Committee on Degrees in History and Literature at Harvard

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• NAME: NAME: Scott Sowerby
• FIELD IN HISTORY AND LITERATURE: Modern Europe (Britain), Early Modern Europe
• Ph.D.: Harvard University (History)
• AREAS OF INTEREST:
  • Early modern and modern Britain
  • Early modern Europe
  • British Empire
  • British Atlantic World
  • Political culture, popular politics, monarchy and republicanism
  • National identities and state formation
  • Gender and sexuality
  • Radicalism and utopian thought
  • Enlightenment thought in England, Scotland, France and the Netherlands
  • The history of religion, especially the origins of religious toleration
  • Religious orthodoxy and heterodoxy
  • Connections between religious change and social change
  • Movements for social and political reform (Levellers, abolitionists, Chartists, suffragettes)
  • The experience of exile, political and religious (Marian exiles, Huguenots, Jacobites)
  • Travel narratives, captivity narratives, exploration and cross-cultural exchange
  • The application of social science to history, especially social movement theory
• DISSERTATION:
• James II's Revolution: The Politics of Religious Toleration in England, 1685-1689
• E-MAIL ADDRESS: sowerby @ fas
• HOME PHONE: 493-5077
• HARVARD HOUSE AFFILIATION: Resident tutor at Currier House

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• Phone: (617) 495-4029 | Fax: (617) 496-5605 | Email: histlit@fas.harvard.edu

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