Caitlin Casey
My dissertation examines the transnationality of activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Though we often think of those as quintessentially American years of protest, I argue that activists of this period were constantly engaging – both rhetorically and concretely – with a global world. Moreover, I argue that this conception of international community was a thread that connects the movement of the sixties to the campaigns of the seventies. Professors Jonathan Holloway, Joanne Meyerowitz and Matthew Frye Jacobson are advising me in this project.
My orals fields included US social and cultural history in the 20th century, African American history post-emancipation, and transnational women’s movements in the 20th century. I have been a teaching assistant most recently for Formations of Modern American Culture, 1877-1919 and African American History: Emancipation to the Present. I will be teaching a seminar in the Spring of 2009 entitled, "Here, There and Everywhere:" A Transnational History of the Sixties. I am also a graduate affiliate of Calhoun College.
