Howard Spodek

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. He received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1963, where he was a member of the Philolexian Society, and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1972; while a graduate student, he visited India as a Fulbright Fellow. He joined the Temple faculty in 1972. As well as his faculty position at Temple, Spodek was the treasurer of the World History Association and a member of the editorial board of History Compass.

Spodek specialized in Indian history, and in particular on the city of Ahmedabad. 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. He won Temple's Great Teacher Award in 1993.

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 Faculty listing, History department, Temple University Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
  2. ↑ Faculty listing, Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University Archived 2010-05-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
  3. ↑ "Howard Spodek". Legacy. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  4. ↑ Vinciguerra, Thomas J. "Names on the Scroll: A Tale of the 1960s." Philolexian Foundation Newsletter, Issue #6 (Fall 2011).
  5. 1 2 3 About the author, The World's History, 4th ed.
  6. ↑ World History Association officers Archived 2010-01-30 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2010-03-24.
  7. ↑ History Compass : Editorial Board, retrieved 2010-03-24.
  8. ↑ Professor sees Philadelphia in an Indian city Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, Temple News, October 19, 2000.
  9. ↑ The World's History, 4th ed., Prentice Hall, 2010, 978-0205708376.
  10. ↑ A Top Temple Teacher Gets Students Talking Every Year, Philadelphia Inquirer, November 27, 1993.