Carolyn Eichner

Professor, History
Professor, Women's & Gender Studies

Education

PhD, Modern European History, University of California, Los Angeles
MA, Modern European History, Northern Illinois University

Teaching Schedule

Course Num	Title	Meets
HIST 242-001	Women and Gender in Europe: 1750 to the Present	TR 1pm-2:15pm
WGS 501-001	Advanced Humanities Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies: Women, Gender, and Revolution	T 5:30pm-8:10pm
WGS 501G-001	Advanced Humanities Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies: Women, Gender, and Revolution	T 5:30pm-8:10pm

Courses Taught

HST 242: Women and Gender in Europe – 1750-the Present
HST 355: Modern & Contemporary France
HST 468: The History of U.S. Feminisms
HST 850: France’s Revolutionary Century
HST 950: Women, Gender, & Sexuality in European Revolutions
WGS 201: Introduction to Women's & Gender Studies
WGS 303: Feminist Activism and Movements - The History of Feminism in the U.S.
WGS 500: Advanced Social Science Seminar: Gender, Sexuality and Imperialism
WGS 700: Feminist Issues and Scholarship: Power & Resistance

Research Interests

Gender & Women in 19th-Century France & Empire
Gender, Sexuality, & Empire
Citizenship, Gender, & Race
Histories of Feminisms
The Paris Commune
New Caledonia
Politics of Names & Naming

Related Activities

Fulbright Research Scholar, France (Paris), 2022-2023
Camargo Foundation Fellow, Spring 2023
Research Team Member, The Politics of Reason (POLSON)
- 4-year grant, funded by Convocatoria 2020—Proyectos de I+D+I, Ministry of Science & Innovation, Government of Spain, 2021-2025
Institute for Research in the Humanities, UW-Madison, 2020-2021
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 2015-2016
International Federation for Research in Women’s & Gender History, Board Member, 2015-2020, 2020-2025
Western Society for French History, President, 2014-2015; Vice-President, 2013-2014
French Historical Studies, Editorial Board Member, 2013-2016
Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires since 1820, Collaborating Editor, 2015-2018.

Selected Publications

Eichner, Carolyn J. Feminism's Empire (Cornell University Press, 2022).

Eichner, Carolyn J. The Paris Commune: A Brief History (Rutgers University Press, 2022).

Eichner, Carolyn J.“La Commune : pas de révolution sans femmes” L’Histoire. Les Collections90. (2021).

Eichner, Carolyn J. Franchir les barricades: Les femmes dans la Commune de Paris (Editions de la Sorbonne, 2020).

Eichner, Carolyn J.“La colonie pénale genrée: Prisonnières politiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie” Les circulations européennes à l’âge des empires coloniaux au XIXe siècle. Une identité genrée?Ed. Chaillou-Atrous, Virginie . Presses Universitaires de Rennes. (2020): 83-92.

Eichner, Carolyn J.“Language of Imperialism, Language of Liberation: Louise Michel & the Kanak-French Colonial Encounter” Feminist Studies45.2 (2019): 377-408.

Eichner, Carolyn J.“Exil et empire colonial : Louise Michel et l'expérience de la déportation” La Commune de 1871 : une relectureEd. Godineau, Laure , and César, Marc. Grâne. (2019): 359-368.

Eichner, Carolyn J.“Civilization vs. Solidarity: Louise Michel and the Kanak” Salvage Quarterly4. (2017): 84-97.

Eichner, Carolyn J.“In the Name of the Mother: Feminist Opposition to the Patronym in Nineteenth-Century France” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society39.2 (2014): 659-683..

Eichner, Carolyn J.“La Citoyenne in the World: Hubertine Auclert and Feminist Imperialism” French Historical Studies32.1 (2009): 63-84.

Eichner, Carolyn J.Surmounting the Barricades: Women in the Paris CommuneIndiana University Press. 2004: 279