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About Joan Halperin

My general interests are on late Nineteenth Century French literature and art.
I am currently working on the biography of Louise Hervieu, a graphic artist, novelist and social activist from the early 20th century. Being born with syphilis, she drew attention to the need for public health and for preventive medicine.
I am also writing the biography of a Dutch artist, a Holocaust survivor.

Positions

1974 - Present Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Collegiate Seminar, Saint Mary's College of California
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Present Emeritus Faculty, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ World Languages and Cultures
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Present Emeritus Faculty, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ School of Liberal Arts
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1993 - 1994 Acting Chair, Department of Modern Languages, Saint Mary's College of California
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1991 - 1991 Fellow, Guggenheim Foundation
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1985 - 1990 Chair, Department of Modern Languages, Saint Mary's College of California
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1988 - 1988 Resident Fellow, Camargo Foundation
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1984 - 1985 Research Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities
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1976 - 1977 Research Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies
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1967 - 1970 Associate Professor, University of Maine
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1965 - 1966 Instructor in French, Wesleyan University..
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1964 - 1965 Instructor in French, University of Chicago
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1961 - 1963 A. B. Johnson Traveling Fellow to France, University of California - Berkeley
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1956 - 1957 Lectrice d'américain, Universite Pantheon-Sorbonne (Paris I)
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1955 - 1956 Cimade France Fellow, Presbyterian Church
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Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

1993 - 1993 Research Grant
American Philosophical Society
To interview rescuers of Jews in Holland.
1992 - 1992 Nijenrode Scholarship
Netherlands Ministry of Education
To complete study of Dutch at Zomercursus voor NederlandseTaal en Cultuur.
1991 - 1991 Research Grant
American Philosophical Society
To record memories of survivors of Holocaust.
1990 - 1990 Travel to Collections Grant, Paris
National Endowment for the Humanities
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Honors and Awards

  • Djerassi Foundation Artist in Residence - (1996)
  • Prix France-Amérique - (July 04, 1991) For Félix Fénéon, Art et Anarchie dans le Paris fin-de-siècle (Paris: Gallimard, 1991)
  • Gilbert Chinard Literary Prize - (1986) For the manuscript, Félix Fénéon, Aesthete and Anarchist.

Courses

  • Advanced Phonetics and Language
  • Contemporary Issues in Art
  • French in the New World
  • Intermediate French 3,4
  • Nineteenth Century French Literature
  • Writing on Art (in the Art Department)

Education

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1967 Ph.D. Romance Languages and Literature, University of California - Berkeley
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1959 M.A. French, University of California - Berkeley
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1958 Graduate studies, Universite Pantheon-Sorbonne (Paris I)
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1955 B.A. French, University of California - Berkeley
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1954 Undergraduate studies, Université de Genève
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Contact Information

Mail: P.O. Box 4730

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Honors, Awards, & Grants (7)

Presentations (5)

Publications (8)