JACOB AARON CARLINER REMES |
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| EDUCATION | Ph.D., expected 2009 Department of History Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Dissertation: “Relief and Resistance: Urban Disasters and the Formation of the North American Progressive State” 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 (forthcoming, fall 2009) “Moveable Type: Toronto’s Transnational Printers, 1866-1872,” in Workers, the Nation-State and Beyond: Essays in Labor History Across the Americas, ed. Leon Fink (New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming fall 2010) “Vatican II and the Fight to Save Black Institutions in the Late 1960s,” (in preparation) |
| PAPERS PRESENTED |
“Survival and Survivance: Franco-Americans after the Salem, Mass., Fire of 1914,” To be presented at the Association of Canadian Studies in the United States biennual meeting, San Diego, Calif., 18 November 2009 “Relief and Resistance: Urban Disasters and the Formation of the North American Progressive State,&rdquo Invited presentation at Wednesdays at the Center, John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies, Duke University, 28 October 2009 “The Geography of Suffering and Support: The Halifax Explosion of 1917,” Presented at the Duke-Durham University Symposium: International Approaches to Historical Research, Duke University, 11 September 2009 “The Geography of Suffering and Support: The Halifax Explosion of 1917,” Presented at the Labor and Working-Class History Association annual meeting, Chicago, Ill., 28 May 2009 “Order and the State in a Flooded City” Presented at the 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 |
Josephine de Kármán Fellow, 2009-10 Kenan Institute for Ethics Colloquium Fellow, 2009-10 Alternate, Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies, 2009 Katherine G. Stern Fellowship, 2008-09 Anne Firor Scott Research Award, 2008 John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Dissertation Writing Group, 2007-08 University Scholar, 2004-present James B. Duke Fellow, 2004-08 Yale Canadian Studies Essay Prize, 2002 Andrew D. White History Award, 2000 |
| TRAVEL AND RESEARCH GRANTS | Center for Canadian Studies Travel Grant, 2007, 2008, and 2009 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 |
Co-coordinator, Labor and Civil Rights Working Group, 2009-present Member, Election Committee, Southern Labor Studies Association, 2009-present Chair, Graduate Student Association, Department of History, Duke University, Spring 2008 (officers serve three consecutive terms as chair-elect, chair, and immediate past chair) Member, early modern British Isles/Empire search committee, Department of History, Duke University, 2007-08 Member, Executive Committee, Southern Labor Studies Association, 2007-2009 Member, Graduate-Faculty Committee, Department of History, Duke University, 2007-08 Member, Library Council, Duke University, 2006-08 Listmaster, Graduate Student Association, Department of History, Duke University, 2004-08 Member, Alumni Schools Committee, Yale University, 2004-present Member, Undergraduate Advisory Committee, Department of History, Yale University, 2000-02 |
| LANGUAGES | Native 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) Association for Canadian Studies in the United States |