History
Introduction
“History teaches everything, including the future” – Lamartine.
Historical awareness grows from the study of the past, a study based on the realization that the present world is a product of the past. If you have a fundamental curiosity as to how and why things got to be the way they are, then studying history is for you.
The History Department at Manhattanville provides a general framework through which all human life may be sharply understood. Our major program will also prepare you for careers in virtually all fields. Manhattanville’s History majors have gone on to graduate programs as well as careers in business, journalism, teaching, law, historic preservation, local government, archival research, museum work, librarianship, documentary film-making and non-profit management.
Degree
Bachelor of Arts. Students can choose to major or minor in History at Manhattanville. We also offer a Social Studies concentration within the History major for students whose career goal is to teach social studies and who are enrolled in the Five-Year B.A./Masters Plan through the School of Education.
Optional Minors
Students can minor in History
Career Ideas
Archivist, Foreign Service Officer, Government Service Executive, History Professor, Historic Site Administrator, Historian, Librarian, Lobbyist, Museum Curator, Newspaper Editor, Public Relations Specialist, Social Welfare Administrator, Sociologist, Writer/Author
Program Administrators
Gregory Swedberg, department chair, 914-323-5216, Gregory.Swedberg@mville.edu
Faculty and Staff
Department Chair
Gregory Swedberg – Latin American, the Caribbean, women and gender
Full-Time Faculty
Lawson Bowling, PhD. (Columbia) – United States 20th-century, sports history, Italy, economic history
David Gutman, Ph.D. (Binghamton) – Modern Middle East, Ottoman Empire, North Africa
Mohamed Mbodj , Ph.D. (Paris) – African and African American Studies, Islam
Colin Morris – Early America; intellectual, political, history of place
Irene Whelan – Britain, Ireland, modern Europe, nationalism
Overview
The History department offers courses from all geographical areas across the globe including Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean, and North America, and has faculty members with professional interests in those areas as well.
If you decide to major in History at Manhattanville College you deepen your social and cultural understanding and sharpen the analytical skills required for success in any future endeavor you choose. The faculty members in the department have published scholarly books, essays, articles, and reviews, have presented papers and served on discussion panels at prominent professional meetings and conferences, and are active members of national and regional professional organizations.