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Robert E. May
Professor, Department of History
Director, Honors Program -
History
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin - Madison,
1969
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UNIV Room 025 |
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765-496-1755 |
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mayr@purdue.edu |
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Main Office Phone: 765-494-4122
University Hall
672 Oval Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2087
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Specialization:
I specialize in mid-19th century U.S.
history, especially the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, as well
as the U.S. South and U.S. foreign relations. My research and
teaching has focused, to no small degree, upon Civil War causation.
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Biography:
An expert on U.S. nineteenth-century
"filibustering" (illegal private military expeditions against foreign
countries), Professor May has written three books and many articles
about the subject. His most recent book about filibustering,
Manifest Destiny's Underworld (paper rpt.; University of North
Carolina Press) was recognized as a "Choice Outstanding Academic Title
for 2003" and is being translated into Spanish. Professor May
lectures widely on the subject, and in 2006 gave five presentations
about filibustering in Costa Rica. Here at Purdue, Professor May
is especially involved in the Undergraduate
Honors Program at the
university, college, and departmental levels. Currently, he is
involved in a collaborative research project in late-nineteenth-century
art history with his wife, a professor in the College of Education at
Purdue. He is also a member of the Camp Tippecanoe Civil War Round
Table.
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