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Liana J. Brent

Assistant Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 208

lbrent@bates.edu | 207-753-6922

Funerary Archaeology, Latin Inscriptions, Roman Burial Practices, Roman Slavery, Roman Society and Culture

Lisa Maurizio

Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 206

lmaurizi@bates.edu | 207-786-8391

Archaic and classical Greek religion, Greek and Roman history and religion, Greek and Roman mythology and literature, mythology, oral poetry, oral studies and gender studies, women’s history

Mark L. Tizzoni

Assistant Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 202

mtizzoni@bates.edu

cultural and intellectual history, Early Middle Ages, ethnicity, history, history of identity, late antiquity, Late Latin, Latin language, Latin poetry, medieval studies, post-Roman world, premodern African history, premodern Iberia, premodern North Africa, race and ethnicity

Helen C. Boucher

Professor of Psychology

Pettengill Hall, Room 361

hboucher@bates.edu | 207-786-6395

cross-cultural differences in self-related processes (US vs. East Asia comparisons), cultural psychology, ego depletion model, meaning in life, meaning maintenance model, money priming, naive dialecticism, positive psychology, psychology of social class, self-concept, self-esteem, self-regulation, social psychology, terror management theory

Senem Aslan

Professor of Politics

Pettengill Hall, Room 172

saslan@bates.edu | 207-786-6391

comparative politics, ethnic conflict, Middle East politics, Moroccan politics, nationalism, state-building, state-minority relations, symbolic politics, Turkish politics

Raluca Cernahoschi

Associate Professor of German

Roger Williams Hall, Room 232 | Roger Williams Hall, Room 232

rcernaho@bates.edu | 207-786-6285

contemporary German literature and film, East-Central European literature and film, film adaptation, German literature and culture since the 19th century, German literature and film, intercultural literature and film, literatures and cultures of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, poetry, Romanian-German literature, spatial constructions in literature and film

Henry J. Walker

Senior Lecturer in Classical and Medieval Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 204

hwalker@bates.edu | 207-786-8320

ancient languages and literatures, ancient myth and society, how literature and myth reflect social and religious institutions in ancient Greece and India

Özgür Özkan

Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics

Pettengill Hall, Room 172

oozkan@bates.edu | 207-786-6081

Civil-Military Relations, comparative politics, ethnic conflict, international relations, international security, Middle Eastern studies, National Security, NATO-Russia Relations, Political violence, security cooperation

Jakub J. Kazecki

Associate Professor of German

Roger Williams Hall, Room 231 | Roger Williams Hall, Room 231

jkazecki@bates.edu | 207-753-6984

20th century German literature and film, discourses of masculinity in German literature, film studies, German film after 1945, German studies, humor, images of German-Polish relationships in literature film and visual arts, laughter and comedy in literature film and visual arts, laughter and comedy's relation to violence, literature in the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), media

Mayumi Fukushima

Assistant Professor of Politics

Pettengill Hall, Room 169

mfukushima@bates.edu | 207-786-6311

asymmetric security alliances, extended nuclear deterrence, international politics of East Asia, international relations, international security, international security alliances, nuclear deterrence, technology and conflicts