Kathleen M. Comerford
Professor of History

Forest Drive 1137
(912) 478-0642

Department of History
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460-8045
Fax (912) 478-0377

kcomerfo@georgiasouthern.edu


 

Teaching Philosophy

Research Philosophy

Service Philosophy

Study Abroad!  It will change your life (really). I have taught in the London Program once and in beautiful Montepulciano, a small town in Tuscany (Italy), four times.  The courses I teach there are HIST 1111 (World Civ. 1, an elective at Southern but a core class on other USG campuses) and HIST 4230, The Renaissance (an elective). For photos of Montepulciano, go to this link.

My on-campus courses are the following:
HIST 1111, World Civ 1: Development of World Civilization

HIST 1112, World Civ 2: Emergence of the Modern Global Community

HIST 2630, Historical Methods (coming again in Fall 2011)

HIST/RELS 3334, Christian Europe 450-1750 (this course will be taught by Prof. Deborah Hill until further notice)

HIST 5030(g), Tudor and Stuart England (every even Spring, e.g. Spring '12, Spring '14)

HIST 4230, The Renaissance (every even Fall, e.g. Fall '08, Fall '10, Fall '12)

HIST 4635, Senior Seminar

HIST/RELS 5332(g), Age of the Reformation (every odd Spring, e.g. Spring '09, Spring '11, Spring '13)

HIST 7633, Graduate Readings in European History (Fall 2003: Confessionalism and Confessionalization; Fall 2005: Heresy and Martyrdom)

FYE 1220 (First Year Experience Seminar), Coffee in the Modern World (Fall 2009)

HIST 1111  and HIST 4230 are cross-listed in the Classical and Medieval Studies minor.
HIST/RELS 5332(g) is cross-listed in the Religious Studies minor.

For information on good writing practices, check out the links on this page. Guidelines applicable to written assignments in every Comerford class are found here. For topic information on specific writing assignments, see your syllabus. Do not complete and submit an assignment without reading these links and following all directions.

I am one of the founders of the Office of Pre-Law Advising, located in Carroll Building 2213.  Please drop by whenever we are open for further information on attending law school, taking LSAT prep courses, or other information related to the legal profession.  I advise every term for two hours per week; check the OPLA page for specific times for me or other advisors. 

REGISTER TO VOTE--EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS.  Remember, every year is an election year.  See one or more of these links: The National Voter Registration Form from the Federal Election Commission is at http://www.fec.gov/votregis/vr.shtml.  "Declare Yourself" is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization to help with voter registration at http://www.declareyourself.com/.  A site specific to Georgia is at http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/voter_registration/voter_reg_app.htm.

See today's news on a selection of English and Italian sites: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, BBC, Cape Times, CNN, Corriere della Sera, The New York Times, La Repubblica, Toronto Globe and Mail, and The Onion.  Check today's foreign currency rates at www.oanda.com.

Contact me at kcomerfo@georgiasouthern.edu or at (912) 478-0642 (but I respond much faster to emails).  Over the summer or during regular semester breaks, e.g. Thanksgiving or Spring Break, be sure to email as I'm rarely in my office.
Find out more about my current and completed research here.
Learn more about selected professional organizations in history here.

The content of personal and other unofficial home pages is not sanctioned by Georgia Southern University and does not represent official information or opinions of the University.
Kathleen M. Comerford (kcomerfo@georgiasouthern.edu) is solely responsible for the contents of this page.
This file was last updated September 6, 2011.