Alison Smith
Adjunct Faculty, History Department
Professor Emerita of History
asmith@wagner.edu Parker Hall 207 By AppointmentPh.D. The Johns Hopkins University
M.A. The Johns Hopkins University
B.A. Vassar College
I teach the courses offered by the department on Europe and the Western world before the modern era. I am particularly interested in the Italian renaissance and early modern European cultural history, as well as gender and urban life. My courses range from an advanced seminar in Renaissance Italy to courses on ancient Mediterranean cities, the world of the crusades, gender and sexuality, and early modern popular culture. My work in Wagner’s learning communities has lead me to develop teaching interests in New York City (especially themes of immigrant identity), the history of food, and the politics of hunger.