Edward J.K. Gitre

Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture

Welcome to my online professional portfolio. I am a modern transatlantic intellectual, cultural, and religious historian, concentrating on the United States in the twentieth century. At the moment I am a postdoctoral fellow on the beautiful campus of the University of Virginia. But I am seeking out tenure-track appointments for the coming academic year. As you will see from browsing the following pages, my interests are varied, covering everything from the history of neo-Freudianism in America to Foucauldian governmentality, to the history of World War II veteran readjustment. Here on the site you can familiarize yourself with my research, writing, and teaching experience.

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Updated 07/13/10

Academic Appointments

Since finishing my Ph.D. at Rutgers University, I have been a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. Prior to coming to Virginia, I have held several other posts and have additional work experience of relevance. Full Page

Updated 01/25/10

Research Interests and Writing Projects

Broadly, I am a modern intellectual, cultural, and religious historian. While most of my work has been in U.S. history, I am trained and have publications in modern British and European cultural history as well. Full Page

Updated 03/10/10

Education

Though my training has firmly established me in the field and literature of U.S. history, I have benefited immeasurably by participating in other degree programs that not only have taken me outside my current discipline, but also across international borders. Full Page

Updated 10/12/09

Selected Publications

Articles, chapters, and reviews that I have written have appeared in popular as well as in academic publications, including History of the Human Sciences and Church History. Here are a few examples. Full Page

Updated 09/26/09

Teaching Portfolio

I am looking forward to reengaging students after this postdoctoral fellowship. In the first summer after entering Rutgers, I taught an upper-division course, solo, entitled “The Forging of Modern America, 1880-1920.” I found it eminently challenging and rewarding. Full Page

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Public Presentations

My work has been presented at universities in the U.S., U.K., and most recently Spain. Full Page

Updated 07/13/10

Awards, Grant, and Fellowships

The quality of my research and writing has been recognized and generously funded by the universities I have attended as well as by external institutions with national reputations through competitive selection. Full Page

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Archival Experience

My most memorable archival experience has to be holding a da Vinci print in the British Museum, although being escorted through the high-security inner chambers of London's National Gallery was pretty special too. Research projects have taken me to archives across North America and into countries abroad and include world-class national institutions like the British Library, as well as the truly unique, like the Marx Memorial Library in London and the American Society for Psychical Research in New York City. Full Page

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Kulturkritik at the IASC

In addition to conducting my own research and participating in bi-weekly seminars at the IASC, I am also co-convening a salon with Josh Yates, an Institute director. A small group of fellows will meet six times over dinner, roughly a month apart, three times each semester, to discuss various individuals, developments, and themes in modern cultural criticism. Our goal is not simply to survey and map an intellectual genealogy of academic thinking, but rather to seek out, discover, and construct positive models of engagement to further our own work and, by extension, the mission of the Institute. Full Page