Assistant Professor of History
Office: 302 Carson Hall
Office Phone: (603) 646-3425
Fax: (603) 646-3353
Email: George.R.Trumbull.IV@Dartmouth.Edu
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George R. Trumbull IV received his A.B. from Princeton University, and his Ph.D. in 2005 from Yale University, and, although a native New Englander, has lived and researched in Australia, France, Morocco, and Tunisia. His research and teaching focuses on the history of North and Islamic Africa, colonialism and its aftermaths, narrative history, and environmental studies. Having taught at Yale, Tulane, and New York Universities, his teaching at Dartmouth also includes courses on Islamic and African history in a global context, Black and Islamic European Studies, and economic history.
Professor Trumbull’s book, An Empire of Facts: Colonial Power, Cultural Knowledge, and Islam (Algeria, 1871-1914), will appear in 2009 as part of Cambridge University Press’s “Critical Perspectives on Empire” series. Articles have appeared in the special issue of French Historical Studies on France and Islam and in the Encyclopedia of Race and Racism. He has recently begun a new book entitled “An Ocean of Sand: A Cultural History of Water in the Sahara.” He also offers media consultation and commentary on the historical roots and contexts of contemporary Islamic Africa and the Middle East, as well as migration politics in the Mediterranean.
