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Katrin Schultheiss Faculty Member
Positions
- Associate Professor of History, History , Columbian College of Arts and Sciences 2009 -
Research Areas
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Affiliation
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
- The Internal Image: Mind and Brain in the Age of Charcot. Modern Intellectual History. 2019
- “France in the Time of Fauré”; “France in the Time of César Franck”: “France in the Time of Maurice Duruflé and Francis Poulenc.”. City Choir of Washington concert program. 2019
- The Dreyfus Affair and History. The Journal of the Historical Society. 2012
- The Ends of the Earth and the ‘Heroic Age’ of Polar Exploration. Historically Speaking. 2009
- La Formation des infirmières psychiatric: histoire de l’école cantonale vaudoise d’infirmières et d’infirmiers en psychiatrie, 1961-1996. Social History of Medicine. 2006
- A Selection of Books for Harvard’s President. Chicago Tribune. 2005
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article
- Ghost Advising. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 2018
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book
- Bodies and Souls: Politics and the Professionalization of Nursing in France, 1880-1922. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. 2001
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chapter
- Arts and Crafts Movement. Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-Class History. 2006
- Nurses. Encyclopedia of Modern European History. 2006
- Integrating Science into Women’s Studies Courses. Gender, Science, and the Undergraduate Curriculum: Building Two-Way Streets. 2001
- Katharine Blunt. Women Building Chicago, 1790-1990: A Biographical Dictionary. 2001
- Women's Rights. Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia.
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conference paper
- Society for French Historical Studies/Rude Society 2020
- Jean-Martin Charcot and the Medicalization of Religious Experience in the Late Nineteenth Century 2019
- The Girl in the Lion Cage: Hypnotism between Entertainment and Medicine in Late Nineteenth Century France 2015
- Napoleon: The Long Road to Elba 2014
- “A Question of Devotion: French Religious Nurses in the First World War,” 2014
- Gilles de la Tourette and the Universality of Hysteria 2009
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review
- "A 19th-Century Parisian World of Style Over Substance that Reflects Modern Life.". Washington Post. 2018
- Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities and Abortion in Modern America. Clio: Femmes, Genres, Histoire. 2013
- Exclusions: Practicing Prejudice in French Law and Medicine, 1920-1945 2013
- The Harkis: The Wound That Never Heals 2013
- Poverty, Charity, and Motherhood: Maternal Societies in Nineteenth Century France. The Journal of Modern History. 2012
- Infection of the Innocents: Wet Nurses, Infants, and Syphilis in France, 1780-1900. Canadian Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 2012
- Le Corbusier: A Life. Chicago Tribune. 2009
- Yellow House’ Brings to Life the Daily Drama of the Studio of the South. Chicago Tribune. 2006
- Consuming Visions: Mass Culture and the Lourdes Shrine 2005
- Matisse's Cheerful Works Belie Dark Turmoil in his Life. Chicago Tribune. 2005
- Personal Portrait. Chicago Tribune. 2004
- Life in Earthquake Country. Chicago Tribune. 2004
presentations
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presentation
- Workshop on Supporting Graduate Studies during COVID times, American Historical Association 2020
- Historians and Sexual Harassment: The Challenge for the AHA, American Historical Association Annual Meeting 2018
- Strategies and Ideas from the Front Lines, American Historical Association 2018
- City of Light: Building Modern Paris, Oasis 2015
- Guest Lecture for Textile Museum, Gender and the Textile Industry in Nineteenth Century Europe 2014
- Jean-Martin Charcot and the Art of Medical Diagnosis, Lilliputian Surgical Society, Chicago, IL 2008
- Religion, Citizenship, and the Transformation of the Nursing Profession in France, Canadian Association for the History of Nursing, Toronto, Canada 2008
- Polar Tales: The Arctic Voyages of Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Dept. of History, UIC 2007
- Faculty seminar on women’s history, Glenbard North High School 2007
- Science, Religion, and Hysteria in the Nineteenth Century, or What’s Wrong with the Women, Department of English, Uppsala University, Sweden 2006
- The Gender of Care: Nursing and Femininity in France, Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago 2005
- Gender and Professionalization in the History of Nursing, UIC College of Medicine 2004
- Gender, Religion, and the Professionalization of Medicine in Nineteenth Century France, Xavier University Women’s History Month Speaker 2004
- Politics and Professionalizaton: the Nursing Profession in the U.S. and France, Museum of Surgical Science 2004
- Florence Nightingale Crosses the Channel, UIC College of Nursing 2003
- Art and Science: Charcot and the Aesthetics of Medical Diagnosis, Institute for the Humanities, University of Illinois at Chicago 2002
- History of Women’s Health Issues, UIC School of Public Health 2001
- History of Feminism in U.S, History of Feminism in U.S 1999
- Women and Scientific Literacy: Building Two-Way Streets, American Association of Universities and Colleges and National Science Foundation. 1998
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Research
principal investigator on
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Teaching
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Service
reviewer of
- Austrian Science Fund (Journal)
- Bedford Books/St. Martin’s Press (Journal)
- Bloomsbury Press (Journal)
- Canadian Bulletin of Medical History (Journal)
- Eugene Weber Book Prize selection committee (Journal)
- European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics (Journal)
- Feminist Studies (Journal)
- French Historical Studies (Journal)
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program, National Screening Committee (Journal)
- Fulbright/IEE (Journal)
- Journal of Women’s History (Journal)
- National Fulbright/IEE (Journal)
- Sage Press (Journal)
- Social Science Research Council (Journal)
- Social Science Research Council/Mellon Foundation (Journal)
- University of Illinois Press (Journal)
professional service activities
- American Historical Association Member 2020 -
- American Historical Association Member 2001 -
- History News Network Other 2017 - 2199
- National Women's History Museum Other 2016 - 2199
- Society for French Historical Studies Other 2016 - 2019
- American Historical Association Other 2017 - 2018
- Society for French Historical Studies Senior Member 2016 - 2017
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Background
education and training
- Ph.D degree in Department of History, Harvard University 1994
- A.M degree in Department of History, Harvard University 1989
- B.A degree in Department of History, Yale University 1984
awards and honors
- Great Cities Faculty Fellowship, conferred by None, 2009
- Shirley Bill Teaching Prize, conferred by UIC History Department, 2005
- UIC Teaching Recognition Program Award, conferred by None, 2003
- Humanities Institute Fellowship, conferred by UIC, 2002
- OVCR-AAH Research Grant, conferred by None, 2001
- Fulbright Fellowship, conferred by None, 1992
- Krupp Foundation Fellowship, conferred by None, 1992
- Sheldon Fellowship, conferred by None, 1991
- Harvard Danforth Center Award for Excellence in Teaching, conferred by None, 1989
- Harvard Prize Fellowship, conferred by None, 1989
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Contact
full name
- Katrin Schultheiss
mailing address
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801 22nd Street, NW
Suite 335
Washington, DC 20052
USA
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