Nicholas B. Miller
Professional Profile
Nicholas B. Miller is a social and intellectual historian of Europe and the world whose research spans early modern and modern global history, including the Enlightenment, cross-cultural encounters, international migration, and comparative studies of plantations. His books include "John Millar and the Scottish Enlightenment: Family Life and World History" (Voltaire Foundation, 2017) and "Cameralism and the Enlightenment: Happiness, Governance, and Reform in Transnational Perspective," (Routledge, 2020 with Ere Nokkala).
His regional specialisms include eighteenth-century Europe and nineteenth-century Hawai'i. Through a major grant award from the European Union between 2021 and 2023, he researched colonial science and plantation colonialism. His current project situates agricultural colonization in early modern Europe in a global context.
Teaching
Courses taught
- HIS 470: Senior Seminar in History
- HIS 440: Early Modern Empires
- HIS 403: Colonialism and Imperialism
- HIS 380: Britain and the World
- HIS 311: The Enlightenment
- HIS 302: The Age of Revolutions
- CDD 240: Study Abroad—Portugal: History and Culture
- HIS 200: Historical Methods
- HIS 113: Topics in Modern World History
- COR 171: Migration: Global & Historical Perspectives
Research
Education
Ph.D. (European Intellectual History and Global History) summa cum laude, University of Potsdam
M.St. (Early Modern History) with distinction, University of Oxford
B.A. (History), first-class honours, University of Durham
Research Interests
European history, intellectual history, empire and colonialism, plantations, migration
More Information
Office Hours (On Campus)
- · Monday: 3:15 p.m.– 5 p.m.
- · Thursday: 10:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.