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Michael Kwass

Old Regime and Revolutionary France, the Enlightenment, and the history of modern consumption

Associate Professor
Ph.D. Michigan 1994

Office: 106 LeConte
Office Hours: By appt.
Phone: (706) 542-2477

kwass@uga.edu

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Since publishing Privilege and the Politics of Taxation in Eighteenth-Century France: Liberte', Egalite', Fiscalite' (Cambridge University Press, 2000), for which he received the David Pinkney prize, Kwass has been working on consumer culture in the age of Enlightenment. His articles on consumption have appeared in The American Historical Review, Representations, Eighteenth-Century Studies and elsewhere. He is currently writing a book on smuggling and the politics of consumption in eighteenth-century Europe.

 

Research and Teaching Interests

[Europe-Modern]
[Europe-Early Modern]
[Capitalism]
[Cultural & Intellectual]

Selected Publications

"Big Hair: A Wig History of Consumption in Eighteenth-Century France," American Historical Review (June 2006)

Privilege and the Politics of Taxation in Eighteenth-Century France: Liberté, Egalité, Fiscalité (Cambridge University Press, 2000) [More Info]

Honors and Awards

Sabbatical Fellowship, American Philosophical Society (2007-2008)

Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies (2006-2007)

Grant, University of Georgia Research Foundation (2006)

Award for Contribution to Undergraduate Careers, University of Georgia Career Center (2006)

James L. Clifford Prize, Honorable Mention for Best Article of the Year, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (2005)

Courses Taught

HIST3381: Old Regime and Revolutionary France

HIST4355: The Enlightenment

HIST4372: Intellectual History in Early Modern Europe

HIST7322: Colloquium in Early Modern Europe

Dissertations Supervised

Mann, Douglas Fenton, "Becoming Creole" (2005)

MA Theses Supervised

Waldrop, Darlene Michelle, "A Curried Gaze: The British Ownership of Curry" (2007)

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