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Dr Amy Cools

Research Fellow

Department: Humanities

Amy Cools

History of ideas, African American and United States history (especially antebellum), civil rights movements from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, biographical explorations of extraordinary people, the history of philosophy, issues in ethics and law, and other topics in history, philosophy, and intellectual history.

History of ideas, African American and United States history (especially antebellum), civil rights movements from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, biographical explorations of extraordinary people, the history of philosophy, issues in ethics and law, and other topics in history, philosophy, and intellectual history.

Current projects: 

The Complete Collected Works of James McCune Smith (ca. 1824-1865)

Nothing Human is Alien to Me: The Life of James McCune Smith (preliminary title)

  • History PhD December 04 2021
  • History of Ideas MSc November 26 2018
  • Philosophy BA January 02 2013
  • Humanities December 01 1999

  • History PhD December 04 2021
  • History of Ideas MSc November 26 2018
  • Philosophy BA January 02 2013
  • Humanities December 01 1999


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