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Karen HalttunenProfessor of HistoryContact Information E-mail: halttune@email.usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-1682 Office: SOS 164 |
Education |
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 Ph.D. , Yale University, 1/1979
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B.A. History and Religious Studies, Brown University, 1973
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Professor of History, University of Southern California, 2004-
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Professor of History, University of California, Davis, 1991-2004
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Professor of History and American Culture, Northwestern University, 1990-1991
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Associate Professor of History, Northwestern University, 1983-1990
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Assistant Professor of History, Northwestern University, 1979-1983
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Karen Halttunen is a professor of U.S. cultural and intellectual history. She is the author of "Confidence Men and Painted Women: A Study of Middle-Class Culture in America, 1830-1870" (1982) and "Murder Most Foul: The Killer and the American Gothic Imagination (1998)." Her current work is on landscape and antiquity in 19th century New England. | |
Research Keywords |
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| U.S. Cultural History, U.S. Intellectual History, 19th Century U.S. History, Early American History | |
Research Specialties |
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| 19th Century Cultural and Intellectual History of the US, Early American History. | |
Conferences and Other Presentations |
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Conference Presentations |
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"Wild Apples: Nature and History in Thoreau's New England", Lecture/Seminar, University of Michigan, American Studies and the History Department, Invited,
Fall
2009
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"Chocorua's Curse: Indians, Native Place, and the Making of the New England Landscape", Lecture/Seminar, Pomona College, Hart Institute, Invited,
Spring
2009
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"Edgar Allan Poe and the Invention of Detective Fiction", Talk/Oral Presentation, Philadelphia, PA, Edgar Allen Poe National Historic Site, Invited,
Spring
2009
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"Shaking Hands with the Cave Man: A Comment", Capturing the Moment: Visual Evidence and Eye Witnessing, Talk/Oral Presentation, Paper, UCLA, USC Visual Studies and UCLA History Department, Invited,
Spring
2009
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"A Practiced Eye in the Survey of Places: Natural Histories of the New England Town", Lecture/Seminar, UC Santa Cruz, Institute for Humanities Research, Invited,
Spring
2008
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"Extramural Support for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences", Talk/Oral Presentation, UC Santa Cruz, Institute for Humanities Research, Invited,
Spring
2008
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Publications |
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Book |
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Boyer, P. S., Clark, C., Halttunen, K., Kett, J. F., Salisbury, N., Sitkoff, H., Woloch, N.
(2010).
The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People. Wadsworth Cengage.
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Halttunen, Karen (Ed.).
(2008).
A Companion to American Cultural History. Blackwell Publishers.
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Halttunen, K. New England Groundwork: Nature, History, and Local Place 1790-1876.
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 Halttunen, K.
(1998).
Murder Most Foul: The Killer and the Gothic Imagination. Harvard University Press.
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 Halttunen, K., Perry, L.
(1998).
Moral Problems in American Life: New Essays on Cultural History. (Halttunen, Karen, Ed.). Cornell University Press.
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 Halttunen, K.
(1983).
Confidence Men and Painted Women: A Study of Middle-Class Culture in America, 1830-1870. Yale University Press.
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Book Chapter |
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Halttunen, K.
(2009).
Groundwork: American Studies in Place in American Studies Association Presidential Addresses. Peter Lang Publishers.
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Halttunen, K.
(2009).
The Art of Listening. Chicago, IL: The Cultural Turn in US History: Past, Present, Future.
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Halttunen, K.
(2008).
American Tintypes and the Decline of Victorian Middle-Class Gentility. pp. 27-33. New York, NY: American Tintypes.
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Conference Proceeding |
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Halttunen, K.
(2005).
Where did the "Vanishing Indian" Go? Race, Geology, and the Making of Indian Rock. Los Angeles.
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Halttunen, K.
(2005).
Where did the "Vanishing Indian" Go? Race, Geology and the Making of Indian Rock. Corvallis, OR.
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Halttunen, K.
(2005).
Where did the "Vanishing Indian" Go? Race, Geology, and the Making of Indian Rock. Los Angeles, CA.
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Essay |
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Halttunen, K.
(2008).
K12 Outreach or K16 Collaboration?. George Mason University. US Department of Education Clearinghouse for American History Education. Link to Online Article
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Journal Article |
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Halttunen, K.
(2011).
Grounded Histories: Land and Landscape in Early America. William and Mary Quarterly.
Vol. 68 (4), pp. 513-532.
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Halttunen, K.
(2010).
Shaking Hands with the Cave Man. Journal of Visual Culture.
Vol. 9 (3), pp. 304-306.
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Halttunen, K.
(2008).
The American Historical Association and K-16 Collaboration. Perspectives: the News Magazine of the American Historical Association.
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Halttunen, K.
(2007).
Transnationalism and American Studies in Place. Japanese Journal of American Studies.
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Halttunen, K.
(2006).
Groundwork: American Studies in Place. American Quarterly.
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Halttunen, K.
(2006).
Groundwork: American Studies in Place—Presidential Address to the American Studies Association, November 4, 2005. American Quarterly (March 2006).
Vol. 1-15
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Halttunen, K.
(2004).
That Great Natural Curiosity: The Old Man of the Mountain as Lusus Naturae. Common Place.
Vol. 4 PubMed Web Address
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Halttunen, K.
(2004).
The Rust of Time, the Patina of Place: Recent Studies in New England Regionalism. New England Quarterly. pp. 122-35.
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Halttunen, K.
(2002).
Self, Subject, and the ‘Barefoot Historian. Journal of American History .. pp. 20-24.
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Halttunen, K.
(2002).
Mountain-Christenings: Landscape and Memory in Edward Hitchcock’s New England. New England Celebrates: Spectacle, Commemoration, and Festivity.. pp. 166-77.
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Halttunen, K.
(1999).
Cultural History and the Challenge of Narrativity. Beyond the Cultural Turn: New Directions in the Study of Society and Culture/University of California Press.. pp. 165-181.
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Halttunen, K.
(1998).
Gothic Mystery and the Birth of the Asylum. Moral Problems in American Life: New Essays on Cultural History./ Cornell University Press.. pp. 40-57.
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Halttunen, K.
(1996).
Divine Providence and Dr. Parkman's Jawbone: The Cultural Construction of Murder as Mystery. Ideas from the National Humanities Center.
Vol. 4, pp. 4-21.
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Halttunen, K.
(1995).
Humanitarianism and the Pornography of Pain in Anglo-American Culture. American Historical Review.
Vol. 100, pp. 303-334.
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Halttunen, K.
(1993).
Early American Murder Narratives: The Birth of Horror. The Power of Culture: Critical Essays in American History /University of Chicago Press. pp. 67-101.
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Halttunen, K.
(1992).
Domestic Differences: Competing Narratives of Womanhood in the Murder Trial of Lucretia Chapman. The Culture of Sentiment: Race, Gender, and Sentimentality in 19th-Century America / Oxford University Press.. pp. 39-57.
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Halttunen, K.
(1989).
From Parlor to Living Room: Domestic Space and the Culture of Personality. Consuming Visions: Accumulation and Display of Goods in America(W.W.Norton). pp. 157-189.
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Halttunen, K.
(1988).
'Through the Cracked and Fragmented Self': William James and The Turn of the Screw. American Quarterly. pp. 472-490.
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Halttunen, K.
(1986).
Gothic Imagination and Social Reform: The Haunted Houses of Lyman Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. New Essays on Uncle Tom’s Cabin/Cambridge University Press.. pp. 107-134.
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Halttunen, K.
(1984).
The Domestic Drama of Louisa May Alcott. Feminist Studies.
Vol. 10, pp. 233-254.
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Halttunen, K.
(1984).
The Devil's Progress: From Angra Mainyu to Darth Vader. Arts and Sciences. pp. 2-7.
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Halttunen, K.
(1978).
Cotton Mather and the Meaning of Suffering in the Magnalia Christi Americana. Journal of American Studies. pp. 311-329.
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Regular Column in Journal or Newspaper |
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Halttunen, K.
(2009).
Historical Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage: An AHA Miniconference at the 124th Annual Meeting. Perspectives On History.
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Halttunen, K.
(2007).
The Next Generation of History Teachers. Perspectives: the Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association.
Vol. 45, pp. 17-18.
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Honors and Awards |
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Fellow (or Equivalent) of National Society in Discipline, Elected Fellow, Society of American Historians, Columbia University, 2003-
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Fellow (or Equivalent) of National Society in Discipline, Elected Member, American Antiquarian Society, 1995-
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William Hewit Distinguished Professor in History, University of Northern Colorado, 2010-2011
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Huntington Library Research Fellowship Recipient, Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellow, 2006-2007
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Roland Marchand Memorial Award for Excellence in Service to K12 Teachers, 2003
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Outstanding Mentor Award, Consortium for Women and Research, UC Davis, 2001
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American Antiquarian Society Fellowship Recipient, Andrew Mellon Distinguished Scholar in Residence, 1999-2000
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Honorable Mention, John Hope Franklin Prize, American Studies Association, 1999
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USC Endowed Professorship, A. Lindsay O'Connor Professor of American Institutions, Colgate University,
Fall
1996
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American Antiquarian Society Fellowship Recipient, Peterson Research Fellowship, 6/1995-8/1995
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President's Research Fellowship in the Humanities, University of California, 1994-1995
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Residency at the National Humanities Center, Senior Fellowship, 1994-1995
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Huntington Library Research Fellowship Recipient, Mellon Research Fellowship, 6/1994-8/1994
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Distinguished Senior Fellowship, Humanities Institute, UC Davis, 1988-1989
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Lefler Lecturer, Carleton College, 4/1988
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Outstanding Teaching Award, Northwestern University, 1986
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National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Recipient, 1983-1984
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Service to the University |
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Administrative Appointments |
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Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History, 2007-2009
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Committees |
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Member, Shoah Foundation Institute, Faculty Advisory Board, 2008-2010
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Service to the Profession |
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Committees |
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Member, National History Center Board, 2008-
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Member, Policy and Practice Roundtable, US Department of Education Clearinghouse for American History Education, George Mason University, 2007-
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Member, Advisory Committee, Andrew Mellon Distinguished Scholar in Residence Program, American Antiquarian Society, 2006-
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Member, K16 Collaboration Committee, American Studies Association, 2006-
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Chair, Working Group for Historical Perspectives on Same Sex Marriage, 01/01/2009-01/10/2010
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Chair, Working Group for Historical Perspectives on Same Sex Marriage, 01/01/2009-01/10/2010
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Member, Board of Trustees Trust and Development Fund Committee, American Studies Association, 2005-2007
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Member, Advisory Board, California History-Social Science Project, 2006-2007
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Conferences Organized |
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Convener, Omohundro-Huntington Library Workshop on Land and Landscape in Early America, Huntington Library,
Spring
2010
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Co-Convener, Ruins and Antiquities in 19th Century America, Huntington Library,
Spring
2010
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Program Committee Member, American Historical Association Annual Meeting, 2004-2005
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Editorships and Editorial Boards |
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Advisory Board, Cultural History: Journal of the International Society for Cultural History, 07/2008-
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Managing Board Member, American Quarterly, 2007-2008
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Editorial Board, American Cultural History Series, University of Wisconsin Press, 2002-2005
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Editorial Board Member, Raritan, 2002-2005
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Advisory Editor, American Cultural Studies Series, University of North Carolina Press, 1992-2005
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Professional Offices |
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Council Member, American Historical Association, 2007-2010
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Executive Committee, American Historical Association, 01/2007-12/2009
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Vice-President of the Teaching Division, American Historical Association, 2007-2009
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President, American Studies Association, 2005-2006
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President Elect, American Studies Association, 2004-2005
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Other Service to the Profession |
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Chair, "Slavery in the Old South: a K16 Workshop, American Studies Association Conference, 10/2006
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