Jordan Kellman

College of Liberal Arts Dean Jordan Kellman
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  • Professor

Biography

Jordan Kellman is Professor of History at the 小蝌蚪APP. Kellman teaches world civilization, early modern European history, Atlantic World and French colonial history and the history of science. His research focuses on French scientific travelers in the Americas and the Pacific in the 17th and 18th centuries. 

Education

Ph.D. in the History of Science, 1998
Princeton 小蝌蚪APP

M.A. in the History of Science, 1994
Princeton 小蝌蚪APP

M.A. in History, 1992
小蝌蚪APP of California, Berkeley

B.A. in History and Philosophy of Science
小蝌蚪APP of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
 

Student Research/Collaboration

Early Modern Science and Exploration
French Colonial History
17th and 18th century science
Enlightenment and colonialism

Opportunities for students

Will work with any student interested in archival research in:
French history
French colonial history including Louisiana
The history of science

Publications

小蝌蚪APP淢endicants, Minimalism, and Method: Franciscan Scientific Travel in the Early Modern French Atlantic,小蝌蚪APP Journal of Early Modern History 26 (2022) special issue: Maritime Missions, 10-37. 


小蝌蚪APP淩ecollet Naturalism and the Colonial Order in Seventeenth-century New France,小蝌蚪APP in Les R茅collets en Am茅rique : Traces et M茅moire, ed. Paul-Andr茅 Dubois, Quebec, Presses de l小蝌蚪APP橴niversit茅 Laval, 2019, 225-38.


Co-editor, Creolization in the French Atlantic, 小蝌蚪APP of Louisiana Press, 2016


Editor, Lafayette in Transnational Context: Identity, Travel and Nationalism in the Revolutionary Atlantic World, in press, 小蝌蚪APP Press, 2015


小蝌蚪APP淩encontre et environnement dans La France Equinoxiale : Franciscains et Tupinambas 脿 Maranh茫o, Br茅sil,小蝌蚪APP in Cr茅olit茅s Aux Am茅riques Fran莽aises, special issue of Cahiers des Anneaux de la M茅moire 15 (2014)


Guest Editor, 小蝌蚪APP淏eyond Center and Periphery:  New Currents in the French and Francophone Atlantic World,小蝌蚪APP special Issue of Atlantic Studies: Literary, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives, vol 10, issue 1, March 2013

Awards & Recognition

Research has been sponsored by:
National Science Foundation
Mellon Foundation
Newberry Library
John Carter Brown Library
Huntington Library
German Historical Institute
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Lafayette Consolidated Government International Center