JACOB AARON CARLINER REMES |
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| EDUCATION | Ph.D., expected 2009 Department of History Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Fields: Modern U.S. history, 1877 forward; Social U.S. history, colonial period forward; Canadian history, 1870s through 1950s. Committee: Gunther Peck, chair; Sarah Deutsch; Robert Korstad; John Herd Thompson M.A., 2006 B.A. cum laude, with distinction in the major, 2002 |
| PUBLICATIONS | “In Search of ‘Saner Minds’: Bishop James Morrison and the Origins of the Antigonish Movement,” Acadiensis (accepted pending revisions) “Vatican II and the Fight to Save Black Institutions in the Late 1960s,” Journal of Social History (submitted for review) “Moveable Type: Toronto’s Transnational Printers, 1866-1872,” in preparation |
| PAPERS PRESENTED | “Order and the State in a Flooded City” American Historical Association annual convention, Washington, D.C., 5 January 2008 (covered by HNN and excerpted on YouTube) “Moveable Type: Toronto's Transnational Printers, 1866-1872” Presented at the Labor and Working-Class History Association annual meeting, Durham, N.C., 18 May 2007 “‘Organization and Integration Can Be Accomplished Here’: Durham, North Carolina’s Middle-Class Black Catholics, Vatican II, and the Fight to Save Black Institutions in the 1960s” Presented at African Americans and the Catholic Church—A Conference, Seattle University, 28 April 2006 “Combining Two Frames: The Case of Holy Cross Catholic Church” Presented at Method & Meaning: A Workshop in Historical Approach and Interpretation, Duke University, 31 March 2006 “Remembering the End of the World as We Knew It: Documenting Cultural Memory of Historical Trauma” Presented at The End of the World (As We Know It): An Interdisciplinary Symposium, Duke University, 5 March 2005 |
| PANELS ORGANIZED | “Hurricane Katrina and the History of Disaster” American Historical Association annual convention, Washington, D.C., 5 January 2008 |
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE | Teaching Assistant, History 126D - American Dreams/American Realities, Fall 2006 |
| HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS | University Scholar, 2004-present James B. Duke Fellow, 2004-present Yale Canadian Studies Essay Prize, 2002 Andrew D. White History Award, 2000 |
| TRAVEL AND RESEARCH GRANTS | Center for Canadian Studies Travel Grant, 2007 Graduate School International Research Travel Award, 2006 Office of the Vice-Provost for International Affairs Canadian Studies Travel Grants, 2005 and 2006 Department of History First-Year Summer Grant, 2005 Richard Bates Summer Travel Fellowship, 2001 Mellon Undergraduate Research Grant, 2001 |
| RESEARCH AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE | Executive Secretary, Labor and Working-Class
History Association, July 2005-August 2006 and August 2007-present Research and personal assistant, Professor Gerda Lerner, Duke University, January-May 2005 Bibliographic Assistant and Web Writer, Open Collections Program, Harvard University Library, May 2003-March 2004 Research Assistant, Professor Jim Green, University of Massachusetts–Boston, December 2002-August 2003 Research Assistant, Professor Anders Winroth, Yale University May-August 2000 |
| ACADEMIC SERVICE |
Chair-elect, Graduate Student Association, Department of History, Duke University (term as Chair starts January 2008; previous
positions include service on various ad hoc committees and as listmaster) Member, early modern British Isles/Empire search committee, Department of History, Duke University, 2007-08 Member, Graduate-Faculty Committee, Department of History, Duke University, 2007-present Member, Library Council, Duke University, 2006-present Member, Alumni Schools Committee, Yale University, 2004-present Undergraduate Advisory Committee, Department of History, Yale University, 2000-2002 |
| LANGUAGES | Fluent English French (proficient reading; intermediate speaking) Spanish (proficient reading; intermediate speaking) |
| PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS | Labor and Working-Class History Association American Historical Association Southern Labor Studies Association (founding member) |