Jean Lee
Professor

eMail: jblee@wisc.edu
Phone: (608)263-1837 (608)263-1828
Office: 5102 Mosse Humanities
Mailbox: 5007 Mosse Humanities

Curriculum Vitae: View PDF

Office Hours: On Leave

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.

My Research and Teaching Interests include American Revolution, the memory of the Revolution (1775-1876), the Chesapeake in the 18th century.

Selected Publications:

• “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.
• "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.
• "Mount Vernon Plantation: A Model for the Republic," in Slavery at the Home of George Washington, ed. P. J. Sschwarz (2001).
  

Courses Taught:

Lecture Courses:

• History 101 - American History to Civil War Era
• History 344 - American Revolution 1763-1789 - Syllabus 2007 (pdf)
• History 464 - Dimension of Material Culture

Undergraduate Seminars:

• History 200 - Historical Studies
• History 500 - Reading Seminar in History
• History 600 - Advanced Seminar in History - Topics: "Slavery and Race in Colonial America"

Graduate Courses:

• History 901 - Studies in American History - Topics: "Slavery and Race in Colonial America and Early Republic"
• History 902 - Research Seminar: Americna History - Topics: "Historical Memory"