University of Pittsburgh: Department of History

Jacob Pollock

Fields:

Atlantic History

Teaching experience:

TA, History Dept., University of Auckland
The U.S.A. in the Twentieth Century (First Semester 2004, first semester 2006).
Global History (Second Semester 2004, First Semester 2005).
Sexual Histories: Western Sexualities from Medieval to Modern Times (Second Semester 2005).

Conference Presentations:

'"Better Britons” Reframed: Empire and other in Aotearoa/New Zealand (1898 and 1918)’, British Worlds Conference, University of Auckland, July 2005.

'"The Land Alone Was Not Valued; the Community Was Pre-eminent”: Nationalist General Histories and the Rhetoric of Economy’, New Zealand Historical Association Conference, November 2005.

Publications:

'Cultural Colonization and Textual Biculturalism: James Belich and Michael King's General Histories of New Zealand' in New Zealand Journal of History, vol. 41, no. 2, October 2007.

"We Don’t Want Your Racist Tour!" The 1981 Springbok Tour and the Anxiety of Settlement in Aotearoa/New Zealand’, Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 2, 1, 2004.

‘Review of A Concise History of New Zealand’, in Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 3, 1, 2005.

Fellowships, Awards:

University of Pittsburgh Arts & Sciences Planning and Budgetary Committee Fellowship.


Jacob Pollock Fields: Atlantic History Teaching experience: TA, History Dept., University of Auckland The U.S.A. in the Twentieth Century (First Semester 2004, first semester 2006). Global History (Second Semester 2004, First Semester 2005). Sexual Histories: Western Sexualities from Medieval to Modern Times (Second Semester 2005). Conference Presentations: '"Better Britons” Reframed: Empire and other in Aotearoa/New Zealand (1898 and 1918)’, British Worlds Conference, University of Auckland, July 2005. '"The Land Alone Was Not Valued; the Community Was Pre-eminent”: Nationalist General Histories and the Rhetoric of Economy’, New Zealand Historical Association Conference, November 2005. Publications: 'Cultural Colonization and Textual Biculturalism: James Belich and Michael King's General Histories of New Zealand' in New Zealand Journal of History, vol. 41, no. 2, October 2007. "We Don’t Want Your Racist Tour!" The 1981 Springbok Tour and the Anxiety of Settlement in Aotearoa/New Zealand’, Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 2, 1, 2004. ‘Review of A Concise History of New Zealand’, in Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 3, 1, 2005. Fellowships, Awards: University of Pittsburgh Arts & Sciences Planning and Budgetary Committee Fellowship.