Curriculum Vitae
Thomas M. Edsall, Ph.D.
Education:
Ph.D. Tulane University, Latin American Studies (2000)
Concentration in History, Minor Fields in Political Science and Spanish/Portuguese.
Preliminary Examinations for Ph.D. passed with Distinction. (1997)
M.A. Tulane University, Latin American Studies. (1995)
B.A. University of Chicago, with General Honors and Honors in History. (1989)
Awards:
Curriculum Development Grant from Assumption College. Assisted in developing a new introductory course with a global emphasis to replace previous required general education courses. (Summer 2002)
The Michael C. Meyer Annual Prize for best manuscript on Latin American history for Elites, Oligarchs, and Aristocrats: The Buenos Aires Jockey Club and the Argentine Upper Class, 1920-1940. The juried prize honors an emerging scholar who has not previously published a book-length academic work. Prize awards a grant with the manuscript being published by Scholarly Resources Publications in its Latin American Silhouettes Series. (2001)
Graduate Tuition Scholarship and Stipend Award, Tulane University. (1992-1997)
Mellon Summer Research Grant for work in Argentina. (1996)
Foreign Language and Areas Studies Fellowship [FLAS], Joint Tulane-University of Texas Intensive Portuguese Program. (1995)
Tinker Summer Research Grant for work in Argentina. (1993)
Academic & Professional Positions:
Visiting Assistant Professor
History Department, Assumption College (Fall 2000-Present)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Center of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of the Holy Cross (Spring 2001)
Instructor
Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University (Fall 1999)
Instructor
Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University (1994-1996)
Publications:
Books:
Elites, Oligarchs, and Aristocrats: The Buenos Aires Jockey Club and the Argentine Upper Class, 1920-1940. Scholarly Resources: Latin American Silhouette Series. (In Press)
Short Articles:
Routledge Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American Culture. Multiple short entries and articles on Argentine history from a cultural perspective. (Published, 2001)
ABC-CLIO Online Encyclopedia of World History. Multiple short entries on the histories of the Aztec Empire, Inca Empire, Colonial Latin America, Modern Mexico, Central America, Argentina, Brazil, France, and Russia. (Published, 2001)
Book Reviews:
Reviewing Jennifer Lowe’s Manhood and the Duel: Masculinity in Early Modern Drama and Culture (New York: Palgrave, 2003) for The Sixteenth Century Journal. (In Process)
Web Site:
Designed, selected, and translated scores of primary documents for a Modern Argentine History Source Book posted on the internet at edsall-historypage.org.
Conference Papers:
“Los Clubman de Calle Florida: The Jockey Club of Buenos Aires and the Invention of an Upper-Class Cultural Identity, 1890-1930.” Presented at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Conference of History. (September 2001)
Language Study:
University of Texas at Austin: Intensive Portuguese Program. (1995)
Instituto de Idiomas y Cultura de Centroamerica: Antigua, Guatemala: Intensive study of the Spanish language and Central American Culture. (1990)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico: Intensive study of Spanish language and Mexican Culture. (1987)
Teaching Experience and Curriculum Development:
Modern Latin American History: Full-time Visiting Professor, Assumption College, Massachusetts. Designed and taught middle-level course on the history of Latin America from Independence until the present. (Spring 2003).
Colonial Latin American History: Full-time Visiting Professor, Assumption College, Massachusetts. Designed and taught middle-level course on the history of Latin America from Pre-Columbian Civilizations to the Wars of Independence from Spain. (Fall 2002)
Curriculum Development: Civilizations and Encounters: An Introduction to History from a Global Perspective: Worked with colleagues to co-design new two-semester history course with a global emphasis that will replace current introductory Western Civilization and Modern Europe and the United States history courses for Assumption College.
History of Modern Europe and the United States, 1815-1990: Visiting Professor, Assumption College, Massachusetts. Taught three sections of document-based course, including a special section for students in the First Year Program who are at high risk for academic failure. (Spring 2001, 2002, 2003)
Modern Argentina and the Historical Process: Visiting Professor, Assumption College, Massachusetts. Independent study that taught the history of modern Argentina by having student read manuscript being prepared for publication and discussing the various ways of approaching, analyzing, and writing historical texts.
History of Modern Europe and the United States, 476-1815: Visiting Professor, Assumption College, Massachusetts. Taught three sections, including a section for students who are academically at risk. (Fall 2000, 2002, 2003)
Fractured Identities: An Introduction to Argentine History, Culture and Politics: Visiting Instructor, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts. Designed and taught intermediary-level course on the political and cultural history of Argentina from Independence to the present. (Spring 2001)
Introduction to Latin American Studies: Instructor, Tulane University, Louisiana.
Held full responsibility for the course at all levels. Duties included designing syllabus, writing lectures, teaching, creating assignments and examinations, selecting films for cinema festival, and grading undergraduates for two sections. (Fall 1999)
English as a Second Language: Instructor, taught advanced grammar and conversation for the Brooklyn Bridge Language Institute and the Welles Institute in Buenos Aires. (1997-1998)
Introduction to Latin American Studies: Instructor, Tulane University. Taught six sections of the course over a two-year period. (1994-1996)
Introduction to Latin American Studies: Course Instructor for the Intensive Summer Section. (1994)
Student Activities:
Moderator of Student Project, “Controversial Film: How do they make us feel?”:
Talked about racism and hyper-masculinity in the United States and led discussion about the film, American History X, as part of a student project in a Student Living and Learning Center. (October 2001)
Undergraduate Conference of Latin American Studies of the Worcester Consortium: Helped organize and served as moderator for first and second undergraduate conferences for the colleges in the Worcester Consortium of Latin American Studies. (Spring 2001, 2002)
English as a Second Language: Instructor, St. Peter’s Church, Massachusetts.
Volunteered to teach an elementary 12-week English language course to a class of Portuguese, Spanish and Vietnamese speaking immigrants [36 hours total].
Assumption College students volunteered as assistants in the class. (Fall 2000)
Latin American Film Festival: Organizer, Tulane University, New Orleans. Selected, presented, and moderated a film series as an extension of my introductory class. The weekly films were also open to the wider university community. (Fall 1999, 1995-1996)
Research & Fieldwork:
Buenos Aires: Archivo General de la Nación, Biblioteca del Jockey Club. Researched club archives for photos, maps, and blueprints to use in final publication for forthcoming book on the Jockey Club and the Argentine upper class. (May 25-July 12, 2002).
Province of San Luis, Argentina: Archivo Regional de la Provincia de San Luis. Investigated the feasibility of a study of the regional politics of San Luis and provincial views of the city of Buenos Aires in the 1920s and 1930s. (Summer 2001)
Buenos Aires: Archivo General de la Nación, Biblioteca del Jockey Club de Buenos Aires, Biblioteca del Congreso, Biblioteca Nacional, Biblioteca Obrera “Juan B. Justo,” Centro de Documentación e Investigación de la Cultura de Izquierdas en la Argentina (CeDinCI). Researched socialist and anarchist views of Jockey Club and other themes for forthcoming book in working class and leftist magazines and newspapers. (Summer 2001)
Buenos Aires: Archivo de la Policia Federal, Biblioteca del Jockey Club, Archivo General de la Nación, Biblioteca de la Universidad de Torcuato di Tella, Biblioteca del Congreso, Archivo del Senado de la Nación, Academia Nacional del Tango, Academia Nacional de Lunfardo. Researched the evolution of masculine identities and the contradiction between imagined masculinities (based on gaucho knife fighters and the heroes of the wars of Independence) and the contrasting realities of violence in the upper and lower class of Buenos Aires.
(Summer 2000)
Tulane University, New Orleans: Tulane University Archives, Special Collections, Middle American Research Institute Archives. Researched Tulane’s long history of Latin American scholarship. (Summer 1999)
Buenos Aires: Archivo de la Bolsa Nacional, Archivo General de la Nación, Biblioteca del Jockey Club de Buenos Aires, Biblioteca del Congreso, Biblioteca del Concejo Honorable de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Biblioteca de la Facultad de Literatura, Biblioteca del Museo Mitre, Biblioteca Tornquist, Biblioteca de la Sociedad Rural, Biblioteca de Tribunales. Lived in Argentina for one year and eight months while conducting research for Ph.D. dissertation and socio-political database. (1997-1998)
Buenos Aires: Biblioteca del Jockey Club de Buenos Aires. (Summer 1996)
University of Texas, Austin: Nettie Lee Benson Library & Manuscripts Collection. Researched 20th Century Argentine political and cultural history. (Summer 1995)
Buenos Aires: Biblioteca Nacional, Biblioteca de la Sociedad Rural, Biblioteca del Congreso, Archivo de la Biblioteca de la Facultad de Literatura. Researched early 20th Century Argentine social, cultural, and political history. (Summer 1993)
Languages:
Bilingual in Spanish/English
Conversational ability in Portuguese
Reading ability in French and Italian
