RACHEL KANTROWITZ

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

www.rachelkantrowitz.com!
184 Bowen Street, Apt 14!
Providence, RI 02906!
rachel_kantrowitz@brown.edu!
323.350.2941!

EDUCATION!
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Ph.D. History, New York University, New York, NY, 2015. !
Dissertation: So That Tomorrow Would Be Better for Us: Developing FrenchFunded Catholic Schools in Dahomey and Senegal, 1946-1975. !
Committee: Frederick Cooper (chair), Herrick Chapman, Jonathan Zimmerman,
Gregory Mann (Columbia University), Elizabeth Foster (Tufts University).!
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B.A. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2006.
History Major, Hispanic Studies Minor.!
Phi Beta Kappa.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2015
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Postdoctoral Fellow in International Humanities, Department of Education, Brown

University, Providence, RI.

PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Article
Triangulating Between the Church, State, and Postcolony: Cooprants in Independent West
Africa Cahiers dEtudes africaines. Forthcoming. March 2016.
Manuscript in Preparation
Education for All: Decolonization, Religion, and Development in Francophone West Africa.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

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2015

2015
2014

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.

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FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS (continued)

2014
2013-2015
2012-2013
2012-2013
2012-2013
2012
2009-2012
2006

Summer Travel Award. History Department, New York University, New

York, NY.!
MacCracken Fellowship, New York University, New York, NY.
Jeanne Marandon Fellowship for Dissertation Research, Socit des
Professeurs Franais et Francophones dAmrique (SPFFA). !
Doctoral Fellow, Remarque Institute at cole Normale Suprieure. Paris,
France.!
Pensionnaire trangre, cole Normale Suprieure. Paris, France. !
Summer Travel Award, History Department, New York University, New
York, NY. !
MacCracken Fellowship, New York University, New York, NY.
Phi Beta Kappa, Vassar College, New York, NY.!

INVITED TALKS
2015

Database Management and Digital Workflow. Seminar on Archival and Historical

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

CONFERENCE ACTIVITY!
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Workshop Organized
2015

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

Panels Organized!
2015

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

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.
Accepted.
Papers Presented (continued)!

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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.!

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.!

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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.!
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. !
Transforming Empire: Education in Post-War French West Africa. African
Studies Association. Washington, DC. November 17-19.!
Debating French Christian Education in West Africa After World War II. French
Colonial Historical Society. Toronto, ON, Canada. June 2-4. !
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.!

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TEACHING!
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Brown University
2016
2015

Decolonizing African Education. Spring 2016.

Comparative Education: International Trends and Local Perspectives. Fall
2015.

New York University

2014-2015
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2012
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2011

Teaching and Learning Certificate. Fall 2014 and Spring 2015.!

Instructor. Aiding the Sick, Poor, and Hungry: African Development in
Debate. Summer 2012. !
Teaching Assistant. Professor Frederick Cooper. Africa Since 1940.
Fall 2011. !

France
2007-2008

English Language Assistant, Lyce Fabre, Carpentras, France. Fall 2007Spring 2008.!

LANGUAGES!

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Fluent French. !
Fluent Spanish.!
Intermediate Yoruba. !
Beginning Wolof.!
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
African Studies Association.
French Colonial Historical Society.
American Historical Association.
Phi Beta Kappa.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
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2013- 2015

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

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REFERENCES
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Frederick Cooper !
Professor, History Department!
New York University!
53 Washington Sq. South!
New York, NY 10012!
fred.cooper@nyu.edu!
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Gregory Mann!
Professor, History Department!
Columbia University!
413 Fayerweather Hall!
1180 Amsterdam Ave.!
New York, NY 10027!
g.mann@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
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Maria Montoya (Teaching Reference)!
Associate Professor, History Department!
New York University!
53 Washington Sq. South!
New York, NY 10012!
maria.montoya@nyu.edu
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