Research

The research projects of the Curt Engelhorn Chair for American History dedicate themselves to central research questions and recent subjects of the discipline.

Focal points in research

  • The history of African Americans and of other ethnic groups
  • The history of polarization
  • Gender history
  • Lynch justice and violence
  • Intellectual history
  • Political history
  • Social and political movements
  • Racism
  • Transnational and international history
  • Constitutional history