Title:
Collegiate Professor
Subject Areas
History
Education
PhD History, University of North Carolina
MA History University of North Carolina
BA History University of Vermont
Teaching Locations
Kaiserslautern Military Community, Germany
Email
michael.mulvey@umgc.edu
Dr. Michael Mulvey teaches European History, World War 1, World War 2, World History, 21st Century Problems, Historiography, and Historical Writing. His career reflects a commitment to empowering learners from diverse backgrounds to think historically.
History matters not because lessons are learned from the past, but because good history teaching pauses standard operating procedures and trains minds to make creative connections. Historical thinking combats indifference and apathy.
Michael's scholarship explores the paradoxical legacies of postimperial worldmaking. His peer-reviewed articles have appeared in Gender & History, Historical Reflections, French Politics, Culture, and Society, and The Journal of Urban History. Michael is completing a manuscript on postwar Parisian suburbia and presented a new project focused on the European Space Port in French Guiana. Recently, Michael received a Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University grant to develop an undergrad course focused on Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp.
He is a recipient of multiple research and teaching awards including the Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence Award. Michael is dedicated to linking classes with archival, museum, battlefield, and city visits that range from medieval archaeological sites to the former NATO command bunker. He is happiest discussing the past with UMGC Europe students walking through European cities and battlefields from Bastogne to Verdun and beyond.