RACHEL KANTROWITZ

Curriculum Vitae

Department of History 20 Seaman Ave. Apt. 6E
New York University New York, NY 10034
53 Washington Sq. South rachelk@nyu.edu
New York, NY 10012 323.350.2941

EDUCATION

Ph.D. New York University, New York, NY, 2015 (expected).
Dissertation: 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, Gregory Mann
(Columbia University).

B.A. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2006.
History Major, Hispanic Studies Minor.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2014 Fulbright-Hays Fellowship for Advanced Yoruba Group Projects Abroad
(YGPA). Ibadan, Nigeria.
2013-2015 MacCracken Fellowship, New York University, NY.
2012-2013 Jeanne Marandon Fellowship for Dissertation Research, Socit des
Professeurs Franais et Francophones dAmrique (SPFFA).
2012-2013 Doctoral Fellow, Remarque Institute. Paris, France.
2012-2013 Pensionnaire trangre, cole Normale Suprieure. Paris, France.
2012 Summer Travel Award, History Department, New York University, NY.
2009-2012 MacCracken Fellowship, New York University, NY.
2006 Phi Beta Kappa, Vassar College, NY.


CONFERENCE ACTIVITY

Panels Organized

2015 Roundtable: Digital Tools: From the Archive to Publication. Accepted. American
Historical Association. New York, NY. January 2-5.

2014 Chair. Oral History: A Reflection on Interdisciplinary Methods African Studies
Association. Indianapolis, IN. November 20-23.

2014 Exporting French Culture: Diplomacy Through French Institutions in Post-1945
Europe and African Colonies. Society for French Historical Studies. Montreal, QC,
Canada. Panel sponsored by the Society for the Study of French History (UK)
Postgraduate Panel Bursary. April 24-27.
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Papers Presented

2015 Panelist on roundtable Digital Tools: From the Archive to Publication. American
Historical Association. New York, NY. January 2-5.

2014 Integrating Histories: Methodological Insights From Interviewing Students on
Education in Post-1945 Senegal and Benin. African Studies Association.
Indianapolis, IN. November 20-23.

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.

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.

2013 Developing Education: Goals and Outcomes of French-Funded Catholic Schools
in Benin and Senegal, 1946-1975. African Studies Association. Baltimore, MD.
November 21-24.

2012 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.

2011 Transforming Empire: Education in Post-War French West Africa. African
Studies Association. Washington, DC. November 17-19.

2011 Debating French Christian Education in West Africa After World War II. French
Colonial Historical Society. Toronto, ON, Canada. June 2-4.

2011 Post-War Development and Social Politics in French West Africa: Reexamining
Colonial-Metropolitan Relations. Development Winter School of ETH Zurich,
Ascona, Switzerland. January 23-28.

TEACHING

2014-2015 Teaching and Learning Certificate, NYU. [Fall 2014 and Spring 2015].

2012 Instructor, NYU. Aiding the Sick, Poor, and Hungry: African
Development in Debate. Summer 2012.

2011 Teaching Assistant, NYU. Professor Frederick Cooper. Africa Since 1940.
Fall 2011.

2007-2008 English Language Assistant, Lyce Fabre, Carpentras, France. October 2007-
April 2008.
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LANGUAGES

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


PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2013- present Creator and co-organizer, Africanist Writing Group. Columbia University.


REFERENCES

Frederick Cooper
Professor, History Department
New York University
53 Washington Sq. South
New York, NY 10012
fred.cooper@nyu.edu

Gregory Mann
Professor, History Department
Columbia University
413 Fayerweather Hall
1180 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027
gm522@columbia.edu

Herrick Chapman
Associate Professor
History Department
and Institute for French Studies
New York University
15 Washington Mews
New York, NY 10003
herrick.chapman@nyu.edu

Maria Montoya (Teaching Reference)
Associate Professor, History Department
New York University
53 Washington Sq. South
New York, NY 10012
maria.montoya@nyu.edu