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Dale L. Clifford <clifford@unf.edu> University of North Florida My primary research focus is on the history of the National Guard in the French Revolution and subsequent 19th century revolutions. In a larger sense, I am interested in the citizen-soldier. |
| Address: | Department of History University of North Florida 4567 St. Johns Bluff Road S. Jacksonville, Florida 32224 United States |
| Primary Phone: | (904) 620-1858 |
| Fax Number: | (904) 620-1018 |
| Web Page: | http://www.unf.edu/~clifford |
| List Affiliations: | Advisory Board Member for H-War Reviewer for H-War |
| Interests: | European History / Studies Military History |
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Bio: Education: Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1975. Dissertation: "Aux armes, citoyens! The National Guard in the Paris Commune of 1871." M.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1968. Thesis: "The Communards and the Great Revolution: A Study in Connective Ideology." B.A., magna cum laude with high honors in history, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1966. Honors thesis: "Jean Jaurès and Socialist Unity During the Dreyfus Affair." Employment: 1999-present: Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History, University of North Florida. 1979-present: Associate Professor of History, University of North Florida. 1992-1996: Associate Dean (Interim 1992-94), College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224. 1989-1992: Director of the Honors Program, University of North Florida. 1986-1989: Interim Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Florida. 1983-1989: Director of Freshman and Sophomore Programs, University of North Florida. 1972-79: Assistant Professor of History, University of North Florida. Awarded tenure in 1977. Major Teaching Fields: French Revolution Military History Modern France Modern Europe Historiography Professional Memberships: American Historical Association Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association Society for French Historical Studies Society for Military History; member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Military History Publications and Scholarly Papers: “The Integration of Military History in the Curriculum,” presented at the annual conference of the American Historical Association, January 2004. “Soldier-Citizens and Urban Peacekeeping: Paris, 1789-1792,” presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Military History, May 2003. “Can the Uniform Make the Citizen? Paris, 1789-1791,” Eighteenth-Century Studies 34.3 (2001): 363-382. “The Paris Commune and the Artists,” Cummer Studies vol. 1 (1996), 198-219. "The National Guard and the Parisian Community, 1789-90," French Historical Studies, vol. 16, no. 4 (Fall 1990), pp. 849-78. "Command Over Equals: The Officer Corps of the Parisian National Guard," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Western Society for French History, vol. 18 (1991), pp. 152-165. "Revolutionary Justice in the National Guard: Discipline and Obedience," paper delivered at the American Historical Association, December 1989. "Developing a Municipal Administration: Parisian Politics and the Management of the Paid National Guard," Proceedings of the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1989. "Lafayette and the Citizen Soldier: The Depoliticization of the National Guard, 1789-90," invited presentation at the Lafayette Sesquicentennial, Lafayette College, September 1984. "L'Affaire Guillotte: A Case Study in Parisian Municipal Politics, 1789-90," Proceedings of the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1980, vol. 1, pp. 37-48. |
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