History

Kevin Byrne Professor

Eric Carlson Professor

Eric Carlson joined the Gustavus faculty in 1990 after teaching for three years at Denison University. He teaches the European history survey, as well as courses on medieval England, early modern England, the Reformation, the Holocaust, women in preindustrial Europe, and the family and sexuality in preindustrial Europe. He is currently developing a…   (continue reading)

Jane Chouanard Administrative Assistant

Thomas Emmert Professor, Chair

Tom Emmert joined the Gustavus History Department in 1973. A native of Minnesota, Tom developed his passion for history and Eastern Europe while a student at St. Olaf College. He studied in Yugoslavia and at Oxford University as an undergraduate and the rest, as they say, is history.  He enjoyed six years of graduate education at Stanford University…   (continue reading)

Gregory Kaster Professor

Greg Kaster joined the Gustavus History Department in 1986.  He received his BA (1975) and MA (1978) from Northern Illinois University, where he first encountered social and intellectual history and the "professor as activist," and his PhD (1990) from Boston University.  His PhD dissertation examined the language (or what he called the "labor jeremiad")…   (continue reading)

Glenn Kranking ’98 Assistant Professor

Glenn's research focuses on Swedes living in Estonia, and the development of their community and culture (particularly as it related to their homeland) through numerous types of governments. He is particularly interested in the role of minority populations and minority rights in Europe. For this particular project, Glenn has researched extensively in…   (continue reading)

Byron Nordstrom Professor Emeritus

Byron Nordstrom joined the faculty in 1974. He teaches the European history survey as well as courses on the history of Scandinavia, European war and diplomacy, and 20th century Europe. He received his BA from Lawrence University in 1965, and an MA and PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1968 and 1971 respectively. Nordstrom is the editor of The…   (continue reading)

David Obermiller Assistant Professor

Sujay Rao Associate Professor

Sujay's research focuses on the political conflicts in Argentina's provinces from independence in 1810 to 1862. He is particularly interested in Argentina's littoral region, which lies along the rivers north of Buenos Aires. In addition to several shorter research trips, most recently in the summer of 2009, Sujay lived in Argentina during 1997-8.…   (continue reading)

Kate Wittenstein Professor