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About Jeffrey D. Burson
Teaching & Research Interests: Early Modern and Modern France; European Enlightenment; Religion and Enlightenment; Enlightenment Catholicism, Age of Revolutions, c. 1760-1848
| Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of History | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Enlightenment, Enlightenment—France, Jesuits, French Revolution, France—History, Europe—Intellectual life—History, France—Intellectual life—18th century, France—Church history—18th century, Civilization, Modern—18th century, Intellectual life--History, University of Paris, Sorbonne (University), University of Paris. Faculty of Theology, Eighteenth century, and Jesuits--Missions
Grants
| 2013 - 2014 | Georgia Southern University Faculty Research Committee Scholarly Pursuit Award Grant |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| 2012 | Georgia Southern University Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Faculty Development Travel Grant |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| 2010 | Macon State College Faculty Development Grant |
| Macon State College | |
| 2010 | Macon State College International Studies Grant |
| Macon State College | |
| 2008 | Macon State College Faculty Development Grant |
| Macon State College | |
| 2008 | Macon State College International Studies Grant |
| Macon State College | |
| 2007 | Washington College Faculty Development Grant |
| Washington College |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2021 - Present | Chair, Departmental Post-Tenure Review Committee, GSU | 2021 - Present | Member, Faculty Search Committee: Averitt Chair in the History of the U.S. South, GSU | 2020 - Present | Member, College Personnel Committee, GSU | 2021 | Member, Ad-Hoc Committee, GSU | 2021 | Panel Chair, Georgia Regional Conference of Phi Alpha Theta, Department of History, GSU | 2020 - 2021 | Member, Chair’s Advisory Committee, GSU | 2020 - 2021 | Member, Chair’s Advisory Committee, GSU | 2019 - 2020 | Chair, Curriculum Committee, College of Arts & Humanities, GSU | 2019 - 2020 | Member, Faculty Advisory Council, Advisory to the Georgia Southern University Dean of Research, GSU | 2019 - 2020 | Member, Faculty Working Group, Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies, GSU | 2018 - 2019 | Member, Curriculum Committee, College of Arts & Humanities, GSU | 2018 - 2019 | Chair, Departmental Scholarship & Awards Committee, GSU | 2018 - 2019 | Chair, Departmental Tenure & Promotion Committee, GSU | 2017 - 2019 | Member, College Faculty Governance Committee, GSU | 2017 - 2018 | Member, Departmental Scholarship and Recruitment Committee, GSU | 2016 - 2018 | Member, Curriculum Committee, College of Arts & Humanities, GSU | 2016 - 2017 | Faculty Advisor, History Department Student History Club, GSU | 2015 - 2017 | Member, Chair’s Advisory Committee, GSU | 2015 - 2017 | Member, QEP College Writing Leader for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, GSU | 2015 - 2016 | Committee Member, Departmental Tenure & Promotion Committee, GSU |
Honors and Awards
- Recipient, Walter G. Craddock Paper Prize in European and Asian History at the Southwestern Historical Association Conference, New Orleans, LA (25 March 2005)
- Recipient, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar, Accepted but the seminar was cancelled due to lack of sufficient enrollment (5 June – 14 July 2006)
- Recipient, Amos Simpson Prize for the Best Paper in European History at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Historical Association (2007-2008 inclusive)(2009)
- Recipient, Outstanding Scholarly Productivity Award, Macon State College, (April 2009)
- Nominee, Freshman Year Experience: Faculty Mentorship Award (2015)
- Nominee, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Scholarship and Creative Pursuit Award (2015-2016)
- Recipient, Georgia Southern University Discovery, Research, and Innovation Award (2020)
Courses
- Senior Seminar: Revolutionary Transformations, 1600-1850 (HIST 4635B)
- Readings in European History: Revolutions in the Global Eighteenth Century (HIST 7633A)
- The Philosophy of History (HIST 4030)
- First Year Seminar: History of World Revolutions in Film (FYE 1220)
- Readings in European History: Atlantic Revolutions (HIST 7633A)
- Modern France, 1815-Present (HIST 5430A & AG)
- Special Topics: French Enlightenment in Global Context (HIST 5030)
- Graduate Level Special Topics: French Enlightenment in Global Context (HIST 5030G)
- History of the French Revolution (HIST 5336A & AG)
- World Civilizations: Origins of the Global Community (HIST 1112)
- World Civilizations before 1450 (HIST 1111)
| August 2006 | Ph.D., History, George Washington University | |
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| May 2003 | M.Phil, History, George Washington University | |
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| June 1999 | B.A., History & Political Science, Summa cum laude, Concordia University - Ann Arbor | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 8054
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 478-8532
Office: Forest Drive, Room 1202
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