Junko Takeda
Assistant Professor of History

145 Eggers Hall / Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
Tel. 315-443-5868 / Fax 315-443-5876
email: jtakeda@maxwell.syr.edu
Attached CV

Education

  1. June 2006 Joint Ph. D., Stanford University (History and the Humanities)
    Dissertation: “Between Conquest and Plague: Marseillais Civic Humanism in the Age of Absolutism, 1660 – 1725”
    Dissertation Committee: Keith Michael Baker, Carolyn Lougee Chappell, Paul Robinson, Jessica Riskin
  2. May 1998 A.B., Duke University (History)
    magna cum laude
    Honors Thesis: “Dilemmas of Liberalism: Alexis de Tocqueville on Race and Civilization”

Courses Taught

  1. History 300/615, Life in the Early Modern Mediterranean
  2. History 300/615, Plague to AIDS: Disease and the West
  3. History 300/615, Modern France: Napoleon to de Gaulle
  4. History 313/615, Old Regime, Enlightenment, French Revolution
  5. History 313/615, French Revolution: Sun King to Guillotine
  6. History 400/615, Body Politic: History of Disease and Medicine from the Black Death to the Bird Flu
  7. History 401.005, Books, Pornography and the French Revolution

Academic Specialization

Early Modern France, intellectual and political history; history of medicine; race and gender in early modern Europe.

Selected and Recent Publications

Dissertation

  1. "Between Conquest and Plague: Marseillais Civic Humanism in the Age of Absolutism, 1660-1725."

Publications

  1. Foreigners into Frenchmen: Commerce and Citizenship in the Early Modern Mediterranean, book manuscript (in preparation, April 2008).
  2. “Levantines in Marseille: The Politics of Naturalization and Neutralization in Old Regime France, 1660 – 1720,” peer-reviewed journal, Seventeenth-Century French Studies (London: Maney Press, accepted for publication, February 2008).
  3. “French Absolutism, Marseillais Civic Humanism, and the Languages of Public Good,” The Historical Journal (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, September 2006).
  4. “Central Peripheries and Peripheral Centers: Marseille and French Inventions of the Mediterranean, 1660 – 1786,” peer-reviewed journal, French Historical Studies (reviewed and currently editing, December 2006)
  5. “Danton,” “Marat,” “Mirabeau,” and “Sieyes” entrees for World Encyclopedia of Protest and Revolution (publication by Facts on File).

Papers and Presentations

  1. “Foreigners into Frenchmen: Commerce and Citizenship in Early Modern Marseille,” submitted proposal, “Confrontations: Society for the Study of French History Annual Conference,” Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom (July 4-5, 2008)
  2. “From Discipline to Punishment: The Trials of Sexual Deviance during the Plague of Marseille, 1720 - 1723, ” European Social Science History Conference, Lisbon, Portugal (February 26 – March 1, 2008)
  3. “Locating the Periphery: Marseilles, French Travel Writing, and Inventions of the Mediterranean, 1660 – 1770,” Society for 17th-Century French Studies Conference, Liverpool, Great Britain (September 6-8, 2007)
  4. “Demi-Orientalism and French Inventions of the Mediterranean, 1660 – 1777,” Society for the Study of French History Conference St. Andrews, Great Britain (July 1 – 3, 2007)
  5. “Redefining the Public Good: Louis XIV and the Urban Expansion of Marseille, 1660 – 1669,” Society for French Historical Studies Conference, Houston, Texas (March 15 – 17, 2007)
  6. “‘The Public Tribunal, a Natural Judge’: French Catholicism, Classical Republicanism, and the Invention of a Pre-Enlightenment Public Sphere,” Making Publics: Media, Markets, and Association in Early Modern Europe, 1500 – 1800, An Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Santa Barbara, California (March 9 - 10, 2007)
  7. “Resurrecting Massilia: Antiquity, Memory, and the Myth of Liberation following Louis XIV’s Conquest of Marseille, 1660 – 1700,” Collective Memory and the Uses of the Past: An Interdisciplinary Conference, University of East Anglia (July 7 – 10, 2006)
  8. “Between Hippocrates and Foucault: Orientalism and the Politics of Plague Prevention in Early Modern Europe,” From the Cradle to the Grave: Future Perspectives on the Social History of Medicine and Health Conference, Glasgow Strathclyde University (January 11-12, 2006)
  9. “Boundaries Obscured, Boundaries Highlighted: Health and Disciplinary Surveillance in Marseille,” Modern European Seminar, Stanford University (April 12, 2005)
  10. “Plague, Discipline and Punishment in Marseille, 1660 – 1725: A Republic’s Confrontation with Physical and Moral Catastrophe,” Society for French Historical Studies Conference (March 19, 2005)
  11. “From Plague to Revolution: Reincarnations of Republicanism in Provence, 1720 – 1789,” Modern European Workshop, Stanford University (May 2003)
  12. “The Shifting Republicanisms of Alexis de Tocqueville,” Seminar on Enlightenment and Revolution, Stanford University (December 2002)
  13. “Restaging the French Revolution,” Humanities Symposium, Stanford University (June 2002)
  14. “Restaging the French Revolution,” Modern European Seminar, Stanford University, (May 2002)

Invited Lectures

  1. “State-building and Civic Identity in Marseille: Navigating France and the Levant in the Age of Mercantilism, 1660 – 1723,” presentation of book manuscript introduction, October 26, 2007, in Med-Ren Seminar (Prof. Chris Kyle, Syracuse University, Autumn 2007).
  2. “Foreigners in Marseille, 1660 – 1720: The Politics of Naturalization and Neutralization in the Reign on Louis XIV,” September 17, 2007, in Empires, Nation and Culture Workshop (Prof. Subho Basu, Syracuse University, Autumn 2007).
  3. “Christine de Pizan, Laura Bassi, Emilie du Chatalet: Female Intellectuals in Early Modern Europe,” March 13, 2007, in History of Women, Work and Leisure (Prof. Malgorzata Fidelis, University of Illinois at Chicago, Spring 2007).
  4. “Central Peripheries and Peripheral Centers: French and Marseillais Inventions of the Mediterranean, 1660 – 1777,” November 13, 2006, in Empires, Nation and Culture Workshop (Prof. Subho Basu, Syracuse University, Autumn 2006).
  5. “Travel Manuals and Quarantines: Plague Prevention and the Boundaries of the French State,” October 23, 2006, in History of International Relations (Prof. Karin Rosemblatt, Tom Bach, Syracuse University, Autumn 2006).
  6. “France in the 1960s: From Student Protests to Serge Gainsbourg,” May 2003, in History 100C – Modern European History (Prof. James P. Daughton, Stanford University, Spring 2003).
  7. “Alexis de Tocqueville’s Liberalism in France and Algeria,” January 2002, in History 136A – Modern European Intellectual History (Prof. Paul Robinson, Stanford University, Winter 2002).

Research Grants and Awards

  1. Pigott Faculty Research Fund, Syracuse University, Summer 2008
  2. Appleby-Moser Faculty Research Grant for manuscript preparation, Syracuse University, Summer 2008, Summer 2007
  3. Society for French Historical Studies (SFHS) and Western Society for French Historical Studies (WSFHS) Research Travel Award for manuscript preparation, Summer 2007
  4. Mellon Dissertation Fellowship, 2005 – 2006
  5. Georges Lurcy Fellowship, 2003 – 2004
  6. Graduate Research Grant, Dean’s Office, Stanford University, 2003 – 2004
  7. History Department Fellowship, Stanford University, 2000 – 2005
  8. History Award for Best Senior Honors Thesis, Duke University, 1998
  9. Faculty Scholar Award, Duke University, 1997
  10. Dean’s List with Distinction, Duke University 1995, 1996, 1997

Teaching, Administrative, and Professional Appointments

Teaching

  1. History Lecture 300 (615.001), “The Early Modern Mediterranean: A Comparative and Cross-Cultural Perspective,” Syracuse University (Spring 2006)
  2. History Seminar 400 (615.009), “The Body Politic: Disease and the West, from the Black Death to the Avian Flu,” Syracuse University (Spring 2006)
  3. History Lecture 313, “Old Regime, Enlightenment, French Revolution,” Syracuse University (Fall 2006)
  4. History Senior Seminar 401, “Books, Pornography and the French Revolution,” Syracuse University (Fall 2006)
  5. Teaching Associate, Undergraduate Seminar 106A, “Old Regime and the French Revolution,” Stanford University (Professor Keith Baker, Spring 2005)
  6. Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Lecture 100C, “Modern European History,” Stanford University (Professor J. P. Daughton, Spring 2003)
  7. Instructor, Undergraduate Seminar, History 36S, “Civilization and Barbarism: Race and the Idea of Progress, 1700 – 1900,” Stanford University (Fall 2002)
  8. Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Lecture, History 136A, “Modern European Intellectual History,” Stanford University (Professor Paul Robinson, Winter 2002)
  9. Teaching Aide, English Language, Linguistics 668 “English for Foreign Students,” Stanford University (Summer 2002)
  10. Teaching Aide, Linguistics 689L, “Living and Working with Americans,” Stanford University (Summer 2002)
  11. Third – Fourth Grade Teacher, Sharon Montessori Academy (1998 – 2000, Spring 2006)
  12. Teaching Assistant, “Japanese Language and Culture,” Center for Language and Culture, Duke University (Summer 1995)
  13. Private tutor for advanced mathematics, literature and art, Charlotte, NC (Summer 1994 – 2000)

Graduate/Doctoral Advising

  1. Sherrod Brandon Marshall, (2007 - present)
  2. Hua Liu, Early Modern Europe (Fall 2006 - present)

Department and University Service/Participation

  1. Search Committee Member, Modern Germany History Search, (with Dennis Romano, Andrew Cohen) Department of History, Syracuse University, 2008 – 2009
  2. Summer Advising / First-Year Advising / Freshman Forum, College of Arts and Sciences, Syracuse University, Summer 2008 – 2009
  3. Faculty Director, Future Professoriate Program, Department of History, Syracuse University, 2008 – 2009
  4. Transnational Asian Studies, Implementation Committee Member (with Dean Susan Wadley), 2008 - 2009
  5. Search Committee Member, Modern Russia/Soviet History Search, (with Gerry Greenberg, Andrew Cohen, Subho Basu) Department of History, Syracuse University, 2007 – 2008
  6. Co-director (with Fred Marquardt), Future Professoriate Program, Department of History, Syracuse University, 2007 – 2008
  7. Member, Workshop Sub-Committee (with Norman Kutcher, Subho Basu, and Andrew Cohen), Department of History, Syracuse University, 2007 - 2008
  8. Implementation Committee Member, Documentary Film and History MA Program, Syracuse University (August 2006 – present)
  9. Co-Advisor, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Syracuse University division (August 2006 – June 2007)
  10. Committee Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee, History Department, Syracuse University (October 2006 – present)
  11. Paper presenter and discussion participant, Interdisciplinary Writing Workshop, Syracuse University (September 2006 – present)
  12. Lead Graduate Student Conference Assistant, Society for French Historical Studies Conference, Stanford University (February – March 2005)
  13. Administrator, Interdisciplinary Institute for French Studies, Stanford University (June 2002 – September 2003)
  14. Coordinator, French Culture Workshop, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University (June 2002 – September 2003)
  15. Indexer for Stanford Libraries Gimon Publication, Stanford University (May 2003 – September 2003)
  16. Research Assistant and Indexer for Professor Jessica Riskin, Department of History, Stanford University (May 2002 – June 2003)
  17. Coordinator, Humanities Symposium, Graduate Program in the Humanities, Stanford University (Spring 2002)
  18. Graduate Student Representative, Humanities Steering Committee, Stanford University (2001 – 2003)
  19. Graduate Student Reader for Modern European Graduate Admissions Committee, Stanford University (Winter 2002)
  20. Student Assistant, Stanford University Press, Stanford University (Fall 2000 – Spring 2001)
  21. German Translator / Archival Assistant, Hartmann Archives, Duke University (Fall 1996 – Spring 1997)

Professional Affiliation

  1. American Historical Association (AHA), 2005 - present
  2. Society for French Historical Studies (SFHS), 2004 - present
  3. American Society for 18th-Century Studies (ASECS), 2005 - present