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Aaron Jakes

Assistant Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History and the College

Office: William Rainey Harper Memorial Library, East Tower, room 689 Mailbox 13

Phone: (773) 834-6771

ajakes@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Middle East history; capitalism; economic history; British Empire; environmental history; global and comparative history; political and social movements; political-economic thought

Adrian Johns

Allan Grant Maclear Distinguished Service Professor of History, the Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, and the College, Department Chair

Office Hours:

Winter Quarter 2025

Friday, 10:00am-12:00pm, and by appointment

Office: William Rainey Harper Memorial Library, West Tower, room 602 Mailbox 45

Phone: (773) 702-2334

johns@uchicago.edu

Interests:

History of science; British history; history of the book and other media; history of information; history of intellectual property and piracy

Rashauna Johnson

Associate Professor of US History and the College

Office Hours:

Winter Quarter 2025

Thursday, 2:30-4:00pm, and by appointment

Office: Social Science Research Building, room 512 Mailbox 79

Phone: (773) 702-8399

rashauna@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Atlantic slavery and emancipation; nineteenth-century African diaspora; US South; urban and regional history; race, gender, and sexuality