[ Doug McGetchin ]  Peace Studies Director
Associate Professor, Department of History

In 2012, Doug McGetchin became Director of the Peace Studies Program in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, and is responsible for overall coordination, development and management of the program.

Professor McGetchin received his Ph.D. in modern European history from the University of California, San Diego, specializing in cultural, political, and intellectual connections between Germany and India. His research and teaching span world history, modern Germany, modern Europe, and ancient and modern South Asia.

His publications include the book Indology, Indomania, Orientalism:  Ancient India's Rebirth in Modern Germany (2009), examining the historical context of Indology (the study of South Asian texts, literature, and culture) and the diffusion of this knowledge about ancient India within modern Europe during the long nineteenth century (1790-1914). He is also co-editor of the volume Sanskrit and "Orientalism": Indology and Comparative Linguistics in Germany,1750-1958 (2004), as well as journal articles, chapters, encyclopedia articles, and other works related to East-West connections.

Image Top Left: Doug McGetchin at the Raj Ghat, site of Mohandas K. “Mahatma” Gandhi’s cremation in Delhi, India  

Indology, Indomania, Orientalism |  Doug McGetchin's web page

[ Noemi Marin ]  Peace Studies Former Director
Associate Professor, Department of History

Noemi Marin was appointed Director of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Peace Studies Program in 2007. In that capacity, she is responsible for overall coordination, development and management of the program.

Professor Noemi Marin received her first graduate degree in English and Spanish Literature and Languages from University of Bucharest, Romania, and her second M.A. in Communication from California State University, Northridge, specializing in Eastern European political discourse. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1999 in Rhetorical Studies, specializing in post-communist rhetoric.

Author of numerous publications in edited volumes and journals, Dr. Marin's most recent book is  After the Fall: Rhetoric in the Aftermath of Dissent in Post-Communist Times  (Peter Lang, 2007). She also edits the Journal of Literacy and Technology. Professor Marin is currently Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Culture in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies.

Indology, Indomania, Orientalism

Noemi Marin's webpage