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Dr. Jonathan Shipe, Ph.D.

Dr. Jonathan Shipe, Ph.D.

Instructor

Office: 365 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7338

Email: shipejl@vmi.edu

Fields: British History, War and Society

Instructor Jonathan Shipe, a historian specializing in the social and cultural history of the British army in the 19th and early 20th centuries, joined the Department of History in 2020. His research examines the role of warfare in developing modern welfare systems in Britain, particularly pensions and institutions for soldiers’ wives and children from the Napoleonic era to World War I. Dr. Shipe received his B.A. and M.A. in History from Lynchburg College before receiving his Ph.D. in Modern European History from Florida State University. He has additional teaching fields in Modern Russian, Modern Latin America, and an interdisciplinary focus on gender/sexuality.

At VMI, he teaches the two-semester world and U.S. history surveys, as well as upper-division courses in Modern European history. Shipe also serves as a junior manuscript editor for the Journal of Military History.

Courses Taught

British Imperialism 1500 to the present
Europe 1919-1939
French Revolution and Napoleon
World History I and II
U.S. History I and II

Publications

Articles 

  • “A Great Patriotic Duty: The Royal Patriotic Fund and the State’s Responsibility to Care for Soldiers’ Children, 1854-1890,” British Military History Journal, forthcoming. 
  • Articles on the “British Army” and “Latin America” in the Encyclopedia of the British Empire (abc-clio)