Rachel Schley

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Rachel Schley
Assistant Professor - Europe and the Mediterranean World

Pioneer 208A

503-883-2281

rschley@linfield.edu

Rachel Schley is a historian of modern Europe and the Mediterranean, with specialties in the history of modern France and its North African empire and modern Jewish history. Her research focuses on the relationship between colonialism, liberalism, and legal regimes; religion and identity; as well as the politics of difference and citizenship. She teaches courses in European history that examine the interconnectedness of different cultures, ideas, and individuals within and beyond European borders. She received her PhD in History from UCLA and was previously a research associate at the cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris and Harvard University.

Education

• B.A. University of California, Los Angeles
• M.A. University of California, Los Angeles
• Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

Courses Taught

Courses taught include:

• HIST 248 Europe in the Age of the French Revolution
• HIST 299: World War I: Experience, Identity, and Memory in the Modern World
• HIST 120 Western Culture to 1500
• HIST 121 Western Culture since 1500