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Dr. Thomas J. Schaeper
Professor of History 
BA, Thomas More College, summa cum laude
Ph.D.,  Ohio State University

Dr. Schaeper has taught at St. Bonaventure University since 1979.  For several years he served as director of the university's summer program at the University of Oxford.  From 1996 to 2002 he served as chair of the Department of History. He offers courses in the following areas: Western Civilization, France, Great Britain,  Twentieth-Century World, and Historiography.  He is a former President of the New York State Association of European Historians.  Currently  he is a member of the editorial boards of two journals, French Historical Studies  and Cithara.  In addition to many articles and reviews, he has written the following books:

The Economy of France in the Second Half of the Reign of Louis XIV (Montreal: Interuniversity
         Centre for European Studies, 1980).                                 
The French Council of Commerce, 1700-1715: A Study of Mercantilism after Colbert (Columbus:
         Ohio State University Press, 1983).
John Paul Jones and the Battle off Flamborough Head: A Reconsideration (New York: Peter Lang,
         1990).
France and America in the Revolutionary Era: The Life of Jacques-Donatien Leray de Chaumont,
      1725-1803 (New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1995).
Rhodes Scholars, Oxford, and the Creation of An American Elite (New
       York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, original edition 1998, updated paperback edition 2010).
Edward Bancroft: Scientist, Author, Spy  New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2011.  
       Paperback ed., 2012.
Somewhere in France: The World War I Letters of Private Frederick A. Kittleman.   Work in
       Progress.

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Office Hours Spring Semester 2013
                    Tues. and Thurs,  11:30-12:30
                    Wed. 1:30-3:30
                    I am available at many other times also.  Students who need to speak with me can do so
                         in several different ways.
                         a) see me just before or after class
                         b) leave a note on my office door
                         c) voice mail left at 375-2123
                         d) email  tschaepe@sbu.edu

Syllabi for courses taught in Spring 2013 Semester
           
             History 101.  Europe to 1815.

             History 394.  Twentieth-Century Europe

I live in Ischua, NY. When I am not in the classroom, I like to do historical research, spend time with my family, and explore wooded terrain with my equine and canine companions.           

With wife Gaye plus our buddies Susie and Keetowa.
          

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                           In London with daughter Emily
                                                                                         
                                                      

                              With son Justin
         

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