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About Christopher Michael Curtis

Teaching & Research Interests: Law and Property Rights in the Age of Revolution, English Common Law, Liberalism, Capitalism, Revolutions

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of History
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2016 - Present Editorial Board, Georgia Historical Quarterly
2017 Grant Reviewer, National Endowment for the Humanities
2016 - 2017 Diversity Council, Armstrong State University
2015 - 2017 Book Review Editor, Georgia Historical Quarterly
2013 - 2015 President, St, George Tucker Society
2011 - 2013 Governor's Board Member, South Carolina Commission on Archives and History
2005 - 2006 Membership Committee, Southern Historical Association
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Honors and Awards

  • SGA Pillar of Strength Award, Claflin University (2008)
  • M.E. Bradford Award for the Best Dissertation in Southern Studies (2003)
  • Dean’s Teaching Fellowship, Emory University (2001-2002)
  • Distinguished Service Award (Students with Disabilities), West Georgia (2001)

Courses

  • Economic History
  • Creation of American Law
  • Slavery in the Americas
  • American Revolution
  • The Rural South
  • Slavery and the Crisis of Union
  • Civil War and Reconstruction
  • Nineteenth-Century America

Education

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2002 Ph.D. in History, Emory University
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1997 M.A. in History, Virginia Tech
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1995 Teachers Certificate, Commonwealth of Virginia, State Board of Education
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1986 B.A. in History, University of South Carolina
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Contact Information

Georgia Southern University, Armstrong
11935 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA 31419
Phone: (912) 344-3051
Office: Hawes 110A

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Papers Presented (22)

Comments Delivered (6)

Public Scholarly Lectures (7)