Carla Phillips

612-626-1796

Department of History 1220 HellerH

Curriculum Vitae

Department Affiliations

The Treasure of the San José: Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, May 2007.
(translation into English) - Spain's Men of the Sea: The Daily Life of Crews on the Indies Fleets in the Sixteenth Century, by Pablo E. Pérez-Mallaína. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Spain's Golden Fleece: Wool Production and the Wool Trade from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century, with William D. Phillips, Jr. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
The Worlds of Christopher Columbus, with William D. Phillips. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Six Galleons for the King of Spain: Imperial Defense in the Early Seventeenth Century. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986.
"The Life Blood of the Navy: Recruiting Sailors in Eighteenth-Century Spain", The Mariner's Mirror, 87(4).

A Concise History of Spain, co-authored with William D. Phillips.: in press as of January 2009 for Cambridge University Press, as part of its series of Concise Histories
The Struggle for the South Atlantic in the Late Sixteenth Century: research begun at the Huntington Library, 2005-2006; scheduled for completion in 2008-09

Vice-President for the Professional Division, American Historical Association: responsible for oversight of professional and ethical concerns for the 15,000 member organization , 1996 - 1999
President, Forum on European Expansion and Global Interaction: Chief executive officer , 1996 - 1998
General Secretary, Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies: Chief elected executive officer of this 400 member organization , 1984 - 1988
Executive Council: North American Society for Oceanic History , 1995 - 2000

American Historical Association Leo Gershoy Award, 1987
American Historical Association Leo Gershoy Award, 1998
College of Liberal Arts Scholar of the College, University of Minnesota, 1987
Sabbatical Supplement Grant, Bush Foundation, 2000 - 2001
Spain in America" book prize, awarded by the Spanish government, 1993
Research Award, McKnight Foundation, 1997 - 2000
Post-doctoral Fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation, 1987 - 1988
Andrew W. Mellon Senior Fellow, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, July, 2003 - December 2003
"Spain in America" book prize, awarded by the Spanish government, 1987

Gary Cohen Awarded Austrian Medal of Honor

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