The Center for Humanities Research is pleased to announce its fall 2023 and spring 2024 cohorts. All were chosen to work on research projects related to CHR's 2023-24 annual theme, "Democracy, Disposability, and Repair." Congratulations to all of our new faculty and graduate fellows! Learn more abou...
Samuel Clowes Huneke is an award-winning historian of modern Europe, with a focus on the social and political history of twentieth-century Germany. He is broadly interested in how everyday life intersects with and shapes the relationships between citizens and states. His research focuses on the histo...
University Professor, Provost Emeritus World History, Social History, Globalization, History of Emotions Dr. Peter N. Stearns became Provost and Professor of History at George Mason University on January 1, 2000, serving as Provost until June 30, 2014. He was named University Professor in January ...
Cortney Hughes Rinker is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Director of the Global Affairs program. She earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Irvine with emphases in Feminist Studies and Medicine, Science, and Technology Studies. ...
Folklorist Margaret R. Yocom (PhD, English, U of Massachusetts, Amherst) specializes in traditional narrative, material culture, family folklore, and gender studies. The director of the Northern Virginia Folklife Archive, she established the English Department's Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Co...
Including statements from the GMU Iranian Students Union and the GMU Kurdish Student Organization In the wake of the continued murder and imprisonment of innocent Iranian and Kurdish women, the George Mason University Women and Gender Studies program wants to voice our solidarity with the women and...
We are holding our community close today as another act of hateful violence against LGBTQ+ people has occurred. Just before midnight on Saturday, November 19th, at least five people lost their lives, and at least 25 more were wounded, at Club Q in Colorado Springs, CO. Prior to the arrival of law enf...
We are holding our community close today as another act of hateful violence against LGBTQ+ people has occurred. Just before midnight on Saturday, November 19th, at least five people lost their lives, and at least 25 more were wounded, at Club Q in Colorado Springs, CO. Prior to the arrival of law enf...
Samuel Huneke’s recent book, States of Liberation: Gay Men between Dictatorship and Democracy in Cold War Germany was just awarded the Smith Award for the best book in European history from the European History Section of the Southern Historical Association. The Smith Award is named for Professor C...
The Dear World Project is an interactive, award-winning portrait project that explores the subtle and powerful connections between students, faculty and staff. Dear World was founded as a portrait project that unites people through pictures in their distinct message-on-skin style. As part of Mason...
