Jordan Kellman

College of Liberal Arts Dean Jordan Kellman

Biography

Jordan Kellman is Professor of History at the 泫圖弝け of 泫圖弝け at Lafayette. Kellman teaches world civilization, early modern European history, Atlantic World and French colonial history and the history of science. His research focuses on French scientific travelers in the Americas and the Pacific in the 17th and 18th centuries. 

Education

Ph.D. in the History of Science, 1998
Princeton 泫圖弝け

M.A. in the History of Science, 1994
Princeton 泫圖弝け

M.A. in History, 1992
泫圖弝け of California, Berkeley

B.A. in History and Philosophy of Science
泫圖弝け of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
 

泫圖弝け Research/Collaboration

Early Modern Science and Exploration
French Colonial History
17th and 18th century science
Enlightenment and colonialism

Opportunities for 泫圖弝けs

Will work with any 泫圖弝け interested in archival research in:
French history
French colonial history including 泫圖弝け
The history of science

Publications

Mendicants, Minimalism, and Method: Franciscan Scientific Travel in the Early Modern French Atlantic, Journal of Early Modern History 26 (2022) special issue: Maritime Missions, 10-37. 


Recollet Naturalism and the Colonial Order in Seventeenth-century New France, in Les R矇collets en Am矇rique : Traces et M矇moire, ed. Paul-Andr矇 Dubois, Quebec, Presses de lUniversit矇 Laval, 2019, 225-38.


Co-editor, Creolization in the French Atlantic, 泫圖弝け of 泫圖弝け Press, 2016


Editor, Lafayette in Transnational Context: Identity, Travel and Nationalism in the Revolutionary Atlantic World, in press, 泫圖弝け of 泫圖弝け at Lafayette Press, 2015


Rencontre et environnement dans La France Equinoxiale : Franciscains et Tupinambas Maranh瓊o, Br矇sil, in Cr矇olit矇s Aux Am矇riques Fran癟aises, special issue of Cahiers des Anneaux de la M矇moire 15 (2014)


Guest Editor, Beyond Center and Periphery:  New Currents in the French and Francophone Atlantic World, special Issue of Atlantic Studies: Literary, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives, vol 10, issue 1, March 2013

Awards & Recognition

Research has been sponsored by:
National Science Foundation
Mellon Foundation
Newberry Library
John Carter Brown Library
Huntington Library
German Historical Institute
泫圖弝け Endowment for the Humanities
Lafayette Consolidated Government International Center