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Anna Clark

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Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • Irish history
  • history of sexuality
  • gender analysis
  • British and European history
  • The British Empire
  • history of women

Publications

  • Desire: The History of European Sexuality. Clark, Anna Kirsten, Routledge, Author, 2008.
  • Scandal: The Sexual Politics of the British Constitution. Clark, Anna Kirsten, Princeton University Press, 2004.
  • The Struggle for the Breeches: Gender and the Making of the British Working Class. Clark, Anna Kirsten, Berkeley: University of California Press, Author, 1995.
  • Anne Lister's Construction of Lesbian Identity.: Clark, Anna Kirsten, Journal of the History of Sexuality, 7(1) 23-50, 1996.
  • iWild Workhouse Girls in 19th Century Ireland: Clark, Anna Kirsten, Journal of Social History, 39 389-409., 2005.

Research Activities

  • Engendering the British State: A research project on the poor law, imperialism, the franchise, and criminal law in nineteenth-century British imperial history, Ongoing
  • Secret Selves: The Individual, 1780-1880: 2008 - 2011

Professional Activities

  • Editor, Journal of British Studies: Editor of foremost American British Studies Journal, published 4 times a year, with 7 articles and dozens of book reviews per issue , Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2010
  • Resident Faculty Director: UNCC Study Abroad Program, Kingston University , 1997 - 1998
  • Interim Director: Center for Advanced Feminist Studies, University of Minnesota , Spring 2002
  • Editorial Board: Journal of the History of Sexuality , 1996
  • Chair: CLA Faculty Assembly , 2001 - 2002
  • Chair: CLA Executive Committee , 2001 - 2002

Awards

  • Samuel Russell Chair in the Humanities, 2005 - 2011
  • Scholar of the College, 2006
  • McKnight Faculty Summer Research Grant, University of Minnesota, 2000
  • Research Fellow in the European Enlightenment, Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, Summer 1998
  • Huntington Library Fellowship, 2002 - 2003

Courses Taught

  • Hist 1032V - Honor: Western Civilization
  • Hist 1032W - Western Civilization from 1500 to Present
  • Hist 3691W - The British Empire
  • History of Sexuality in Europe
  • Hist 3211
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Featured Faculty

  • Gary Cohen Awarded Austrian Medal of Honor

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    Gary Cohen has been awarded the Austrian Medal of Honor (Verdienstkreuz) for Science and Arts, First Class. The ceremony was held at the Austrian Embassy in Washington. He was presented the award by Dr. Christian Prosl, the Austrian Ambassador to the United States.

    Congratulations to Gary! This is a much-deserved recognition of Gary's scholarship on the Habsburg Empire and his leadership of the Center for Austrian Studies.

    November 17th, 2009
  • Regina Kunzel, Lambda Literary Award Recipient

    Regina Kunzel has been awarded the Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Studies for her book Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality. Congratulations Regina.

    June 5th, 2009
  • Donna Gabaccia, Fesler-Lampert Chair

    Tthe Graduate School has appointed Donna Gabaccia to the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Public Humanities for 2009-2010.

    June 5th, 2009

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