Tyler E. Stovall

Tyler E. Stovall
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Born
Tyler Edward Stovall

April 9, 1954
DiedDecember 11, 2021(2021-12-11) (aged 67)
Occupation(s)Professor
Historian

Tyler Edward Stovall (April 9, 1954 – December 11, 2021) was an American academic and historian.[1] He served as president of the American Historical Association in 2017.[2]

Biography

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For me, history is the record not only of how things change, but how people make things change, how they act individually and collectively to create a better world.[3]

Stovall earned a degree in history from Harvard University in 1976. He earned a master's degree in 1978 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he also earned a doctorate in 1984 with a thesis that eventually was published as a book called The rise of the Paris Red Belt.[4] He served as a high school teacher in 1978 before teaching at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, the University of California, Berkeley, and Ohio State University. He then served as a professor and Dean of Humanities for the University of California, Santa Cruz before returning to Berkeley.[5] His last position was Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Fordham University.[6]

Stovall's studies specialized in the history of French suburbs,[7] urban immigration, and post-colonial and transnational history.[8]

Tyler E. Stovall died in New York City on December 11, 2021, at the age of 67.[9]

Publications

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  • The rise of the Paris Red Belt (1990)
  • France since the Second World War (2002)
  • Paris and the Spirit of 1919: Consumer Struggles, Transnationalism, and Revolution (2012)
  • Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light (2012)
  • Transnational France: the Modern History of a Universal Nation (2015)
  • White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea (2021)

References

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  1. ^ Ha, Taylor (December 14, 2021). "Tyler Stovall, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Dies at 67". Fordham University. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ^ "AHA Council". American Historical Association.
  3. ^ "Tyler Stovall, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of History | University of California Santa Cruz". tylerstovall.sites.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  4. ^ Wright, David C. (1992). "How the Paris "Red Belt" Became Red". French Politics and Society. 10 (1): 74–81. JSTOR 42844282.
  5. ^ "In Memoriam". history.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  6. ^ "Tyler Stovall, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Dies at 67". Fordham Newsroom. 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  7. ^ Cross, Gary (1992). "The Rise of the Paris Red Belt. Tyler Stovall". The Journal of Modern History. 64 (3): 612–614. doi:10.1086/244535.
  8. ^ "Tyler Stovall, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of History". University of California, Santa Cruz.
  9. ^ Pattieu, Sylvain (December 16, 2021). "La mort de l'historien américain Tyler Stovall, spécialiste de la question raciale en France". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2021.