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.Faculty listing, History department, Temple University . Retrieved 2010-03-24.Faculty listing, Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University . Retrieved 2010-03-24. He received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1963, where he was a member of the Philolexian Society,Vinciguerra, Thomas J. "Names on the Scroll: A Tale of the 1960s." Philolexian Foundation Newsletter, Issue #6 (Fall 2011). and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1972; while a graduate student, he visited India as a Fulbright Fellow.About the author, The World's History, 4th ed. He joined the Temple faculty in 1972. As well as his faculty position at Temple, Spodek was the treasurer of the World History AssociationWorld History Association officers , retrieved 2010-03-24. and a member of the editorial board of History Compass.History Compass : Editorial Board, retrieved 2010-03-24.
Spodek specialized in Indian history, and in particular on the city of Ahmedabad.Professor sees Philadelphia in an Indian city , Temple News, October 19, 2000. 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.The World's History, 4th ed., Prentice Hall, 2010, 978-0205708376. He won Temple's Great Teacher Award in 1993.A Top Temple Teacher Gets Students Talking Every Year, Philadelphia Inquirer, November 27, 1993.
Howard Spodek was born on November 4, 1941.
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External links Web site at Geography and Urban Studies, Temple