ROBERT RHODES CROUT
Office: Department of History College of Charleston Charleston, SC 29424 (843) 953-1916
email: croutr@cofc.edu
Website: www.cofc.edu/~croutr/
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1310 Roma Road Hanahan, SC 29406-8522
Research and Teaching Fields France; The Atlantic World; Revolutionary and Early National America; Early Modern and Modern Western Europe; North Africa; Applied History; French Colonial History
Current Research Political Language of Atlantic Revolution, 1770-1840; Lafayette
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in History , University of Georgia, 1977.
Dissertation “The Diplomacy of Trade: The Influence of Commercial Considerations on French Involvement in the Angloamerican War of Independence, 1775-1778.”
(Chinard Manuscript Prize, Society for French Historical Studies, 1980).
M.A. in History , University of Georgia.
Thesis “The Leclerc Instructions: An Episode of the Napoleonic Legend in Saint-Domingue.”
B.A. in History , Augusta State University. Minor in Political Science. Regents Scholarship.
EMPLOYMENT
College of Charleston. Jan. 2000 to Present
Full-time Adjunct (Aug. 04- Present); Visiting Assistant Professor (Aug. 00-May 03; three year non-renewable); Full-time Adjunct (Jan. 00-May 00).
Courses Taught:
Western Civilization (both halves) and World History surveys (both halves); The Atlantic World: Cultures & Migrations. 1500-1899 (special topics course); Atlantic Revolutions, 1688-1850 (special topics course); The Enlightenment and Age of Revolution in the Atlantic World (graduate seminar).
Charleston Southern University . Aug. 1989 to Dec. 1999
Associate Professor (93-99); Assistant Professor (89-93).
Courses taught:
Western Civilization surveys (both halves); American surveys (both halves); German history; Europe 1400-1600; Europe 1600-1789; Europe 1789-1914; Twentieth Century Europe; French history; Careers in Applied History; Internship in Applied History; French literature in translation; The Freshman Experience course (originator, instructor and program coordinator, 95-97, 98-99); History and Theory of Monopoly (special topics course team-taught with economics faculty).
Oregon State University. Sept. 1988 to June 1989
Visiting Assistant Professor; one year non-renewable.
Courses taught:
Western Civilization surveys; Renaissance; Reformation; Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1600-1789; Topics on the French Revolution.
University of South Carolina at Aiken. Aug. 1987 to May 1988
Adjunct Lecturer.
Courses taught:
American surveys; Recent U.S. history since 1914.
University of Virginia. Jan. 1984 to Aug. 1987
Research historian, Associate Editor (Chief Editor, Secretary of State Series), The Madison Papers Project.
Princeton University. Mar. 1982 to Nov. 1983
Research historian, History Department. Associate Editor, The Jefferson Papers Project.
Cornell University. July 1978 to Dec. 1981
Research historian (78-81). Associate Editor (78-80); Co-Editor (80-), Resident Director, Lafayette Papers Project, 79-81. Supervised staff. Visiting Assistant Professor (81).
Courses taught:
Comparative Revolutionary Mentality.
University of Georgia. Aug. 1975 to June 1978
History Subject Specialist, University Library. Selected acquisitions in history (in-print, retrospective, and antiquarian); full reference services; collection development.
University of Georgia. Jan. 1970 to June 1975
History Teaching Fellow. Full range of instructional duties.
Courses taught:
Ten Western Civilization and American survey history courses.
PUBLICATIONS
Interpretive Studies and Texts
Lafayette and the Bastille: The Symbolism of Revolution (forthcoming booklet from the American Friends of Lafayette).
Trans., Ed., and Intro., Lafayette's Memoir on the French Revolution (forthcoming book sponsored by the American Friends of Lafayette).
Co-Editor with Robert Brugger, The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series , vol. 2 (University Press of Virginia, 1993).
Co-Editor with Robert Brugger, The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series , vol. 1 (University Press of Virginia, 1986).
Associate Editor, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson , vol. 21 (Princeton University Press, 1983).
Co-Editor with Stanley J. Idzerda, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776-1790 , vol. 5 (Cornell University Press, 1983).
Associate Editor, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776-1790 , vol. 4 (Cornell University Press, 1981).
Associate Editor, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776-1790 , vol. 3 (Cornell University Press, 1980).
Collections of Essays, Reference Works
Co-editor with Owen Connelly and others, The Consortium on Revolutionary Europe 1750-1850: Selected Papers, 1999 ([Tallahassee]: Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution, 1999 [2002]).
Co-editor with June K. Burton, Essays in European History , vol. 1 (University Press of America, 1989).
Co-author with Alf A. Heggoy , An Historical Dictionary of Algeria (Scarecrow Press, 1981).
Articles and Essays
“Lafayette, Proto-Feminism, and the Liberal Agenda,” Proceedings of the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850 , (2003), forthcoming.
“The Irresistible Force, the Immovable Object: The Origins of the Lafayette-Napoleon Conflict, 1797-1802,” Proceedings of the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850 , 19(2) (1990): 459-77.
“ Aristocrate and the Vocabulary of Revolution: The Beginning,” Proceedings of the CRE , 17 (1987): 373-88.
“The Gardes Nationales as Revolutionary Network: Impressions from the Cocarde Nationale ,” Proceedings of the CRE , 13 (1985): 642-53.
“La Fayette and the Garde Nationale: In the Patriarch's Image,” International Commission of Military History, Acta , 7 (1984): 448-57.
“In Search of a ‘Just and Lasting Peace': The Treaty of 1783, Louis XVI, Vergennes, and the Regeneration of the Realm,” International History Review , 5 (1983): 364-98.
“The French-American Alliance in the 1780s: A Reappraisal of Postwar Politics and Trade Relations,” Valley Forge Journal , 1 (1983): 191-99.
“Vergennes, the United States, and History, or ‘What's in a Name?'” Proceedings of the CRE , 4 (1981): 103-10.
“The French Image of the New World in the Seventeenth Century: Unaddressed Questions,” Proceedings of the French Colonial Historical Society , 4 (1979): 34-36.
“The French in Latin America: Suggestions of a Common Theme,” Proceedings of the FCHS , 2 (1977): 149-54.
“Pierre-Emmanuel de La Plaigne and Georgia's Quest for French Aid During the War of Independence,” Georgia Historical Quarterly , 60 (1976): 176-84.
“The Napoleonic Exclusif: Saint Domingue and the Leclerc Expedition,” Proceedings of the FCHS , 1 (1976): 30-39.
Contributions and Entries
French entries in Harold Selesky, revised ed., Boatner's Encyclopedia of the American Revolution (forthcoming).
“Noailles, Vicomte de,” in American National Biography (Oxford Univ. Pr., 1999).
“Lafayette,” in The Encyclopedia of Political Revolutions (Washington: Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Books Division, 1998).
“Lafayette,” in Bibliography of Biographies (Chicago: St. James Press, 1991).
“Lafayette,” in Robert Muccigrosso, ed., Research Guide to American Historical Biography , 3 vols. (Washington: Beacham Publishing, 1988), 2: 894-98.
“Lafayette,” “Lameth, Alexandre,” “Lameth, Charles,” “Latour-Maubourg,” “Monarchiens,” “National Guard,” “Patriot Party,” “Tronchet,” in Samuel A. Scott and Barry Rothaus, ed ., Dictionary of the French Revolution , 2 vols. (Greenwood Press, 1985).
“Chambres de Commerce,” “Haiti,” “Leclerc,” “Toussaint Louverture,” in Owen Connelly, ed., A Dictionary of Napoleonic France (Greenwood Press, 1985).
“Oliver Bowen,” in Kenneth Coleman and Stephen Gurr, eds., Dictionary of Georgia Biography , 2 vols. (University of Georgia Press, 1983).
WORKSHOPS
The Black Atlantic, 1500-1825, The Atlantic History Seminar, Harvard University, 03.
The Americas in the European Imagination, Harvard University, 03.
Miscegenation in the Atlantic World Workshop, Harvard University, 02.
Gender Issues in Atlantic History Workshop, Harvard University, 01.
Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, 99, 01.
Teaching Atlantic History Workshop, Harvard University, 98.
NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers, “Religion, Politics, and the Ideological Origins of the French Revolution,” Dale Van Kley, Director, Newberry Library (Chicago), 95.
The Medici Foundation, Princeton University. “The Renaissance” telecourse workshop, 93.
Oregon State University Workshop on Innovative Teaching, 89.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The Manuscript Society.
American Historical Association.
Society for French Historical Studies.
Association for Documentary Editing. Local Arrangements Committee, 86, 90.
Southern Historical Association:
Program Committee , 91-95; Membership Committee, 98-99.
European Section: Vice Chair, 97-98, Chair, 98-99; Secretary-Treasurer, 99-01; Executive Committee, 97-02; European sessions chair, 95. Editorial Board member , Essays in European History , 87-89.
Société d'Histoire Moderne (France).
Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer (France).
American Society of Eighteenth Century Studies.
Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850.
Member, Board of Directors, 98-03. Program Chair, 99; Co-Editor, Proceedings , 99.
Society of French Colonial History, Arrangements Committee, 99.
Forum on European Expansion and Global Interaction.
South Carolina Historical Society.
SERVICE
Campus
College of Charleston:
History Day judge, 01; Faculty Colloquium speaker, 02; Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity chapter adviser, 00-03.
Charleston Southern University:
Trustees Committee faculty liaison appointments :
Investments Committee, 92-93, 98-99,
Student Life Committee, 95-96;
Development Committee, 97-98.
Faculty Committees :
Student Life Committee, 94-96, vice chair 94-95, chair, 95-96;
Scholarship Committee, 92-94, vice-chair, 92-93, sec., 93-94;
Library Committee, 89-92, 96-97, vice chair, 90-91, chair, 91-92, vice chair, 96-97;
Committee on Institutional Effectiveness, 97-99, vice chair, 98-99;
Curriculum Committee sub-committee on student internships, 98.
Additional responsibilities:
Faculty senate, 91-93, 96-99;
Classic Film Series chair, 91-92;
Provost's Task Force on Student Life Skills, 92-93;
Dean's Committee on the Performing Arts, 92-93;
University Purpose Committee (Accreditation), 93-95;
University Curriculum Restructuring Committee, 95-96;
Coordinator, Overseas Study fellowships, 96;
Faculty Coffee Breaks with the President, 1995-99, organizer and moderator, 95-99;
The Freshman Experience course, 1995-97, originator and coordinator, committee member, 98-99;
Pi Gamma Mu Honor Soc. chapter adviser, 93-99; coordinated student visits to AHA meetings, French archives
Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity chapter adviser, 89-99.
Non-Campus
Exhibition consultant, “The Sculpture of Houdon,” National Gallery of Art, Washington, Summer 2003 (and Paris, Autumn 2003).
Cataloguing consultant, The Papers of Saint-Jean de Crevecoeur, Archives Nationales, Paris, 2002.
Technical advisor, proposed television movie on Lafayette, produced by Virginia Film Development Corporation, 1996-.
Consultant, Prentice-Hall. Revisions to George Kirsch, The West in Global Context: A Documentary History, 2nd. edition.
Technical advisor, proposed television movie, “Lafayette: Hero of Two Worlds,” 1994.
Consultant, Random House. Revisions to Chambers, The Western Experience , 4th edition.
Technical advisor, Stahley & Ryan Productions, proposed PBS series, “Splendid Torments: Crosscurrents of the American and French Revolutions,” 88-89.
Panelist, OSU Center for the Humanities, 88-89 French Bicentennial Program.
Alliance Francaise (Charleston chapter), 02-.
The American Friends of Lafayette, Exec. Council member, 86-94; Trustee, 88-94; Secretary, 91-94; First Vice President, 95-96; President, 96-.
Contributor, The Book of Days , 1987, 1988.
Community addresses (research related) to: Retirement communities; Rotary Clubs, Lion Clubs, Sons of the American Revolution, churches, faculty spouse groups, fraternities
Referee :
NEH documentary editing grant proposals, Princeton Univ. Press, Yale Univ. Press , French Historical Studies .
Reviewer :
Economic History Review, Journal of Economic History, The Eighteenth Century: A Bibliography, North African Studies Review, The Muslim World, Cithara: Essays in the Judeo-Christian Tradition, The International History Review, The History Teacher, Magazine of South Carolina History and Biography , Journal of Military History
Historical consultant :
The White House; N.Y. Governor's Office; Harper's Magazine ; BBC; Sotheby's; Christies; Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History; The David Library of the American Revolution; Archives Nationales, Paris
PARTICIPATION IN SCHOLARLY SESSIONS
“Intellectual Reactions in Restoration France,” Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 2004 (session chair).
“Lafayette, Proto-Feminism, and the Liberal Agenda,” Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 2003 (comment by Susan Conner).
“Eighteenth-Century France and the Revolution: The Open Society and Its Enemies,” (comment), European Section of the Southern Historical Association, 2002.
“'That Thing You Do': Introducing Academic Disciplines in the Classroom (History),” Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, 2001.
“Using Artifacts in the Classroom,” Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, 1999.
“ Sujet , Citizen, and Citoyen : Lafayette and the Transatlantic Language of Revolution,” American Historical Association, 1996 (comments by Paul W. Schroeder, Marsha Frey).
Chair, “France and the United States in the Revolutionary Era,” Society for French Historical Studies, 1993.
“Lafayette's View of the French Revolution: His 1799 Memoir,” American Friends of Lafayette, 1992.
“Lafayette and the Language of Revolution,” New York Association of European Historians, 1990 (comment by Harold Parker).
“Lafayette's Visit to Savannah, 1825,” American Friends of Lafayette, 1990.
“Lafayette and the Bastille: The Symbolism of Revolution,” Humanities Center, Oregon State University, 1989.
“The Diplomatic System of Louis XVI and Vergennes," Society for French Historical Studies, 1988.
“Lafayette and Madison: The Unknown Friendship,” American Friends of Lafayette, 1986.
“Lafayette and the National Guard in the French Revolution,” Sesquicentennial Conference on Lafayette, Lafayette College, 1984 (comment by Francois Furet).
“The Palmer-Godechot Thesi(e)s,” Seminar at the Society for French Historical Studies, 1984 (with participation of R.R. Palmer).
Comment on “Protectionism and Laissez-Faire in Eighteenth-Century Anglo-American Trade,” New York Association of European Historians, 1983.
“The French-American Alliance in the 1780s,” American Historical Association, 1982 (comment by William Stinchcombe).
“Louis XVI: ‘Defender of the Rights of Mankind',” Southern Historical Assocation, 1982 (comment by Lawrence Kaplan).
“French Policy Concerning North America, 1763-1803,” Seminar at the Society for French Historical Studies, 1979.
“The Contrat social of Saint-Domingue: Eighteenth-Century Colonial Theories in Conflict,” French Colonial Historical Society, 1979 (comment by John J. Rule).
Comment on “The French Image of the New World in the Seventeenth Century,” Papers by Philip P. Boucher, Cornelius J. Jaenen, French Colonial Historical Society, 1978.
Comment on “The French in Latin America,” Papers by Andrew Szarka, Nancy N. Barker, and Richard Brace, French Colonial Historical Society, 1976.
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS
Gilder Lehrman Historical Institute Fellow: Pierpont Morgan Library, Columbia Univ. Library, New-York Historical Society, 99.
American Society of Eighteenth Century Studies Visiting Fellowship, Houghton Library, Harvard University, 97-98.
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College Teachers, “Religion, Politics, and the Ideological Origins of the French Revolution,” Newberry Library (Chicago), 95.
CSU Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. Semifinalist, 93, 98.
Oregon State University Arts and Sciences Faculty Research Grant, 89.
National Endowment for the Humanities Travel to Collections Grant, 87.
American Council of Learned Societies Travel to International Conference Grant, 87.
Society for French Historical Studies. Chinard Manuscript Prize, 1980.
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship from French government, 73-74. Paris, Nantes, Bordeaux. Research in the Archives Nationales, Archives du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, Bibliothèque de la Marine, Bibliothèque Nationale, Service historique des Armées.
OTHER HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS
Pi Gamma Mu Social Science Honor Society.
Pi Delta Phi French Honor Society.
Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society.
Directory of American Scholars, History , 7th and 8th editions.
Contemporary Authors , vol. 116.
Who's Who in the South and Southwest , 24th and 25th eds.
Who's Who in the World , 5th ed.
Who's Who in American Education, 13th ed .
Who's Who in America , 52 nd ed.
