Tyler E. Stovall

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Tyler E. Stovall
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Born
Tyler Edward Stovall

April 9, 1954
Gallipolis, Ohio, U.S.
DiedDecember 10, 2021(2021-12-10) (aged 67)
New York City, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationProfessor
Historian

Tyler Edward Stovall (April 9, 1954 – December 10, 2021) was an American academic and historian.[1] He served as President of the American Historical Association in 2017.[2]

Biography[]

Stovall earned a degree in history from Harvard University in 1976. He earned a master's degree in 1978 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he also earned a doctorate in 1984 with a thesis titled The rise of the Paris Red Belt.[3] He served as a high school teacher in 1978 before teaching at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, the University of California, Berkeley, and Ohio State University. He then served as a professor for the University of California, Santa Cruz and Stevenson University before returning to Berkeley and retiring in 2015.

Stovall's studies specialized in the history of French suburbs,[4] urban immigration, and post-colonial and transnational history.[5]

Tyler E. Stovall died in New York City on December 10, 2021, at the age of 67.[6]

Publications[]

  • The rise of the Paris Red Belt (1990)
  • France since the Second World War (2002)
  • Paris and the Spirit of 1919: consumer struggles, Transnationalism, and Revolution (2012)
  • Paris noir: African Americans in the City of light (2012)
  • Transnational France: the Modern History of a Universal Nation (2015)
  • White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea (2021)

References[]

  1. ^ Ha, Taylor (December 14, 2021). "Tyler Stovall, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Dies at 67". Fordham University. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ^ "AHA Council". American Historical Association.
  3. ^ "Review: How the Paris "Red Belt" Became Red". JStor.
  4. ^ "The Rise of the Paris Red Belt. Tyler Stovall". The University of Chicago Press Journals.
  5. ^ "Tyler Stovall, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of History". University of California, Santa Cruz.
  6. ^ Pattieu, Sylvain (December 16, 2021). "La mort de l'historien américain Tyler Stovall, spécialiste de la question raciale en France". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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