Occupation Professor Name Peter Stearns Genre History | Nationality American | |
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Born March 3, 1936 (age 88) ( 1936-03-03 ) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada Books World Civilizations the Globa, industrial revolution in world h, World History in Brief: Maj, Encyclopedia of World History, Childhood in world history Similar People Michael Adas, Stuart B Schwartz, Sam Wineburg, Patrick O'Brian, Stanley Chodorow |
Global problems with peter stearns ph d
Peter Nathaniel Stearns (born March 3, 1936) is a professor at George Mason University, where he was provost, from January 1, 2000 to July 2014.
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- Global problems with peter stearns ph d
- Peter stearns dignity as a global challenge
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Stearns was Chair of the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University and also served as the Dean of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. In addition, he founded and edited the Journal of Social History. While at Carnegie Mellon he developed a pioneering approach to teaching World History.

Peter stearns dignity as a global challenge
Life

Besides his long career as a historian, he is active in historical groups such as the American Historical Society, the Society for French Historical Studies, the Social Science History Association and the International Society for Research on Emotion. He attended Harvard College and later received his Ph.D. from Harvard University.

In his prolific career as an author and editor, he has written or edited over 135 different books. Stearns served as founding chair of the Advanced Placement World History committee and as Vice President of the American Historical Association.
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His books include: