About John Santore


     John Santore received his Ph.D. in Modern European History from Columbia University in 1976, and has taught at Rutgers University, Barnard College, and New York University. In 1981, he served as the Associate Director of the Columbia University Center for Italian Studies and was a Faculty Fellow in the Cornell University Western Societies Program in 1987.

     A distinguished teacher and scholar, his essays have appeared in the Canadian Journal of History, The Germanic Review, The Journal of Modern History, Socialism and Democracy, The Dictionary of World Biography, History Teacher, Ready Reference Ethics, and History: Review of New Books.

   He is also the author of Modern Naples, 1799-1999: A Documentary History (2001), and the editor of Modern European History, 1789 to the Present: Selected Syllabi From American Colleges and Universities, 2 volumes (3rd ed.: 1991).

     From 1986 to 2010, Dr. Santore was a professor of history at Pratt Institute in New York City, where he was named "Institute Professor/Distinguished Teacher" in 1993, and Professor Emeritus after his retirement in 2011.

     He can be reached by email at johnfsantore@gmail.com.

Selected Works
Modern Naples
1799-1999
A Documentary History
Modern European
History, Volume I
Chronological and
National Courses
Modern European
History, Volume II
Topical and
Thematic Courses