History Department

About the History Department

The Department of History is one of the largest departments in the College of Arts and Sciences, with 35 full-time faculty members and over 600 history majors.  In order to contact the department, use the following mailing address and numbers.

History Department
Boston College
21 Campanella Way
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3859
Main Number: 617-552-2267
Fax Number: 617-552-2478 

Besides its chairperson, there are faculty directors for the Core, for Graduate Studies, and for Undergraduate Studies.

Department
Chairperson

Marilynn Johnson
21 Campanella Way 433
(617) 552-8453
  Director of
Graduate Studies
David Quigley
21 Campanella Way 419
(617) 552-1766
  Director of
Undergraduate Studies

Paul Spagnoli
21 Campanella Way 415
(617) 552-3878
  Core
Moderator

Franziska Seraphim
21 Campanella Way 449
(617) 552-2142


Faculty offices are located both in the 21 Campanella Way and in Connolly House. In order to contact another member of the faculty, please click here to view the full alphabetical list of professors in the department or click here to view the faculty by their fields of interests. 

Below are some important administrative offices and contact information -

Assistant to Chairperson
Colleen O'Reilly
21 Campanella Way
412E
(617) 552-3802
 
Graduate Programs Assistant
Rebecca Rea
21 Campanella Way 412F
(617) 552-3781
  Undergraduate
Programs Assistant

Karen Potterton
21 Campanella Way 412D
(617) 552-2265