George Sheridan

Office: 359 McKenzie Hall
Phone: (541) 346-4832
Email: gjs@oregon.uoregon.edu

Biographical Information
Associate Professor, specializing in the History of France, Economic History of Europe, Modern Europe
A.B. 1969, Princeton
M.Ph. 1973, Yale
M.A. 1974, Yale
Ph.D. 1978, Yale
With the U of O since 1976

Major Publications
The Social and Economic Foundations of Association among the Silk Weavers of Lyons, 1852-1870. 2 vols. (1981)
"Esprit de quartier et formes de solidarite dans les mouvements sociaux et politiques des ouvries en soie de Lyon, 1830-1880" in Le Monde Alpin et Rhodanien: Revue Regionale d'Ethnologie (1991)
"Corporatism, Association, and the Language of Labor in France, 1750-1850" Journal of Modern History (1986)

Fellowships, Grants, and Honors
American Council of Learned Societies Research Fellowship
National Endowment for the Humanities Travel Grants

Current Research and Writing
The culture and society of 19th century Lyon silk weavers; French worker autobiography; and historical construction of Europe

Recent Teaching
Western Civilization
History of France and Modern Europe
Idea of Europe (European Studies)

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