Associate Professor

353C McMicken Hall
513-556-0918
john.brackett@uc.edu

Professional Summary

Associate Professor Brackett received his BA and PhD in History from the University of California at Berkeley. He has taught at the University of Cincinnati since 1987. Primary interests include social history of the Italian Renaissance, especially in Florence; history of crime and criminal justice; black Africans in Renaissance and early modern Europe.

Education

PhD, University of California at Berkeley, 1986.

Courses Taught

The Italian Renaissance.

Renaissance Europe, selected topics.

Black Africans in Europe, 1440-1800.

European Civilization, 1000-1500, and 1500-1789.

Introduction to Historical Methodologies (Graduate).

Crime and Picaresque Literature in Europe, 1500-1800.