 Dr. Amanda Herbert Assistant Professor |
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Professor Herbert earned her BA in history and German language at the University of Washington and her MA and PhD at the Johns Hopkins University. She is a specialist in early modern Europe, British history, religious history, and the history of women, gender, and sexuality. She is a co-advisor of the History Club. Her current book project is entitled Female Alliances: Gender, Identity, and Friendship in Early Modern Britain.
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In the period between the American Civil War and the Russian Revolution of 1905, American and Russian travel writers wrote home about their encounters abroad. At first the observations were mostly positive. But as time went on the writings became increasingly hostile. Margarita Marinova (CNU), in her new book, says these negative characterizations became the basis for a mutual rhetoric of hate common during the Cold War. Read More
