John T. McGreevy (born 1963) is an American historian who has been serving as Charles and Jill Fischer Provost of the University of Notre Dame since July 1, 2022. He was formerly the dean of the College of Arts & Letters at the University of Notre Dame from 2008 until 2018. McGreevy earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Notre Dame and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in history from Stanford University.[1] He has been on the Notre Dame faculty since 1997.[2] He is the author of Catholicism and American Freedom.[3]

John McGreevy
Provost of Notre Dame University
Assumed office
July 2022
Preceded byChristine Maziar (Interim)
Dean of College of Arts and Letters
In office
2008 – July 1, 2018
Preceded byMark W. Roche
Succeeded bySarah Mustillo
Personal details
Born1963 (age 60–61)
United States
Education

Books

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  • Parish Boundaries: The Catholic Encounter with Race in the Twentieth Century Urban North, University of Chicago Press 1996.
  • Catholicism and American Freedom: A History, W. W. Norton 2003.
  • American Jesuits and the World: How an Embattled Religious Order Made Modern Catholicism Global, Princeton University Press, 2016.
  • Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis, W. W. Norton 2022.

Articles

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  • (September 28, 2023) How Catholicism Fostered and Inhibited Democratic Revolutions[4]

References

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  1. ^ Brown, Dennis. "Acclaimed historian, former dean John McGreevy elected Notre Dame's provost". Notre Dame News. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  2. ^ "People // Department of History // University of Notre Dame". history.nd.edu. Archived from the original on 2007-02-20.
  3. ^ [1]"That Old-World Religion," Michael J. Lacey, August 3, 2003, New York Times.
  4. ^ McGreevy, John (2023-09-28). "How Catholicism Fostered and Inhibited Democratic Revolutions". Church Life Journal. Retrieved 2023-10-13.