New Faculty


Table of Contents Greetings from the Chair Ask Dr. History Sun, Sand, Surf, and Starlets New Faculty Undergraduate Profile Graduate Profiles Staff Profile Notes from the HGA Notes from Phi Alpha Theta Job Placements Recent Donors In Memoriam, Jon Gjerde Calendar of Events
	New Faculty Daniel Sargent by Professor Rebecca McLennan Dr. Daniel Sargent joined us this year having recently completed his PhD in History at Harvard and a post-doctoral fellowship at Yale. Professor Sargent continues the work of expanding and restructuring Berkeley’s US field, bringing us much-needed expertise in diplomatic history and the exciting new field of international history. His doctoral dissertation, “From Internationalism to Globalism: The United States and the Transformation of International Politics in the 1970s,” examines the connections between US power and the restructuring of the international system in an era of renewed globalization. Continue...	Mailing Address: Department of History 3229 Dwinelle Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-2550 Tel: (510) 642-1971 \| Fax: (510) 643-5323 E-mail: historynews@berkeley.edu Home \| History Home \| UC Berkeley

		History Homecoming: An Annual gathering for alumni and friends of the History Department. February 11th, 7-9 pm, Alumni House Barack Obama and the Making of American History A panel discussion of History Department faculty, including Mark Brilliant, Robin Einhorn, and Waldo Martin, will place the remarkable election victory of Barack Obama in its historical context. The discussion will include questions from the audience, and will be followed by a lavish reception and the opportunity for more conversation over food and drink.

Massimo Mazzotti Massimo Mazzotti has studied in Italy and France before moving to Scotland, where he has been awarded a Ph.D. at the Science Studies Unit, University of Edinburgh (2000). He has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Dibner Institute (MIT), and the 2002 Kenneth May Fellow in the History of Mathematics at the University of Toronto. Massimo’s current research interests include the interaction of religion and science in early modern Europe, and the politics of science and technology in the age of Enlightenment. He has authored articles in international journals including Isis, The British Journal for the History of Science, Technology and Culture, Actes de la Recherche en Science Sociales, and Ricerche storiche. He is also the author of The World of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Mathematician of God (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007), and the editor of Knowledge as Social Order. Rethinking the Sociology of Barry Barnes, (Ashgate, 2008).