Committee on Degrees in History and Literature at Harvard

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Bio

• NAME: Katherine Stebbins McCaffrey
• FIELD IN HISTORY AND LITERATURE: America
• Ph.D., Boston University (American and New England Studies)
• AREAS OF INTEREST:
  • American literature and cultural history to 1925
  • Visual and material cultures
  • History of the book
  • Travel and leisure
  • Science and technology
  • History of medicine
• DISSERTATION TOPIC OR TITLE: Reading Glasses: American Spectacles in the Age of Franklin
  This project explores the technological development of and cultural discourses surrounding early eyeglasses during the Enlightenment.
• E-MAIL ADDRESS: kstebbin@fas
• OFFICE: Barker 039
• OFFICE HOURS: TBA
• HOME PHONE: 617-645-8704. Be sure to leave a message if for some reason I can’t pick up!!

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• Barker Center 122, Cambridge, MA 02138
• Phone: (617) 495-4029 | Fax: (617) 496-5605 | Email: histlit@fas.harvard.edu

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