Howard Spodek
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Howard Spodek (November 4, 1941 – August 20, 2023) was an American world historian, a professor of history and geography and urban studies at Temple University.[1][2] He received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1963 and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1972; while a graduate student, he visited India as a Fulbright Fellow.[1][3] He joined the Temple faculty in 1972.[3] As well as his faculty position at Temple, Spodek was the treasurer of the World History Association[4] and a member of the editorial board of History Compass.[5]
Spodek specialized in Indian history, and in particular on the city of Ahmedabad.[6] He was the author of The World's History, a college textbook that is sometimes also used for high school Advanced Placement history courses and that has gone through four editions.[7] He won Temple's Great Teacher Award in 1993.[3][8]
Howard Spodek was born on November 4, 1941.[9]
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- ↑ a b Faculty listing, History department, Temple University Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
- ↑ Faculty listing, Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
- ↑ a b c About the author, The World's History, 4th ed.
- ↑ World History Association officers Template:Webarchive, retrieved 2010-03-24.
- ↑ History Compass : Editorial Board, retrieved 2010-03-24.
- ↑ Professor sees Philadelphia in an Indian city Template:Webarchive, Temple News, October 19, 2000.
- ↑ The World's History, 4th ed., Prentice Hall, 2010, 978-0205708376.
- ↑ A Top Temple Teacher Gets Students Talking Every Year, Philadelphia Inquirer, November 27, 1993.
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External links
- Web site at Geography and Urban Studies, Temple
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- 1941 births
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- World historians
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- 21st-century American male writers
- Columbia College, Columbia University alumni
- University of Chicago alumni
- Temple University faculty
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- Writers from Philadelphia
- 20th-century American historians
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- Historians from Pennsylvania