Thomas Sojka, Ph.D.

Department	History, Political Science and Sociology
Title	Assistant Professor of History
Background	B.A., Roger Williams University M.Lit, University of St. Andrews Ph.D., Boston University
Office	Aquinas Hall, Room 318
Office Hours	Monday, 11:00 am–1:30 pm Tuesday, 12:30-3:30 pm By Appointment
Phone	(203) 773-8562
Email	tsojka@albertus.edu
Courses	The Examined Life I & II Western Civilization I & II
Description	Professor Sojka joined Albertus in 2025 after completing his Ph.D. in History at Boston University in 2024. A first-generation undergraduate student, Professor Sojka attended Roger Williams University, where he received his B.A. in History and Political Science and the University of St Andrews, where he earned an M.Lit in Modern History. His research is broadly focused on the intersections of class, culture, and media in 20th century Britain. He is currently revising a book manuscript on space, gossip, and elite social life in 1920s and 1930s Britain. He is also beginning a new project on the history of food television in postwar Britain. In his teaching—largely related to the history of modern Britain and Europe— Professor Sojka emphasizes the importance of studying the past in understanding the world we live in today, in addition to giving students a broad toolkit of transferable skills, such as critical thinking, close reading, and cultural competence.
Specialties	Modern British History, British Empire, European Cultural History, Urban History
Publications	Thomas J. Sojka, “‘Can you wonder that foreigners are prone to talk about these mad Englishwomen?’: Britain’s Bright Young People in Europe,” in Britain & the World, 18/1 (March 2025), 11-32. Thomas J. Sojka, “One British Archive: Family Histories at Shulbrede Priory,” in Journal of British Studies, 63/4, (October 2024), 743-750. Thomas J. Sojka, “It’s All a Bit Rich,” Review of Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman, Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite in Times Literary Supplement, 11 October 2024. Thomas J. Sojka, Review of Mara Arts, Interwar London after Dark in British Popular Culture in Modern British History, 35/2 (2024), pp. 248-250.
Affiliations	Associate Fellow, Royal Historical Society North American Conference on British Studies Northeast Conference on British Studies Britain & the World Social History Society Urban History Association