Jean Lee
Professor

eMail: jblee@wisc.edu
Phone: (608)263-1837 (608)263-1800
Office: 5102 Mosse Humanities
Mailbox: 5007 Mosse Humanities

Curriculum Vitae: View PDF

Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:00 - 4:00 or by appointment

Education: PhD: University of Virginia; MA: University of Nebraska; BA: Carroll College

Bio Sketch:

My specializations are Revolutionary America, historical memory, the South to 1835, and slavery in the Atlantic world.

Selected Publications:

• "Meaning, Memory, and the American Revolution, 1775-1876 (Forthcoming).
• "Experiencing Mount Vernon: Eyewitness Accounts 1784-1865" (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006).
• "Historical Memory, Sectional Strife, and the American Mecca: Mount Vernon, 1783-1853," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (2001), awarded the Rachal Prize for best article in VMHB in 2001.
• “The Price of Nationhood: The American Revolution in Charles County” (NY: W. W. Norton, 1994; paperback 1995), awarded prizes from the Maryland Historical Soc. And the Amer. Assoc. for State & Local History.
  

Awards:

• American Association for State and Local History
• David Library of the American Revolution
• Danforth Foundation
• Institute of Early American History and Culture
• Mational Endowment for the Humanities
• Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy
• Virginia Historical Society
• Winterthur Museum and Library
• UW-Madison (Chancellor's Collaborative Teaching Award for Senior Faculty; Institute for Research in the Humanities; Vilas Associateship)

Courses Taught:

Lecture Courses:

• History 101 - American History to Civil War Era
• History 344 - American Revolution 1763-1789 - Syllabus 2009 (pdf)
• History 464 - Dimension of Material Culture - Syllabus 2009 (pdf)

Undergraduate Seminars:

• History 200 - Historical Studies
• History 500 - Reading Seminar in History
• History 600 - Advanced Seminar in History

Graduate Courses:

• History 901 - Studies in American History
• History 902 - Research Seminar: Americna History