RACHEL KANTROWITZ

Curriculum Vitae
www.rachelkantrowitz.com0

Department of Education
Brown University
Box 1938, 340 Brook Street
Providence, RI 02912

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Providence, RI 029060
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323.350.29410

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Brown University, Providence, RI, 2015-present.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cogut Center for the Humanities and Department of Education.

EDUCATION
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New York University, New York, NY, 2015.
Ph.D. History, New York University, New York, NY.

Dissertation title: So That Tomorrow Would Be Better for Us: Developing

French-Funded Catholic Schools in Dahomey and Senegal, 1946-1975.
Committee: Frederick Cooper (chair), Herrick Chapman, Jonathan Zimmerman (University
of Pennsylvania), Gregory Mann (Columbia University), and Elizabeth Foster (Tufts
University).
cole Normale Suprieure, Paris, France.
Pensionnaire trangre, visiting researcher. Fall 2012-Spring 2013.
Doctoral Fellow, Remarque Institute. Spring 2013.
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2006.
B.A. History Major, Hispanic Studies Minor.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Honors in History.
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PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Articles
A Nation in Miniature: Catholic Civism and Post-Independence West African Schools
Invited to resubmit, The Journal of African History.
Triangulating Between the Church, State, and Postcolony: Cooprants in Independent West Africa
Cahiers dtudes africaines, LVI (1-2) 221-222 (2016): 219-241.

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Manuscript in Preparation

Education for All: Decolonization, Religion, and Development in Francophone West Africa.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

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2015-2017
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2013-2015
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2009-2012
2006
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in International Humanities. Comparative and

International Education, Department of Education and Cogut Center for the
Humanities. Brown University, Providence, RI.
Bursary, The Association for Computers and Humanities.
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship for Advanced Yoruba Group Projects Abroad
(YGPA). Ibadan, Nigeria.
Postgraduate Panel Bursary, Society for the Study of French History (UK).
Summer Travel Award. History Department, New York University. New
York, NY.0
MacCracken Fellowship, New York University. New York, NY.
Jeanne Marandon Fellowship for Dissertation Research, Socit des
Professeurs Franais et Francophones dAmrique (SPFFA). 0
Doctoral Fellow, Remarque Institute at cole Normale Suprieure. Paris,
France.0
Pensionnaire trangre, cole Normale Suprieure. Paris, France. 0
Summer Travel Award, History Department, New York University. New
York, NY. 0
MacCracken Fellowship, New York University. New York, NY.
Phi Beta Kappa, Vassar College. Poughkeepsie, NY.
Honors in History, Vassar College. Poughkeepsie, NY.0

INVITED TALKS
2015

Database Management and Digital Workflow. Seminar on Archival and Historical

Research. Center for Jewish History, New York, NY. May 21.

CONFERENCE ACTIVITY0
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Conference Organized
2017

Education in Africa. Brown University. Providence, RI. March 10.

Workshop Organized
2015

Teaching African History. Columbia University. New York, NY. January 30.

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Panels Organized0

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2015

Roundtable: Digital Tools: From the Archive to Publication. American

Historical Association. New York, NY. January 2-5. 0

2014

Chair. Oral History: A Reflection on Interdisciplinary Methods African Studies

Association. Indianapolis, IN. November 20-23. 0

2014

Exporting French Culture: Diplomacy Through French Institutions in Post-1945

Europe and African Colonies. Society for French Historical Studies. Montreal, QC,
Canada. April 24-27.

Papers Presented
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2015
The Priests Are Also Colonialists: French Catholic Missionary Schools in Senegal,
1946-1960. African Studies Association. San Diego, CA. November 19-22.
2015

Metadata as an Analytical and Writing Tool. Keystone Digital Humanities

Conference. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. July 22-24.

2015

Between Church, State, and the Postcolony: Catholic Education in Senegal and
Benin. Greater New York African History Workshop, New Brunswick, NJ. March
27.

2015

Digital Tools: From the Archive to Publication. Roundtable panelist. American

Historical Association. New York, NY. January 2-5.0

2014

Integrating Histories: Methodological Insights from Interviewing Students on

Education in Post-1945 Senegal and Benin. African Studies Association.
Indianapolis, IN. November 20-23.0

2014

A French School in Every Village: Postwar French Cultural Politics in West Africa.
Society for French Historical Studies. Montreal, QC, Canada. April 24-27.0

2014

Reforming Empire: Promoting Mass Education in Postwar French West Africa.

Symposium: New Perspectives on Postwar Empires in Africa, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. April 10-11.0

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2012
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2011

Developing Education: Goals and Outcomes of French-Funded Catholic Schools

in Benin and Senegal, 1946-1975. African Studies Association. Baltimore, MD.
November 21-24.0
Educating the French Citizens of Tomorrow: Frances Post-War Efforts at Mass
Education in West Africa. French Colonial Historical Society. New Orleans, LA.
May 30-June 2. 0
Transforming Empire: Education in Post-War French West Africa. African
Studies Association. Washington, DC. November 17-19.0

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2011

Debating French Christian Education in West Africa After World War II. French
Colonial Historical Society. Toronto, ON, Canada. June 2-4. 0

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2011

Post-War Development and Social Politics in French West Africa: Re-examining

Colonial-Metropolitan Relations. Development Winter School of ETH Zurich,
Ascona, Switzerland. January 23-28.

Discussant
2015

Chair and Discussant. France and Africa in Global Perspective, African Studies
Association. San Diego, CA. November 19-22.

TEACHING0
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Brown University
Decolonizing African Education: Student Activism and Social Change, 1960spresent. (Cross-listed with Africana Studies). Fall 2016, Spring 2016.
Comparative Education: International Trends and Local Perspectives. Fall 2015, Spring
2017.
New York University
Teaching and Learning Certificate 1 and 2. Fall 2014 and Spring 2015.0
Aiding the Sick, Poor, and Hungry: African Development in Debate. Summer
2012. 0
Africa Since 1940. (Teaching Assistant). Professor Frederick Cooper. Fall 2011. 0
France
English Language Assistant, Lyce Fabre, Carpentras, France. Fall 2007-Spring 2008.0

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Fluent French. 0
Fluent Spanish.0
Intermediate Yoruba. 0
Beginning Wolof.0

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
African Studies Association.
French Colonial Historical Society.
American Historical Association.
Phi Beta Kappa.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2016-present Reviewer for The Journal of African History.

2016-present Honors Thesis advised, The Education of Immigrant Youth in France, Katya
Barrett, Brown University.
2015-2016

Co-creator, Teaching Collaborative. Brown University.

2013-2015

Creator and co-organizer, Africanist Writing Group. Columbia University.

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