Dickinson College
Faculty Profile
Regina Sweeney
(she/her/hers)Associate Professor of History (2001)
Contact Information
Denny Hall Room 310
717-245-1682
Education
- B.A., Tufts University,1980
- M.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1986
- Ph.D., 1992
Awards
- Dickinson Award for Distinguished Teaching, 2011-12
2025-2026 Academic Year
Fall 2025
HIST 106 Early Modern Europe to 1799
Society, culture, and politics from the Renaissance through the French Revolution.
HIST 277 European Empires
This course will investigate the building, celebration and dissolution of the European empires moving from the 15th century into the 20th century. Definitions of imperialism as it developed over time will be discussed. The readings look at the effects of empire in Europe as well as some of the effects in the colonies, including works by Christopher Columbus, William Shakespeare, George Orwell, and Chinua Achebe.
Offered every two years.