George Junne

Faculty

Department Chair and Professor

Phone 970-351-2418
Location CAND 0140 E
Office Hours MWF 12:00-1:00 pm, 4:00-5:00 pm on Tuesdays, and by appointment
George Junne

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Michigan
  • M.A. University of Michigan
  • BFA University of Michigan

Professional Experience & Affiliations

  • From May 2005, Professor of Africana Studies, UNC
  • From May 1999 to May 2005, Associate Professor of Africana Studies, UNC
  • From 1992 to 1993, Lecturer in Black Studies, UNC
  • From 1988 to 1993, Lecturer in Afroamerican Studies, CU-Boulder
  • Current from 2000, Visiting Professor, Bogazici University, Istanbul
  • Since 1981, fossil collector for the University of Michigan

Research Expertise & Interests

  • African Americans in the Civil War
  • African Americans in Colorado
  • Blacks and the Ottoman Empire
  • Red/Black Indians
  • Dearfield, Colorado
  • Blacks in WW1

Publications

The Black Eunuchs of the Ottoman Empire: Networks of Power in the Courts of the Sultan, 2016 (in press)

A History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Colored Infantry of the Civil War, 2012

“Colorado” in The Modern Civil Rights Movement in the American West, 2016 (in Press)

“Denver in the Harlem Renaissance” in Harlem Renaissance in the West: The New Negro’s Western Experience, 2011.

“Dearfield, Colorado: Black Farming Success in the Jim Crow Era,” in Enduring Legacies: Ethnic Histories and Cultures of the Colorado Borderlands, 2011.

Honors & Awards

  • Me and the Dream Exhibit and Program Award, Denver Urban Spectrum, 2015
  • Harrell L. Strimple Award, The Paleontology Society, 2012
  • Paul Stewart Award, Black American West Museum, 2012