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James Gregory Chappel

Gilhuly Family Assoc Professor
History
Dept of History, Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708
226 Classroom Building, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours For an appointment, on Zoom or in real life, email me at jgc23@duke.edu  

Overview


James Chappel is the Gilhuly Family Associate Professor of History at Duke University. He works on the intellectual history of modern Europe and the United States, focusing on themes of religion, gender, and the family. He has published two books and published widely in both scholarly and non-scholarly sites (The New York TimesThe Nation, and more). At Duke, he is committed above all to History undergraduates, especially majors, and to the pursuit of prison engagement opportunities. He is …

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Gilhuly Family Assoc Professor · 2021 - Present History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of History · 2021 - Present History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Undergraduate Studies · 2023 - Present History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Co-Director for the Prison Engagement Initiative in the Kenan Institute for Ethics · 2023 - Present Kenan Institute for Ethics, University Institutes and Centers
Member, Executive Committee, Duke Human Rights Center at FHI · 2022 - Present John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, University Institutes and Centers

Education, Training & Certifications


Columbia University · 2012 Ph.D.