Janine C Hartman , PhD in History, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1986
Professor
Professor of History,
Professional Summary
Professor of
History
Dept Romance Languages and Literatures
College of Arts & Sciences
717D Old Chem Bldg
Ph 556-1596
My field is the history of ideas. Current research interests are Catulle Mendés,Parnassian poet and his role as witness to the Franco-Prussian war, the Commune insurrection and fall of Paris in 1871, as refracted through "ruin studies." Additional fields include witchcraft, ritual in early modern society and symbolic sovereignty in French colonial history..
Affliiate: History,Judaic Studies, Women & Gender Studies
Education
PhD in History: University of Illinois at Chicago 1986 (Modern European Intellectual History. Modern France,Europe, Hanoverian England, Classical Historiography)
M.A. : Eastern Illinois University Charleston,IL, 1975 (History)
B.S. in Education: Eastern Illinois University Charleston,IL, 1973 (History,Journalism)
Research and Practice Interests
Current research :The Morning After Paris Burns: Romantics in the Ruins-1871"; Societies in Catastrophe and Fracture;Ernest Renan; Rituals and Sovereignty in French Atlantic Empire; Occult Belief Systems in Early Modern and Contemporary Societies
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Positions and Work Experience
1987 -1988 Visiting Assistant Professor of History, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1988 -1994 Assistant Professor of History, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1994 -2002 Associate Professor of History, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
2002 - Professor of History, translated to MicMicken College of Arts & Sciences 2003, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Abbreviated Publications
Under Review
"Flags and Lead:Symbolic Sovereignty in the French Ohio," Ohio Valley Historical Journal, 2012
Review
Patrick Weil How to Be French:Nationality in the Making 1789 Cincinnati Romance Review, vol 29,2010
Nicholas Dew Orientalism in Louis XIV's France Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire XLVI, spring summer/printemps-ete 2011m219-220.
Jerrold Seigel The Idea of Self: Thought and Experience in Western Europe Since the Seventeenth Century Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire XLI, Winter/hiver/2006, 628-630
Dan Burton and David Grandy Magic,Mystery and Science:The Occult in Western Tradition Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire, XL,(April 2005)
Henke Wunderlich, Jean Mondot (ed) Deutsche-Franzosische Begegungen am Rhein 1700-1789: Recontres Franco-Allemandes dans l'espace rhenan entre 1700-1789 The Lessing Yearbook,XXVIII, (Summer 1996) 249-250
Richard D. E. Burton Baudelaire and the Second Republic:Writing and Revolution Nineteenth Century French Studies (Spring, Summer 1993) 501-502.
Nancy Sloan Goldberg En le honneur de la juste parole: la poesie francaise contre la Grande Guerre Utopian Studies (Spring 1992) 173-174
Marcel Schwob Chroniques (John Alden Green ed) Contemporary French Civilization, XI, (Fall-Winter 1982), 389-391.
Michael Howard The Franco-Prussian War Nineteenth Century French Studies XI,()Fall- Winter 1982) 196-197.
Gavin Robinson Horses,People and Parliament: The English Civil War:Extracting REsources and Constructing Allegiance (England, Ashgate Press) 2012 reviewed in The Sixteenth Century : The Journal of Early Modern Studies 2013 vol 44.
Aelda Assmann Cultural Memory and Western Civlization:Functions,Memory, Archives ( New York: Cambridge University Press) 2011 in Cincinnati Romance Review
Peer Reviewed Publications
"Ideograms and Hieroglyphs:the Egypto-Chinese Origins Controversy in the French Enlightenment" Dalhousie French Review (Orientale issue) No. 54, (Summer 1998) 101-118
"Dangerous American Substances in the Jacobean Masques"Cahiers Elisabethains/ Late Medieval and Renaissance English Studies, No. 46 (October 1994), 1-9
Reprinted in: Literature Criticism from 1400-1800:Criticiam Discussion of the Works of Fifteenth,Sixteenth,Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Century Novelists,Poets,Playwrights,Philosophers, and Other Creative Writers, vol 55 (Detroit:Gale Publishing Group) 2001, 141-155.
Other Publication
Translation from Spanish: "Latin American Surrealism, End of the Rumors: On Stefan Baciu's Antologia de la Poesia Surrealista Latinamericana" by Octavio Paz, Cultural Correspondance [surrealist journal] (Spring 1981) 97-98
Translated from French:"Forty Centuries We Watched" by Nelly Kaplan Arsenal/4 (City Lights Press 1982)
Translated from French: "Adaptation to Milieu" by Nelly Kaplan Free Spirit (Spring 1982)
Translated from French: "On Vistor Serge" by Georges Heneln Free Spirit (Spring 1982)
Encyclopedia Article
"France" Grolier Encyclopedia of the Victorian Era James Eli Adams ed. (Scholastic) 2003
"Marie-Henri Beyle" Dictionary of Imperialism and Industrialization Jeffrey Bell ed (Greenwood Press,2002)
"Alexandre Dumas" Dictionary of Imperialisim and Industrialization Jeffrey Bell ed Ibid.
"Prosper Merimee" Dictionary of Imperialism and Industrialization Ibid.
"Victor Hugo" Dictionary of Imperialism and industrialization Op cit.
"Jules Michelet" Dictionary of Imperialism and Industrialization Ibid.
"Alfred de Musset" Dictionary of Imperialism and Industrialization Ibid.
"Algernon Swinburne" Dictionary of Imperialism and Industrialization Op cit
Electronic Journal
H-Ideas Essay " Mario Praz The Romantic Agony (posted at H-Ideas Century Retrospective) Summer 2000 http://www2.hnet.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi.paath+26206966636723
Book Chapter
"Transatlantic Spartacus: French Republican Response to Harper's Ferry" in The Afterlife of John Brown edited by Andrew Taylor and Eldrid Herrington (New York: Palgrave Macmillan) 2005.
Creative Translation
In the Sphere of Humanity:Joseph Dejacque, Slavery and the Struggle for Freedom Includes L'Humanisphere, unexpurgated.. An English translation and annotation of Joseph Dejacque's selected writings by Janine Hartman.Introduction and annotation Mark A Lause.2012More Information
The Seventy Three Revolutionary Days of the Paris Commune by Catulle Mende from 1873 edition, translated and annotated by Janine Hartman. posted Digital Resource Commons, University of Cincinnati Library 2015
Presentations
Invited Presentations
(03-04-2007. ) "Crossing Over:The Spirit World in 19th Century Cincinnati .Victorian Society in America, Ohio River Valley Chapter. Level:Regional
(2008. ) "Theories of Violence,French Terrorism, Revolution" .HIST 597 "Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Europe., 1789-1956", College of Arts and Science of Arts & Sciences, recurring guest lecturer. Level:College
Lecture
European Studies Graduate Workshop. UC.
Paper Presentations
(05-16-2008. ) "Ceremonies of Contention and Retention in Belle-Riviere (French Ohio Country) .Universite Laval, Quebec City,Canada. Professional Meeting. Level:International
(05-12-2007. ) "The French and Romantic Esotericism" .Cincinnati. UC. Level:International
(04-14-2001. ) "Slavery in the Francophone Imagination" .Augusta State University, Albany ,Georgia. Professional Meeting. Level:National
(04-14-2000. ) Joseph Dejacque,Outlaw Utopianist .Georgia State University, Albany, Georgia. Professional Meeting. Level:National
(05-14-1995. ) "The Egypto-Chinese Ideogram Controversy" .University of Cincinnati. Conference. Level:International
(Bad Format: 19931131. ) "Satan for the Nineteenth Century: Sade and the French Romantics" .University of Kansas, Lawrence,Kansas. Conference. Level:National
(03-24-1993. ) "Controlled Substances in Jacobean Culture" .Case Western Reserve University,Cleveland Ohio. Conference. Level:Regional
(11-12-1991. ) "The French Revolution and Reaction in State Education" .Ft. Worth, Texas. Professional Meeting. Level:National
(11-15-1989. ) "Denial Historiography:Counter-revolutionary Themes in French Restoration Secondary Education .East North Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. Conference. Level:International
(11-14-1985. ) "Women and Class Identity in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century French Popular Culture .Hofstra University,New York. Conference. Level:National
(03-20-1982. ) "The American Sense of Decline" .Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri. Conference. Level:Local
Janine Hartman (10-08-2011. ) "Education Crises as Redemptive Ritual: The Midwest and the Ancien Regime .Grand Rapids, Michigan. Conference. Level:National
(03-01-2013. ) "The Morning After Paris Burns: French Romantics in 1871" .University of Cincinnati. Conference. Level:International
Event Organized
University College History Forum ( 100 paper presentations)University College History Forum ( 100 paper presentations) Workshop 1989 2003 University of Cincinnati Campus & my home Level:Local
Honors and Awards
1998 -1991 FIPSE 3 year Women's Studies Seminar Comprehensive review of new scholarship across disciplines in Women's Studies to update scholarship and curricular offerings. FIPSE (Dept of Education) Status:Recipient Level:University Type:Monetary
1993 -1994 NEH seminar "On Wealth and Society" Two year faculty development seminar, culminating in Honors course, National Endowmentfor Humanities Status:Recipient Level:University Type:Grant
1991 -1991 General Education Committee Curriculum Review University of Cincinnati Status:Recipient Level:College
Service
University Faculty Senate (University Library Committee ) Elected Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 2012 -2014
Romance Languages and Literatures (Merit Pay Committee ) Elected Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 2012 -2013
University Senate (University Senator at Large ) Elected Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 2012 -2014
University Faculty Senate (At Large Senator ) Type:University/College Service Level:University 2012 -2014
Judaic Studies (RPT Committee for Matthew Kraus ) Committee Chair Type:University/College Service Level:College 10-10-2011 -01-01-2012
Womens Gender Studies (Undergraduate ) Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:College 07-01-2011 -07-01-2012
A & S Faculty Senate Vice President Type:University/College Service Level:College 03-08-2011 -10-26-2012
University Faculty Senate (D.A.I.R. ) Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 03-03-2011 -To Present
All-University Faculty Senate (D.A.I.R. [ CharterUniversity Proposal Investgation] ) Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 01-01-2011 -06-01-2012
A & S Faculty Senate (Academic Policy Committee ) Member Type:University/College Service Level:College 2011 -1012
College of Arts and Science of Arts & Sciences (Program Review Committee ) Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:College 2011 -2013
College of Arts and Science Faculty Senate Elected Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 2010 -2012
University Faculty Senate (liaison member from McMicken to All-University ) Elected Member Type:University/College Service Level:College 2010 -2012
Cincinnati Romance Review Co-Director Type:Departmental Service Level:International 2008 -2010
(S.E.M. Procedures ) Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 2008 -2010
American Association University Professors (Associates Council ) Elected Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 2008 -2012
Undergraduate Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 2006 -2008
(University Academic Affairs ) Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 2005 -2009
Womens Studies (Subcommittee Planning Graduate Colloguium Feminist Theory ) Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 2003 -2006
(Grievance Committee ) Elected Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 2002 -2004
Women's Studies Governance Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 2002 -2007
Ohio Academy of History (Annual Program Committee ) Member Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:State 2002 -2003
University of Cincinnati (University Research Council ) Elected Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 06-03-2013 -06-03-2015
University of Cincinnati (Undergraduate Academic Affairs ) Elected Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 06-03-2013 -06-03-2015
University of Cincinnati (University Planning Comittee ) Elected Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 06-03-2013 -06-03-2015
American Association of University Professors (Associates Council ) Elected Member Type:University/College Service Level:College 2013 -2015
International Symposium on Slavery (Steering Committee ) Committee Member Type:Public Level:Local 2014 -2015
All University Faculty Senate Elected Member Type:University/College Service Level:University BAD DATE -BAD DATE
Keywords
French Decadent Witness French Third Republic; Ritual in Early Modern World Modern European Intellectual History, France, Honor, Ruin Studies, Historiography,International History, Ethnohistory and Diplomacy, Seven Years War Belief Systems,Magic
Professional Affiliation
2010: Affiliate, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Ohio State University,
2007: Societas Magicas Scholarly society sponsoring study into magic,ritual and witchcraft, associated University of Pennsylvania Press
2008: French Colonial History Society
Courses Taught
15-FREN-180 WORLD CULT:FRENCH Level:Undergraduate
15-FREN-181 WORLD CULT:FRENCH French Colonisation Level:Undergraduate
15-FREN-182 FREN WORLD CULTURE The French Revolution, Society and the World Level:Undergraduate
15-SPAN-320 Spanish Civilizaton to 1808 Level:Undergraduate
15-SPAN- 331 Spanish Colonisation Level:Undergraduate
15-SPAN-330 Spanish Civilisation 1808 to Present Level:Undergraduate
15-FREN 323 Witchcraft and Magic in the Ages of Belief Level:Undergraduate
15-FREN-184 FRENCH CIVILIZATION Civilizing France: French Culture From Rome to the Sun King Level:Undergraduate
"Perils of Honor in Mediterranean Societies" Level:Both
French Freshman Seminar: "Twilight in Paris" Level:Undergraduate
Spanish Civilization I Level:Undergraduate
Ghosts of Spain Speak Level:Undergraduate
French Freshman Seminar "Twilight in Paris" Level:Undergraduate
Spanish Freshman Seminar "Ghosts of Spain" Level:Undergraduate
Spanish Civiliation I, revision and semester shift Level:Undergraduate
Spanish Civilization II, revised andshifted to semester Level:Undergraduate
Witchcraft and Magic in Ages of Belief Level:Undergraduate
French 1042 Feast of Fools Level:Undergraduate
Witchcraft and Magic in Age of Belief Level:Undergraduate
-SPAN-3085 SPAN CIV I Level:Undergraduate
Faculty Development Activities
2012 Periodic Faculty Seminar, French History Group Type:Seminar
10-10-2012 -10-12-2012 Sixteenth Century Conference Annual medieval and Renaissance scholarly conference, Sixteenth Century Society Cincinnati Type:Conference Attendance