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Anna K Clark

Anna Clark

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Department of History 1051 HellerH

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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