Department of History

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of History
Undergraduates Graduate Programs Awards Faculty News Outcomes Assessment Agricultural History & Rural Studies Program History of Technology & Science Phi Alpha Theta 150 Fascinating People History Home Got a question or comment? Contact us at 515-294-7266 or rivera@iastate.edu Charles Dobbs Chair Department of History 603 Ross Hall Ames, Iowa 50011 FAX: 515-294-6390 Kevin Hill Academic Advisor 659 Ross Hall 294-7386	Faculty Andrejs Plakans Professor Emeritus Dept. of History Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 Email: aplakans@iastate.edu Education Ph.D., Harvard University Research and Teaching Interests European Social History History of Eastern Europe, especially the Baltic area Population and Family history History of European Agriculture Selected Publications Historical Dictionary of Latvia, (Scarecrow Press, 1997) The Latvians: A Short History, (Hoover Institution Press, 1995) ed., with Tamara K. Hareven. Family History at the Crossroads, (Princeton, 1988) Kinship in the Past: An Anthropology of European Family Life 1500-1800, (Blackwell, 1984) Courses Taught Nationalism and Communism in Eastern Europe Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution European Family History; History of European Agriculture Professional Activity Social Science History Association American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies

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