NOTE: the below is out of date (under construction). Here is a pdf of my CV current as of August 2016.
Education
Ph.D. in History, Duke University, defended October 3rd, 2012.
Dissertation: “Georges Sorel, Autonomy and Violence in the Third Republic”
Committee: Malachi Hacohen (chair), Roberto Dainotto, Laurent Dubois, Michael Hardt, Christophe Prochasson (EHESS, Paris), William Reddy, Steven Vincent (NCSU)
Graduate Certificate in European Studies, Duke University
M.A. in History, Duke University, 2008.
B.A. with honors in History, minor in Latin language, Oberlin College, 2004.
Additional Education/Appointments
Visiting Assistant Professor, History Department, Kansas State University.
Visiting Assistant Professor, History Department, Duke University, Spring 2013.
Duke/IFK Junior Fellow. Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften, Vienna, Austria. Spring 2012.
Sponsored Participant, School of Criticism and Theory, Cornell University, Summer, 2010.
Publications
Forthcoming: “Liberalism and Rationalism at the Revue de métaphysique et de morale, 1902-1903.” French Historical Studies.
“L’institution et l’esthétique: Sorel, Vico, & Croce.” Mil-neuf-cent: Revue d’histoire intellectuelle. no 32, 2014. 125-147.
Pending revisions: “The Picture of the General Strike: Aesthetics, Myth, and Revolution in Georges Sorel.” Modern Intellectual History.
In Progress: ““Une apprentissage perpétuel”: Georges Sorel on Science and Education against the Third Republic”
Review: “Malcolm Miles, Herbert Marcuse: An Aesthetics of Liberation” Capital & Class, 37/2. 2013.
Interview: “Gewalt des Mythos, Mythos der Gewalt” with science.orf May 31st, 2012.
Peer Reviewed Article: “Georges Sorel, Émile Durkheim, and the Social Foundations of la morale” Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, vol 38. 2010.
Review: “Jeremy Jennings, Revolution and the Republic.” Journal of History and Cultures, #1. 2012.
Review: “The Baffler #19” US Intellectual History Blog.
Translation: Jean-Clement Martin, “The French Revolution and its Historiographies” in Middell and Aulinas eds. Transnational Challenges to National History Writing (Palgrave, 2012).
Translation: Lluís Roura Aulinas, “Colonisation, Decolonisation, and Imperial Historiography of the Iberian Peninsula” in Middell and Aulinas eds. Transnational Challenges...
Translation: Mallet, Edme-François. “Diction.” The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project.
Conference Presentations
Paper: “Translating Violence: Georges Sorel in German and Transatlantic Social Science” German Studies Association, October, 2013.
Paper: “‘Le crise du libéralisme’ at the Revue de métaphysique et de morale” Western Society for French History, October 2013.
Paper: “Children in the Workshop of Revolution” International Society for Intellectual History, June, 2013.
Paper: “The American Mirror: Georges Sorel, William James, and the Sociology of Knowledge” Western Society for French History, October 2012.
Paper: “Georges Sorel and the Jews: French Antisemitism and the Liberal Historians.” Perilman Symposium, Duke University, September 2012.
Invited Public Lecture: “Georges Sorel: Violence, Autonomy, Statism” at IFK, Vienna, Austria. May, 2012.
Paper: “Violence and Naïveté: Georges Sorel and the Narration of the American 1960s,” Society for US Intellectual History. November 2011.
Paper: “Education and the Social Sciences in Georges Sorel’s Thought,” Western Society for French History. November 2011
Invited Talk: “The Ethics and Aesthetics of Revolution: Georges Sorel’s Reflections on Violence,” Duke History Department Colloquium. October 2011
Invited Talk: “Republican Anticlericalism, Catholic Modernism, and Sorel’s Intransigent Turn.” European History Colloquium, Duke History Department. May 2011
Paper: “Cet appareil hégélien: Georges Sorel’s Hegel, 1896-1906,” American Comparative Literature Association. April 2011
Paper: “Georges Sorel’s Mythical Liberal Moment” Society for French Historical Studies. February 2011
Invited Seminar: “The High Priest and the Metaphysician: Georges Sorel and Émile Durkheim,” Triangle Intellectual History Seminar & Triangle French Studies Seminar joint session. November 2010
Paper: “Social Science, Rationality, Practice: Georges Sorel, Émile Durkheim, and the Social Foundations of Knowledge,” Western Society for French History, Awarded Gargan Prize. October 2010
Paper: “The Composition and Decomposition of Totalitarianism: Anglophone Historiographies of Georges Sorel,” UT-Austin, Cold War Cultures. October 2010
Roundtable presentation: Labor history across the world, Labor and Civil Rights Working Group, Duke University. November 2009
Paper: “Georges Sorel’s Early Marxism: From Epistemology to Social Science,” University of Chicago Center in Paris, graduate conference, ‘France Now and Then.’ April 2009
Paper: “Historicity of Critic and Text: Clive Bell’s Forgotten Proust.” Duke University, Romance Studies conference, ‘Insiders and Outsiders.’ September 2007
Paper: “‘Barthes s’inquiète du temps’: Roland Barthes and the Annales historical model, 1950-1960.” Cornell University, ‘Tracing the Temporal.’ April 2006
Fellowships and Awards
Center for European Studies Research Scholar, Duke University, 2012-2013.
Perilman Advanced Doctoral Research Grant, Center for Jewish Studies, Duke University, 2012-2013.
Kenan Institute for Ethics Graduate Fellowship, Duke University, 2012-2013.
Duke-IFK Junior Fellow, IFK, Vienna. Spring, 2012.
Richard Watson Fellowship, Fall 2011
Gargan Prize, 2011. Best paper presented by a graduate student (post-1800) at Western Society for French Historical Studies 2011
Franklin Humanities Institute Dissertation Working Group, Duke University, 2010-2011.
Sponsorship to attend School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University, 2010.
DUCIS Summer Research Award, Duke University, 2010.
Summer Research Grant, Duke University, 2008.
Comfort Starr Award for Honors Paper, Oberlin College, 2004.
Teaching Experience
"The Caribbean: Pirates, Plantations, and Empire" Kansas State University, Fall 2014
Western Civilization, the Modern Era. Kansas State University
“The Enlightenment” survey, Duke University Spring 2013.
“Revolutions and Revolutionaries: Jacobins, Nazis, and Nudists” Research seminar, Spring 2013.
“Violence and Non-Violence,” Research seminar. Fall 2012.
“Intellectuals and Violence,” Research seminar. Fall 2011.
“Modern Europe, 1789-Present,” North Carolina State University. Spring 2011
Teaching Assistant at Duke University
Academic Service
Graduate student representative to Graduate Admissions Committee History Department, Duke University.
Graduate-Faculty Committee, History Department, Duke University.
Teaching Certificate Sub-Committee, History Department, Duke University
Editorial Collective, Polygraph: An International Journal of Culture and Politics
Rapporteur, Intellectual History Seminar, National Humanities Center
Languages
English (native); French (active); German (active); Italian (passive); Latin (passive)
Memberships
American Historical Association, Western Society for French History, Society for French Historical Studies, American Comparative Literature Association, Society for US Intellectual History.
Ph.D. in History, Duke University, defended October 3rd, 2012.
Dissertation: “Georges Sorel, Autonomy and Violence in the Third Republic”
Committee: Malachi Hacohen (chair), Roberto Dainotto, Laurent Dubois, Michael Hardt, Christophe Prochasson (EHESS, Paris), William Reddy, Steven Vincent (NCSU)
Graduate Certificate in European Studies, Duke University
M.A. in History, Duke University, 2008.
B.A. with honors in History, minor in Latin language, Oberlin College, 2004.
Additional Education/Appointments
Visiting Assistant Professor, History Department, Kansas State University.
Visiting Assistant Professor, History Department, Duke University, Spring 2013.
Duke/IFK Junior Fellow. Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften, Vienna, Austria. Spring 2012.
Sponsored Participant, School of Criticism and Theory, Cornell University, Summer, 2010.
Publications
Forthcoming: “Liberalism and Rationalism at the Revue de métaphysique et de morale, 1902-1903.” French Historical Studies.
“L’institution et l’esthétique: Sorel, Vico, & Croce.” Mil-neuf-cent: Revue d’histoire intellectuelle. no 32, 2014. 125-147.
Pending revisions: “The Picture of the General Strike: Aesthetics, Myth, and Revolution in Georges Sorel.” Modern Intellectual History.
In Progress: ““Une apprentissage perpétuel”: Georges Sorel on Science and Education against the Third Republic”
Review: “Malcolm Miles, Herbert Marcuse: An Aesthetics of Liberation” Capital & Class, 37/2. 2013.
Interview: “Gewalt des Mythos, Mythos der Gewalt” with science.orf May 31st, 2012.
Peer Reviewed Article: “Georges Sorel, Émile Durkheim, and the Social Foundations of la morale” Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, vol 38. 2010.
Review: “Jeremy Jennings, Revolution and the Republic.” Journal of History and Cultures, #1. 2012.
Review: “The Baffler #19” US Intellectual History Blog.
Translation: Jean-Clement Martin, “The French Revolution and its Historiographies” in Middell and Aulinas eds. Transnational Challenges to National History Writing (Palgrave, 2012).
Translation: Lluís Roura Aulinas, “Colonisation, Decolonisation, and Imperial Historiography of the Iberian Peninsula” in Middell and Aulinas eds. Transnational Challenges...
Translation: Mallet, Edme-François. “Diction.” The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project.
Conference Presentations
Paper: “Translating Violence: Georges Sorel in German and Transatlantic Social Science” German Studies Association, October, 2013.
Paper: “‘Le crise du libéralisme’ at the Revue de métaphysique et de morale” Western Society for French History, October 2013.
Paper: “Children in the Workshop of Revolution” International Society for Intellectual History, June, 2013.
Paper: “The American Mirror: Georges Sorel, William James, and the Sociology of Knowledge” Western Society for French History, October 2012.
Paper: “Georges Sorel and the Jews: French Antisemitism and the Liberal Historians.” Perilman Symposium, Duke University, September 2012.
Invited Public Lecture: “Georges Sorel: Violence, Autonomy, Statism” at IFK, Vienna, Austria. May, 2012.
Paper: “Violence and Naïveté: Georges Sorel and the Narration of the American 1960s,” Society for US Intellectual History. November 2011.
Paper: “Education and the Social Sciences in Georges Sorel’s Thought,” Western Society for French History. November 2011
Invited Talk: “The Ethics and Aesthetics of Revolution: Georges Sorel’s Reflections on Violence,” Duke History Department Colloquium. October 2011
Invited Talk: “Republican Anticlericalism, Catholic Modernism, and Sorel’s Intransigent Turn.” European History Colloquium, Duke History Department. May 2011
Paper: “Cet appareil hégélien: Georges Sorel’s Hegel, 1896-1906,” American Comparative Literature Association. April 2011
Paper: “Georges Sorel’s Mythical Liberal Moment” Society for French Historical Studies. February 2011
Invited Seminar: “The High Priest and the Metaphysician: Georges Sorel and Émile Durkheim,” Triangle Intellectual History Seminar & Triangle French Studies Seminar joint session. November 2010
Paper: “Social Science, Rationality, Practice: Georges Sorel, Émile Durkheim, and the Social Foundations of Knowledge,” Western Society for French History, Awarded Gargan Prize. October 2010
Paper: “The Composition and Decomposition of Totalitarianism: Anglophone Historiographies of Georges Sorel,” UT-Austin, Cold War Cultures. October 2010
Roundtable presentation: Labor history across the world, Labor and Civil Rights Working Group, Duke University. November 2009
Paper: “Georges Sorel’s Early Marxism: From Epistemology to Social Science,” University of Chicago Center in Paris, graduate conference, ‘France Now and Then.’ April 2009
Paper: “Historicity of Critic and Text: Clive Bell’s Forgotten Proust.” Duke University, Romance Studies conference, ‘Insiders and Outsiders.’ September 2007
Paper: “‘Barthes s’inquiète du temps’: Roland Barthes and the Annales historical model, 1950-1960.” Cornell University, ‘Tracing the Temporal.’ April 2006
Fellowships and Awards
Center for European Studies Research Scholar, Duke University, 2012-2013.
Perilman Advanced Doctoral Research Grant, Center for Jewish Studies, Duke University, 2012-2013.
Kenan Institute for Ethics Graduate Fellowship, Duke University, 2012-2013.
Duke-IFK Junior Fellow, IFK, Vienna. Spring, 2012.
Richard Watson Fellowship, Fall 2011
Gargan Prize, 2011. Best paper presented by a graduate student (post-1800) at Western Society for French Historical Studies 2011
Franklin Humanities Institute Dissertation Working Group, Duke University, 2010-2011.
Sponsorship to attend School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University, 2010.
DUCIS Summer Research Award, Duke University, 2010.
Summer Research Grant, Duke University, 2008.
Comfort Starr Award for Honors Paper, Oberlin College, 2004.
Teaching Experience
"The Caribbean: Pirates, Plantations, and Empire" Kansas State University, Fall 2014
Western Civilization, the Modern Era. Kansas State University
“The Enlightenment” survey, Duke University Spring 2013.
“Revolutions and Revolutionaries: Jacobins, Nazis, and Nudists” Research seminar, Spring 2013.
“Violence and Non-Violence,” Research seminar. Fall 2012.
“Intellectuals and Violence,” Research seminar. Fall 2011.
“Modern Europe, 1789-Present,” North Carolina State University. Spring 2011
Teaching Assistant at Duke University
- Susan Thorne, History 107, “Modern Britain.”
- Claudia Koonz, History 135, “Weimar and Nazi Germany.”
- William Reddy, History 145, “History of Emotions.”
Academic Service
Graduate student representative to Graduate Admissions Committee History Department, Duke University.
Graduate-Faculty Committee, History Department, Duke University.
Teaching Certificate Sub-Committee, History Department, Duke University
Editorial Collective, Polygraph: An International Journal of Culture and Politics
Rapporteur, Intellectual History Seminar, National Humanities Center
Languages
English (native); French (active); German (active); Italian (passive); Latin (passive)
Memberships
American Historical Association, Western Society for French History, Society for French Historical Studies, American Comparative Literature Association, Society for US Intellectual History.