Emerita Professor Phyllis Mack passed away on May 5, 2025. Click HERE for an official obituary.
Additional Degrees
M.A., San Francisco State College
B.A., Barnard College
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Women's history, history of religion, early modern European history. Completing a book on 18th century popular religion in England, focusing on gender, selfhood, and spirituality.
COURSES REGULARLY TAUGHT
Undergraduate
- 510:253 Witchcraft and Magic
- 988:350 (cross-listed) Gender and Spirituality
- 506:373 History of Jewish Women
- 510:350 The Enlightenment
Graduate
- PDR
- 510:549, 550 Seminar in Women's History
- 510:539 Colloquium in Women's History
PUBLICATIONS
Heart Religion in the British Enlightenment: Gender and Emotion in Early Methodism
Cambridge University Press, 2008
- *Visionary Women: Ecstatic Prophecy in 17th Century England*
- *In God's Name: Genocide and Religion in the 20th Century* co-edited with Omer Bartov
AWARDS
- Warren Susmann Teaching Award
- Berkshire Prize: best woman's history book
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- AHA
- Society for Early Modern Women