William G. Gray
Associate Professor
// History
Faculty
Director of Undergraduate Studies // History
Associate Professor
// Jewish Studies // SIS
Faculty
International Programs Liaison
Research focus:
Modern Germany, International History, History of Capitalism
Office and Contact
Room: BRNG 6152
Office hours:
- Spring 2024
- Thursdays, 2 - 3 pm
- or By Appointment
Email: wggray@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 496-2772
Fax: (765) 496-1755
Courses
HIST 104 Introduction to the Modern World
HIST 278 Money, Trade, & Power: The History of Capitalism
HIST 300 Eve of Destruction: Global Crises & World Organization in the 20th Century
HIST 323 German History
HIST 337 Europe since 1945
HIST 408 Dictatorship and Democracy: Europe 1919-1939
HIST 423 Advanced Topics in Modern Germany
Specialization
Modern Germany, Cold War Europe, History of Capitalism
Professor Gray received his Ph.D. from Yale University in December 1999. He is the author of Germany's Cold War: The Global Campaign to Isolate East Germany, 1949-1969 (University of North Carolina Press, 2003) and Trading Power: West Germany’s Rise to Global Influence, 1963-1975 (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
He is also a co-editor of the Encyclopedia of the Cold War (Routledge, 2008) and the German Yearbook of Contemporary History, Vol. 6, Secret Services and the International Arms Trade (2022).
Prof. Gray is currently pursuing a book-length study of Germany and Brazil during the Cold War, with a special emphasis on the themes of capitalism, democracy, and human rights.
Professor Gray is interested in working with graduate students who wish to approach modern Europe with a view to economic processes and global interconnections.
