University of Pittsburgh: Department of History

Eric Kimball

Fields:

Early American History, Atlantic History, Slavery and Abolition

PhD Topic:

"An Essential Link in a Vast Chain": New England and the West Indies, 1700-1775.

Teaching Experience:

Stand-Alone: United States to 1877 - Fall 2006, Summer 2005, Fall 2004
Teaching Fellow: United States to 1877, United States since 1865, Western Civilization II

Conference Presentations:

“A Wider Sea of Hate: The Atlantic Dimensions of Race & Slavery in Seventeenth Century New England,” for the Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Power in Maritime America Conference, Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut, October 26-29, 2006 .

“Colonial New Hampshire and the Atlantic Slave Economy,” Brownbag Speaker Series, McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 20, 2006.

“Origins of Racial Constructs in Seventeenth Century New England,” for The Nicholson Center for British Studies Conference: People and Ideas in Motion, The British Atlantic World, Chicago, Illinois, May 4, 2006.

“Measuring Portsmouth’s Atlantic Trade, 1768-1775,” at the New England Historical Association, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, April 22, 2006.

“From the Forests to the Fields: Portsmouth’s Exports and the Atlantic Slave Economies, 1770-1775,” at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 9, 2006.

“New Hampshire’s Exports and the Atlantic Slave Economies, 1770-1775,” at the Annual Meeting of the Consortium for the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2-4, 2006.

Publications:

Review of Writing Race Across the Atlantic World, Medieval to Modern, edited by Philip

Beidler & Gary Taylor, New West Indian Guide, forthcoming in v. 81, 2007.

Review of Africans and the Industrial Revolution in England, by Joseph Inikori,

International Review of Social History, v. 48, December 2003.

Fellowships, Awards:

Best Graduate Student Paper Prize, New England Historical Association, 2006.

W.B.H. Dowse Fellowship, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2006.

Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2005-2006.

Elizabeth Baranger Excellence in Teaching Award, Nominee, University of Pittsburgh, 2005.

Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh, 2004-2005.

Samuel P. Hays Summer Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, Summer 2004.

Center for the Humanities Fellowship, University of New Hampshire, Spring 2001.


Eric Kimball Email: erk7@pitt.edu Fields: Early American History, Atlantic History, Slavery and Abolition PhD Topic: "An Essential Link in a Vast Chain": New England and the West Indies, 1700-1775. Teaching Experience: Stand-Alone: United States to 1877 - Fall 2006, Summer 2005, Fall 2004 Teaching Fellow: United States to 1877, United States since 1865, Western Civilization II Conference Presentations: “A Wider Sea of Hate: The Atlantic Dimensions of Race & Slavery in Seventeenth Century New England,” for the Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Power in Maritime America Conference, Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut, October 26-29, 2006 . “Colonial New Hampshire and the Atlantic Slave Economy,” Brownbag Speaker Series, McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 20, 2006. “Origins of Racial Constructs in Seventeenth Century New England,” for The Nicholson Center for British Studies Conference: People and Ideas in Motion, The British Atlantic World, Chicago, Illinois, May 4, 2006. “Measuring Portsmouth’s Atlantic Trade, 1768-1775,” at the New England Historical Association, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, April 22, 2006. “From the Forests to the Fields: Portsmouth’s Exports and the Atlantic Slave Economies, 1770-1775,” at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 9, 2006. “New Hampshire’s Exports and the Atlantic Slave Economies, 1770-1775,” at the Annual Meeting of the Consortium for the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2-4, 2006. Publications: Review of Writing Race Across the Atlantic World, Medieval to Modern, edited by Philip Beidler & Gary Taylor, New West Indian Guide, forthcoming in v. 81, 2007. Review of Africans and the Industrial Revolution in England, by Joseph Inikori, International Review of Social History, v. 48, December 2003. Fellowships, Awards: Best Graduate Student Paper Prize, New England Historical Association, 2006. W.B.H. Dowse Fellowship, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2006. Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2005-2006. Elizabeth Baranger Excellence in Teaching Award, Nominee, University of Pittsburgh, 2005. Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh, 2004-2005. Samuel P. Hays Summer Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, Summer 2004. Center for the Humanities Fellowship, University of New Hampshire, Spring 2001.