James B. Gilbert
Professor Emeritus, Distinguished Unitersity Professor, History
gilbertj@umd.edu
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United States
James B. Gilbert
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
B.A. Carleton College (English Literature) 1961
M.A. University of Wisconsin (American History) 1963
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin (American History) 1966
POSITIONS HELD
Fulbright Advisor, University of Maryland 2011—2020
Lecturer, Erfurt University 2008
Senior Fulbright, Tubingen, Germany 2003
Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland 1999‐‐
Distinguished Fulbright Chair, Uppsala, Sweden 1998
Associate Faculty, American Studies Department 1997
Visiting Professor, University of Virginia 1993
Walt Whitman chair, Amsterdam University 1991
Visiting Lecturer, Sydney University, Australia 1987
Visiting Professor, University of Paris (X) 1984
Professor of History, University of Maryland 1972
Visiting Lecturer, Centre for Social History, Warwick
University, Coventry, England 1971
Associate Professor History, University of Maryland 1969‐1970
Visiting Lecturer, Teachers College, Columbia University 1969 Assistant Professor History, University of Maryland 1966‐1968
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND HONORS
Primm Lecture, One Hundredth Anniversary of St. Louis World’s Fair, University of Missouri/Missouri Historical Association, 2004
Honorary Doctor of Letters, Uppsala University, 2002
Distinguished Professor Lectures, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 1997
Fellow at Rutgers University Center for Historical Analysis, 1995‐1996.
Fellow at Bellagio, Italy, 1995.
Fellow of Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C., 1988.
UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE
Founder and Head, University of Maryland, Center for Historical Studies
Chair, Department of History 1997‐1998
Chair, Campus Task Force on Graduate Education 1992‐1993
Acting Chair, Department of Art 1986‐1987
Member, University Senate and Senate Executive Committee 1985‐1986
Member, University Academic Planning Advisory Committee 1983‐1986
Chair, Graduate Program, History Department 1982‐1985
Chair, Academic Affairs Committee, Division of Arts and Humanities 1977‐1978
Chair, Departmental Committee to Revise Tenure and Promotion Guidelines 1976‐1977
Chair, Departmental Honors Program 1976‐1981
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Second Place in F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Contest for “Christian Singles,” 2017
Outstanding Teacher Certificate, Panhellenic Association 1994
Selected Distinguished Scholar‐Teacher, University of Maryland 1978‐1979 Best article of the year, Popular Culture Association 1977
BOOKS
Fiction:
Tales of Little Egypt, Atmosphere Press, 2020
Zona Romantica, Anaphora, 2020
The Key Party: Creators Publishers, 2017
Secrets and Strangers (11 short stories): Amazon.com 2012.
History:
Whose Fair?: Memory, Experience, and History at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition: University of Chicago Press (October, 2009).
Men in the Middle: Searching for Masculinity in the 1950s: University of Chicago Press, 2005
Redeeming Culture: American Religion in an Age of Science (University of Chicago,
1997): [Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award submissions by University of Chicago Press] Paperback edition, 1998.
Perfect Cities: Chicago's Utopias in the 1890's: (University of Chicago, 1991) [N.Y. Times "Notable Books of 1991"]
A Cycle of Outrage: America's Reaction to the Juvenile Delinquent in the 1950s:
Oxford, 1986. [Pulitzer Prize submission by Oxford University Press]
The Pursuit of Liberty. Random House, 1983 (Joint Authorship with R. Jackson
Wilson, et al). (revised edition, Wadsworth, 1989). Third edition: Harper\Collins, 1995.
Another chance: America After World War II: New York: Alfred A. Knopf,
1981.2nd ed. 1985.
Work Without Salvation: America's Intellectuals and Industrial Alienation, 18801910: Baltimore: Hopkins, 1978.
Designing the Industrial State: The Intellectual Pursuit of Collectivism in America: Chicago: Quadrangle, 1972.
Writers and Partisans: A History of Literary Radicalism in America. New York: John Wiley, 1968. (Republished, Columbia University Press, 1992)
EDITED BOOKS
Rethinking Cold War Culture, with Peter Kuznick: Smithsonian Press, 2001.
Grand Illusions: Chicago's World's Fair of 1893, with Neil Harris, Wim deWit &Robert Rydell: Chicago Historical Society, 1993.
The Myth‐Making Frame of Mind, ed. with Amy Gilman, Joan Scott & Donald Scott: Wadsworth, 1992.
Transforming Faith, ed. with Miles Bradbury: Greenwood Press, 1989.
Publications
Jim Gilbert Publishes New Novel
Jim Gilbert's Sixth Novel
Jim Gilbert has just published his sixth novel, a legal thriller titled The Legacy. The story is set in Chicago where Jim was born. Learn more about the book HERE.
Jim Gilbert's Most Recent Novel in MarylandToday
Jim Gilbert's Most Recent Novel in MarylandToday
Jim Gilbert's most recent novel, Murder at Amapas Beach (Atmosphere Press) was featured in the June 14 edition of MarylandToday. The book features Amanda Pennyworth, the American consul to the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. She finds herself trying to solve two murders, one of a close friend.
See the full article HERE