William J. Connell (historian)

William J. Connell
Connell in Santiago, Chile, 2014
Born
William John Connell

(1958-07-22) July 22, 1958
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A. Yale; Ph.D. UC Berkeley
EmployerSeton Hall University

William John Connell (born July 22, 1958) is an American historian and holder of the Joseph M. and Geraldine C. La Motta Chair in Italian Studies at Seton Hall University. He is a leading specialist in Italian history, Early Modern European history and the history of Italian Americans, and he writes broadly on other topics. In 2019 he was named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow.