With the aid of grants from the SSRC and NIU, in 1978-79 I completed fifteen months of research in France at the following archives: Archives Departementales de la Dordogne, Perigueux Archives Departmentales de la Gironde, Bordeaux Archives Nationales, Paris Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Current Research Project: Interpersonal Violence and Gender in 18th-century France
La Nativite et le temps de Noel by Regis Bertrand, reviewed in the Catholic Historical Review
Category: Review
2006
Transatlantic History, co-edited with Dennis Reinhartz. Texas A&M University Press, pp. 216 Category: Book
2000
Creolization in the Americas, co-edited with David Buisseret. Texas A&M University Press, pp. 145. Category: Book
1992
Essays on the French Revolution, co-edited with Elisabeth Cawthon. Texas A&M University Press, pp. 131. Category: Book
1991
Published Justice in the Sarladais, 1770-1790. Louisiana State University Press (1991), pp. 301. Category: Book
Book
Presentations and Projects
"War, Revolution Imperialism and the Law" Comment at the Southern Historical Association 2009
"Sold Off and Sold Out: French and Francophone Reaction to the Transfer of Lousiana" 2003
Paper delivered at Louisiana Tech University in commemoration of the Louisiana Purchase
"Education and the Science of Society in France"
1999 Comment for the session at the meeting of the Southern Historical Association
"Gendered Words and Gestures: Sex and Violence in Old Regime France"
1995 Paper presented at the meeting of the Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies
"Tuberculosis and Female Crime in Modern France"
1989 Chair for the session at the meeting of the Western Society for French History
Affiliations
Catholic Historical Association
New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century
Advisory Editor - 2009
Organization
Society for French Historical Studies
Western Society for French History, Program Committee (1988), Council Member (1988-90)
French Colonial Historical Society
Louisiana Historical Association, Publication Committee (1986-87), Kemper and Leila Williams Prize in Louisiana History (Awards Committee Member, 1997-99)
Southern Historical Association
Appointments
Duration
Rank
Department / School
College / Office
University / Company
1992-current
Associate Professor
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1987-1992
Assistant Professor
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1986-1987
Assistant Director
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
1982-1986
Associate Curator
Louisiana Historical Center
Louisiana State Museum
1985
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of History
University of New Orleans
1983
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of History
University of New Orleans
1981-1982
Assistant Curator
Louisiana Historical Center
Louisiana State Museum
1977
Instructor
Department of History
Northern Illinois University
1974-1975
Lecturer
Universite de Nantes, France
Synergistic Activities
Related Professional Activities
Judge, Kemper and Leila Williams Prize in Louisiana History (Committee Member, 1997-99) Consultant: National Endowment for the Humanities (Research Division) to review the application "History of Violence in the West." (1992) Manuscript Reviewer, University of Texas Press (2008) Manuscript Reviewer: Penn State University Press. (1992, 1999) Manuscript Reviewer. French Historical Studies. (1992, 1998) Project Director: "Napolean and America: An Exhibition Catalogue" Developed and administered a project to prepare a publishable manuscript for an exhibit catalogue on Napolean's rule and his sale of the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803. Recipient of a grant award from the Louisiana Endowement for the Humanities. (Fall 1985) Project Director: "The Sun King Lectures Series" Developed and administered a series of eight lectures to complement the themes of the Louisiana State Museum's Sun King Exhibition. Recipient of a grant award from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. (Summer 1984)
Department Service
Chair, Tenure & Promotion Committee (2009-2010)
Chair, Search Committee in Russian History (2008-2009)
Ph.D. Advisor, Transatlantic History Doctoral Program (2002-2004)
Chair, Webb Lectures Committee (1995-2002)
Chair, Medieval Search (2003-04)
Member, Medieval Search Committee (2006-07)
Chair, German Search Committee (2000-01)
Member, Caribbean/Latin America Search committee (2005-06)
College of Liberal Arts' Scholarship/Fellowships Committee (2002-2004) Recruitment Committee-Dept. of Art History, Renaissance Art, 1993-94 Self-Study Library Committee for Reaffirmation of Accrditations by the Southern Mentor,
Our main focus will be the development of France from 1559 to 1799, during which time the French state evolved from being a model for royal "absolutism" to being an inspiration for representative democracy!Although primary emphasis will be placed on the creation of the modern French nation-state and its fiscal and judicial institutions, we will also examine France’s intellectual, social, and economic transformation.
Readings, lectures, and discussions will focus on the above issues as we consider the near-anarchy of the Wars of Religion; the foundations of the Bourbon dynasty; the consolidation of royal power under Richelieu and Louis XIII; the “Golden Age” of Louis XIV; the growth and limits of royal fiscal and judicial institutions; and popular reactions to the growing demands of the state.We will then consider the importance of the Enlightenment (as well as other factors) for the growing discontent with the Old Regime during the eighteenth century.In the next section, we will examine the course of the Revolution itself and focus not only on how the provinces reacted to events in Paris as well as how the Revolution evolved from moderation to terror and back to reaction.Finally, we will assess the Revolution’s meaning for France (and the wider European world) and discuss briefly the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the theoretical and philosophical issues that underlie the discipline of History, some of the approaches currently being used in the field, the methods and problems involved in conducting historical research, and the mechanics of writing a research paper.
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Understanding the linkage between violence, gender, and honor is crucial to explaining human (especially male) behavior in Western societies, where interpersonal violence has slowly been declining for four centuries. The definition of "honor" and its connection to displays of physical bravado has also varied, depending on the locale and epoch in question. This colloquium focuses on continental Europe and explores the impact that the growth of capitalism, the rise of the state, and the "civilization" of manners" have had on the nature of violence and its role in the construction of masculinity.
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The course examines the evolution of French economic, social, and political life during the years of accelerated change from the "glory days" of the Napoleonic Empire , through the transformations of the nineteenth century, trough victory and defeat in world wqrs, and into the postwas period. Special emphasis will be placed on how ordinary people (especially peasants) experienced governmental attempts to forge a national identity by acculturating them into a "nation" and their growing integration into a market economy.
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Required of all History graduate students, this course is designed to familiarize students with the epistemological problems inherent in the discipline, the basic methodologies of research, the variety of source materials available, and the range of option open to historians. We first consider the broad philosophical problems of the discipline, survey modern social theory underlying much of twentieth-century historical thought, and review more recent postmodern trends in the discipline. We will examine in greater detail some of the innovative work being done in gender history, anthropological approaches to history, the new cultural history, and the New Historicism.
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Our initial focus will be on the traditional world view often called "pre-modern" or "pre-scientific." We will examine Christianity, both in theory and practice, investigating the magico-religious beliefs and activities of medieval Europeans. We will then consider how the Reformation affected that traditional world-view and sparked an age of religious wars that included the Great Witch-Hunt, which condemned thousands (mostly women) to the stake. The decline of witch hunting will next be considered as we explore its linkage to the emergence of the New Philosophy proposed by thinkers such as Rene Descartes.
Our second focus will be the shift in economic activity and innovation from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. We will chronicle the rise of Portugal, trace Spain's conquest and colonization of the New World, chart the expansion of the Dutch commercial empire, and investigate the origins of modern capitalism (and its political consequences) in England.
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Louisiana State Chair, Awards Program of the American Association for State and Local History (1987) Social Science Research Council Fellowship (1978-79) Research Assistantship, Northern Illinois University (Spring 1978) Ford Foundation Fellowship (1973) Illinois State Scholarship Commission Awards (1967-70)
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