Scientific Awards: Best Early Career Researcher Paper in British Journal of Sociology of Education (2015 article) As an educator, Rebecca leads the "Theory of Science" course for international master's students and has taught sociological theory, methods, and educational policy. She supervises across degree levels, including PhD projects at Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, covering topics like student movements and internationalization of higher education. She contributes to academic governance through roles on editorial boards for International Studies in Sociology of Education , Stockholm Centre for Global Asia , and Springer Lifelong Learning Book Series , while participating in research funding panels and doctoral examination committees.

• Galician Literature
• Ecocriticism
• Animal Studies
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Ana Acuña serves as a full-time Assistant Professor in the Department of Galician and Latin Philology at the Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, University of Vigo, based at the Pontevedra campus. Her academic profile centers on Galician language and literary studies within the university's formal structure. She earned her Doctorate from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 2009 with the thesis Making Galician Literature in Madrid 1950-2000 , supervised by Dr. Dolores Vilavedra Fernández and Dr. Xesús Alonso Montero. This foundational work established her expertise in Galician literary production within Iberian cultural contexts. Dr. Acuña's research spans Galician Literature, Ecocriticism, Animal Studies, and Iberian Cultural Transfer, with notable emphasis on human-animal relationships in literary texts and environmental justice frameworks. Her scholarship critically examines Galician cultural production through posthumanist and ecocritical lenses, particularly focusing on marginalized voices and non-human perspectives within the literary canon. Analysis of her 2021-2024 publications reveals consistent thematic threads: ecocritical interpretations of Galician cultural movements (e.g., Nave Civitas), analyses of violence against children and animals during wartime, and recovery of women's literary contributions during the Francoist period. Her work demonstrates methodological innovation through interdisciplinary approaches blending literary analysis with environmental humanities. No scientific awards were documented in the available materials. Information regarding student supervision, grant funding, or formal advising roles was not provided in the source documentation. She actively contributes to the TALG (Technologies and Applications of the Galician Language) research group, which investigates computational linguistics applications for Galician language preservation and technological integration.

• Political Economy
• Globalization
• Capitalism
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Stefan Schmalz is a Heisenberg Research Group Leader at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Erfurt , affiliated with the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Sciences . He serves as subproject leader for SFB 294 'Structural Transformation of Property' (Subproject JRT02: 'Struggle or Convergence of Capitalisms'). Research Interests His research focuses on political economy , globalization , and digital capitalism , analyzing: Power dynamics in global labor movements US-China geopolitical rivalry Structural transformations in capitalist systems Informal labor and extractivism Publications His recent work examines comparative digital capitalism models, vaccine distribution geopolitics, and transnational property conflicts. Key themes include: Postcolonial continuities in global value chains State-corporate interactions in China Labor unrest in global manufacturing hubs

Lorenzo Feltrinمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Labor Studies
• Political Ecology
• Social Movements
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Lorenzo Feltrin is a Research Fellow at the Department of Humanities, Ca' Foscari University of Venice. His work bridges labor studies, political ecology, and social movement analysis, focusing on environmental justice in industrial contexts. Previously, he held positions at the University of Warwick (PhD, 2019) and the University of Birmingham (Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, 2021-2024). His research investigates the intersection of workplace struggles and ecological crises, particularly in petrochemical regions like Porto Marghera (Italy), Grangemouth (Scotland), and Quintero-Puchuncaví (Chile). Key themes include toxic expertise, labor-environment alliances, and global noxious divisions of labor. His book In and Against the Ecological Crisis: Working-Class Environmentalism between Workplace and Community is forthcoming from Verso Books. Recent publications analyze deindustrialization's socio-ecological impacts, extractive industries in Latin America, and transnational environmental justice frameworks. His work combines ethnographic fieldwork with comparative political economy approaches. Scientific awards: Marie Curie Global Fellowship Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship

• African and African Diaspora Studies
• Literary criticism
• Transatlantic literature
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Takayuki Nakamura is a Professor at the School of Law, Waseda University, specializing in Caribbean French literature and African diaspora cultures. His research focuses on Édouard Glissant's works and the French-language African magazine 'Présence Africaine.' He has held academic positions at Waseda University since 2013, progressing from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor and now Professor. He also conducted overseas research at Université Paris Cité from May 2023 to July 2024. Dr. Nakamura earned his Academic Doctorate from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. His scholarly trajectory demonstrates a deep commitment to Caribbean and African diaspora studies, with particular emphasis on literary and cultural theory. Nakamura's research interests span African and African Diaspora Studies, Literary Criticism, Transatlantic literature, and Francophone literature, with a particular focus on Caribbean French literature. His work explores the intersections of literature, politics, and cultural identity, examining how literary works engage with historical processes of colonization, resistance, and creolization. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of Édouard Glissant's philosophy of 'relation' and the political significance of 'Présence Africaine' magazine in shaping postcolonial thought. His recent publications demonstrate a consistent engagement with themes of decolonization, Black radical thought, and the philosophical underpinnings of cultural identity. Nakamura's work bridges literary analysis with political philosophy, particularly in examining how Caribbean and African diaspora writers have contributed to global intellectual movements. His scholarship reveals a trajectory from close readings of individual authors like Glissant to broader examinations of transnational cultural movements and their political implications. Japan Association for African Studies Library of Glissant Studies (LoGS) Conseil International d'Études Francophones (CIEF) He welcomes graduate students interested in French-language Caribbean literature and transatlantic cultural studies through his research laboratory. His teaching includes courses on French language at various levels, as well as interdisciplinary studies focusing on the French-speaking world and sustainable development.

Risa Goluboffمشاهده پروفایل

استاد پژوهشی

• Legal History
• Civil Rights
• Constitutional Law
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Risa Goluboff is the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law and Dean of the School of Law at the University of Virginia. She holds a joint appointment as Professor of History, reflecting her interdisciplinary expertise in legal and historical studies. Her research focuses on the intersection of civil rights, labor law, and constitutional history in 20th-century America. Key themes include vagrancy laws, judicial politics, and the historical roots of contemporary legal challenges related to racial and economic justice. Her recent publications analyze the evolution of police power, constitutional changes post- Grants Pass , and the trauma of systemic injustice in modern civil rights contexts. Articles span topics like the 13th Amendment, labor litigation, and the NAACP’s legal strategies. As Dean, she leads the University of Virginia School of Law, contributing to its academic vision while maintaining an active research agenda. She can be reached at goluboff@law.virginia.edu .