Brooks, John
Dr. John I. Brooks III
Associate Professor of History
Office: Lauretta Taylor 321E
Phone: 910-672-1075
Email: jibrooks@uncfsu.edu
Appointments (Students only): Navigate
Education
- B.A., Duke University
- M.A. and Ph.D., University of Chicago
Teaching Courses
- ETCE 200, Ethics and Civic Engagement in Action
- HIST 110, World History to 1600
- HIST 120, World History since 1600
- HIST 311, Early Modern European History, 1600-1789
- HIST 312, Modern European History, 1789 to the Present
- HIST 371, Renaissance and Reformation
- HIST 381, European Integration since 1945
- HIST 432, Russia since 1917
- HIST 451, The French Revolution and Napoleon
Research Interests
- Modern French intellectual history
- History of European integration
- History of science and technology
- Pedagogy and student success
Selected Publications
- Review of The Post-Revolutionary Self: Politics and Psyche in France, 1750-1950, by Jan Goldstein. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 43 (2007): 230-231.
- Review of Maurice Halbwachs: Un intellectuel en guerres mondiales, 1914-1945, by Annette Becker. Journal of Modern History 78 (2006): 461-63.
- Review of The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology in France, by Jennifer Hecht. Journal of Modern History 77 (2005): 812-14.
- Review of Contesting Sacrifice: Religion, Nationalism, and Social Thought in France, by Ivan Strenski. Revue d'histoire des sciences humaines 9 (October 2003).
- Review of Le quadrige: Un siècle d'édition universitaire, by Valérie Tesnière. Journal of Modern History 75 (2003): 180-182.
- "Institutionalizing Durkheimian Sociology of Religion: The Case of the Fifth Section," Thinking about Religion 2 (2002).
- "Implementing an Internet-Enhanced History Teaching Environment," Journal of the Association for History and Computing 4, no. 3 (November 2001).
- The Eclectic Legacy: Academic Philosophy and the Human Sciences in Nineteenth-Century France. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1998.