Jeremy Pope
Associate Professor, History
Office: Blair 211
Email: [[jwpope]]
Regional Areas of Research: Ancient to Modern Africa, Middle East and Indian Ocean
Thematic Areas of Research: African American, Comparative and Transnational, Cultural/Intellectual, Diaspora and Migration, Race and Ethnicity, Religion
Background
Jeremy Pope completed comprehensive doctoral examinations in two separate PhD programs at Johns Hopkins University: the doctoral program in African History within the Department of History (2002), and the doctoral program in Egyptology within the Department of Near Eastern Studies (2007). In 2010, he received his PhD in Egyptology and came to William & 玛丽 to teach and research the ancient, medieval, and modern histories of Africa and the African diaspora, as well as the history of the ancient Near East.
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In 2016, Professor Pope was honored with the Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award. The award is given annually to a younger faculty member who has demonstrated, through concern as a teacher and through character and influence, the inspiration and stimulation of learning to the betterment of the individual and society.
Professor Pope teaches the following courses at the university:
- HIST 150W: Ancient Egypt in Africa (Freshman Seminar)
- HIST 150W: Bible & History (Freshman Seminar)
- HIST 181: African History to 1800
- HIST 278 (COLL 200): Deciphering Ancient Egypt
- HIST 279 (COLL 200): Deciphering Ancient Egypt, Part 2
- HIST 281: Ancient African History
- HIST 282: Medieval African History
- HIST 283: Early Modern African History
- HIST 284: African History: Colonialism & Independence
- HIST 320: Nubia Americana: An African Kingdom in American Thought, 1493-present
- HIST 322: The African Diaspora before 1492
- HIST 478: Ancient Egyptian Inscriptions (Summer Session III)
- HIST 479: Middle Egyptian Texts
- HIST 490C: Written Worlds (Majors Colloquium)
- HIST 491C: Ancient Egypt in Africa (Majors Colloquium)
- HIST 491C: Americans & the Ancient Past (Majors Colloquium)
- HIST 706: Dissertation Prospectus Seminar
- HIST 715: Americans & the Ancient Past (Graduate Reading Seminar)
- HIST 715: Race & Scripture in the Atlantic World (Graduate Reading Seminar)
- HIST 720: Diaspora & Race in Transnational History (Graduate Reading Seminar)
Professor Pope is also faculty advisor for a student club, The Egyptological Society of William & 玛丽. He has served on the editorial boards of History in Africa and African Archaeological Review and as a member of the American Section of the Jebel Barkal Archaeological Mission in Sudan.
