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===Asia===
===Asia===
====[[History of China]]====
====[[China, history]]====
*[[Li Ao]] (born [[1935]]) - Historian, [[author]], and [[politician]] and [[broadcaster]] in the [[Republic of China]] on [[Taiwan]]
*[[Iris Chang]] - the Rape of Nanking.
*[[Rafe de Crespigny]] - Han dynasty
*[[Sima Qian]] - Compiled [[Records of the Grand Historian]]
*[[Sima Qian]] - Compiled [[Records of the Grand Historian]]
*[[Odd Arne Westad]] - Professor at the [[London School of Economics]] and author of many books on China
* Fairbank, John King
* Goldman, Merle
* Gernet, Jacques,
* Hsü, Immanuel Chung-yueh
* Huang, Ray
*  MacFarquhar, Roderick
* Michael, Franz
* Mote, Frederick W.
* Needham, Joseph
* Schwartz, Benjamin
* Spence, Jonathan D.
* [http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/chinesehistory/pgp/index.html Studies of Modern Chinese History: Reviews and Historiographical Essays]


====[[History of Korea]]====
====[[History of Korea]]====
*[[Bruce Cumings]] - modern Korea
*[[Bruce Cumings]] - modern Korea
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*[[Suh Dae-sook]] - [[Korean War]] and [[North Korea]]
*[[Suh Dae-sook]] - [[Korean War]] and [[North Korea]]
*[[Yu Deuk-gong]] - [[Balhae]]
*[[Yu Deuk-gong]] - [[Balhae]]
*[[Odd Arne Westad]] - Professor at the [[London School of Economics]]


====[[History of India]]====
====[[History of India]]====
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*[[Bipin Chandra]]
*[[Bipin Chandra]]


====[[History of Japan]]====
====[[Japan]]====
*[[Karl Friday]]
*[[Karl Friday]]


===Annales School===
* [[Marc Bloch]]
* [[Fernand Braudel]]
* [[Georges Duby]]
* [[Lucien Febvre]]
* [[Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie]]
* [[Jacques Le Goff]]
<ref> see David Moon, "Fernand Braudel and the Annales School" at [http://www.scribd.com/doc/185264/Fernand-Braudel-and-the-Annales-School]; Peter Burke, ''The French Historical Revolution: The Annales School, 1929-1989.'' (1991), [http://www.amazon.com/French-Historical-Revolution-Contemporary-Thinkers/dp/0804718369/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197345477&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]; François Dosse. ''The New History in France: The Triumph of the Annales.'' (1994) [http://www.amazon.com/New-History-France-TRIUMPH-ANNALES/dp/0252063732/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197345552&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search ]</ref>
===[[Australasia]]===
===[[Australasia]]===
====[[History of Australia]]====
====[[History of Australia]]====
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===[[Christianity]]===
===[[Christianity]]===
* Ahlstron, Sydney, American religion
*[[Eusebius of Caesarea]] (~[[275]]–[[339]]) - "Father of Church history"
*[[Eusebius of Caesarea]] (~[[275]]–[[339]]) - "Father of Church history"
*[[Alexander Campbell Cheyne]], Scottish Ecclesiastical Historian
*[[Alexander Campbell Cheyne]], Scottish Ecclesiastical Historian
* Latourette, Kenneth Scott
*[[John Gilmary Shea]] ([[1824]]-[[1892]]) Father of American [[Catholic]] History
*[[John Gilmary Shea]] ([[1824]]-[[1892]]) Father of American [[Catholic]] History
*[[Barbara Thiering]] ([[1930]]-  ) Rediscovered the "Pesher technique"
*[[Barbara Thiering]] ([[1930]]-  ) Rediscovered the "Pesher technique"
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====[[Mormonism]]====
====[[Mormonism]]====
*[[Leonard J. Arrington]] - [[LDS Church]] historian [[1975]]-[[1982]]
*Leonard J. Arrington - 1975-1982
*[[B.H. Roberts]]  
*[[B.H. Roberts]]  
*[[Fawn M. Brodie]]
*[[Fawn M. Brodie]]
* Shipps, Jan


====[[History of the Papacy|The Papacy]]====
====[[History of the Papacy|The Papacy]]====
*[[Ludwig von Pastor]], wrote 40 volume history of the popes making extensive use of the [[Vatican Secret Archives]]
*[[Ludwig von Pastor]], wrote 40 volume history of the popes  
 
====[[Salvation Army]]====
*[[Rob Brettle]] ([[1963]]-  ) Co-founder Christian Mission Historical Society
*[[Harry Hayes]] - founder Salvation Army Philatelic Society
*[[Glenn Horridge]] - Co-founder Christian Mission Historical Society


===[[Holocaust]]===
===[[Holocaust]]===
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===[[Marxist]]===
===[[Marxist]]===
* [[Eric Foner]] - Marxist historian of the [[American Civil War]] and [[Reconstruction]]
* [[Eugene D. Genovese]] - Marxist historian of southern [[US history]] and [[slavery]]
* [[Eugene D. Genovese]] - Marxist historian of southern [[US history]] and [[slavery]]
* [[Ranajit Guha]] - Indian marxist historian
* [[Ranajit Guha]] - Indian marxist historian
* [[Christopher Hill]] - [[17th century]] [[England]].  
* [[Christopher Hill]] - 17th century [[England]].  
* [[Eric Hobsbawm]] - Marxist historian of the modern world.
* [[Eric Hobsbawm]] - Marxist historian of the modern world.
* [[Timothy Wright Mason]] - Marxist historian who worked on the history of [[Nazism|National Socialism]] and the German working-class.  
* [[Timothy Wright Mason]] - Marxist historian who worked on the history of [[Nazism|National Socialism]] and the German working-class.  
* [[Maxime Rodinson]]  French marxist historian on the history of [[islam]]
* [[Maxime Rodinson]]  Islam
* [[Sumit Sarkar]] Indian marxist historian
* [[Sumit Sarkar]] Indian marxist historian
* [[Edward Palmer Thompson]] British marxist historian, author of "The Making of the English Working Class"
* E. P. Thompson, British  


==By general category==
==By general category==
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*[[Hayden White]]
*[[Hayden White]]


===[[Gender identity|Gender]] and [[human sexuality|sexuality]] studies===
===Gender===
*[[John Boswell]] ([[1947]]-[[1994]], American) - Homosexuality in medieval times
*[[John Boswell]] (1947-1994, American) - Homosexuality in medieval times
*[[George Mosse]]
*[[George Mosse]]
*[[Retha Warnicke]] (born [[1939]]) - Gender issues
*[[Retha Warnicke]] (born [[1939]]) - Gender issues
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===History of international relations===
===History of international relations===
*[[Harry Elmer Barnes]], World wars; revisionist
*[[Harry Elmer Barnes]], World wars; revisionist (denied German Guilt in 1914)
*[[Herbert Butterfield]]
*[[Herbert Butterfield]]
*[[Gordon A. Craig]], Germany
*[[Gordon A. Craig]], Germany
*[[John Lewis Gaddis]], American now at Yale; Cold War.
*[[John Lewis Gaddis]], Cold War.
*[[Klaus Hildebrand]]
*[[Klaus Hildebrand]]
*[[Andreas Hillgruber]]
*[[Andreas Hillgruber]]
*[[Paul Kennedy]], British historian now at Yale, author of influential "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers"
*[[Paul Kennedy]], British historian now at Yale, author of influential "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers"
*[[William L. Langer]], ([[1896]]-[[1977]])  
*[[William L. Langer]], (1896]]-1977)  
*[[Eduard Mark]]
*[[Eduard Mark]]
*[[Arno J. Mayer]]
*[[Arno J. Mayer]]
*[[W.N. Medlicott]]
*[[W.N. Medlicott]]
*[[Lewis Bernstein Namier]]
*[[Lewis Bernstein Namier]]
*[[Paul W. Schroeder]], American historian, 19c European [[International Relations]]
*[[Paul W. Schroeder]], 19c Europe
*[[A.J.P. Taylor]] (1906-1990) - English specialist on Europe and England
*[[A.J.P. Taylor]] (1906-1990) - Europe and England
*[[Harold Temperley]], (1879-1939), British editor of "British Documents on the Originis of the War, 1898-1914"   
*[[Harold Temperley]], (1879-1939), British editor of "British Documents on the Originis of the War, 1898-1914"   
*[[Odd Arne Westad]] - Professor at the [[London School of Economics]]
*Ernest [[Llewellyn Woodward]], (1890-1971)
*Ernest [[Llewellyn Woodward]], (1890-1971)


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==World history==
==World history==
*[[Fernand Braudel]] (1902-1985) French specialist oin Mediterranean
*[[William McNeill]] (born 1917) American;  
*[[William McNeill]] (born 1917) American;  
*[[Jackson J. Spielvogel]] - [[Pennsylvania State University]], author of several major world history textbooks
*[[Jackson J. Spielvogel]] - [[Pennsylvania State University]], author of several major world history textbooks
*[[Arnold J. Toynbee]] ([[1889]]-[[1975]]) - Wrote landmark text ''[[A Study of History]]''
*[[Arnold J. Toynbee]] (1889-1975) ''A Study of History''
*[[Immanuel Wallerstein]]
*[[Immanuel Wallerstein]]


==[[Biography]]==
==[[Biography]]==
*[[Alan Bullock]] ([[1914]]-[[2004]]) - Historian best known for his influential biography of [[Hitler]]
*[[Alan Bullock]] (1914-2004) - on [[Hitler]]
*[[Roi Medvedev]] - Stalin biographer
*[[Roi Medvedev]] - Stalin biographer
*[[Thomas Carlyle]] ([[1795]]–[[1881]] - Friedrich der Grosse (the Great)
*[[Thomas Carlyle]] (1795–1881 - Friedrich der Grosse (the Great)
*[[Ron Rosenbaum]] - author of ''Explaining Hitler''.
 
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Revision as of 23:10, 10 December 2007

This is a list of historians categorized by their area of study. See also History for overview of historiography

By time period

Ancient history

Medieval history

By nation or geographical area

North America

History of Canada

See also List of Canadian historians.

History of the Caribbean

History of the United States

See also Category:Historians of the United States

Latin America

History of Brazil

Europe

History of Europe

History of England and Britain

History of France

See also List of historians of the French Revolution.

History of Germany

History of Ireland

  • Brian Farrell (born 1929) - Irish political history, historian and emeritus Associated Professor of Politics, UCD

History of Italy

History of Poland

History of Russia

History of Slovenia

History of Spain

History of Yugoslavia

The Middle East

Asia

China, history


History of Korea

History of India

Japan

Annales School

[1]

Australasia

History of Australia

By historical viewpoint

Abolitionist

Christianity

Lutheranism

Mormonism

The Papacy

Holocaust

Marxist

By general category

Art history

Economic history

Espionage

Maritime history

Military History

Historiography

Gender

History of ideas, literature, and philosophy

History of business

History of international relations

History of science and technology


World history

Biography

notes

  1. ↑ see David Moon, "Fernand Braudel and the Annales School" at [1]; Peter Burke, The French Historical Revolution: The Annales School, 1929-1989. (1991), excerpt and text search; François Dosse. The New History in France: The Triumph of the Annales. (1994) excerpt and text search
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