Elspeth Jane Carruthers
Curriculum Vitae

Personal:

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Rank:

Assistant Professor

Address:

Department of History  (M/C 198)
University of Illinois at Chicago
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607-7109

Phone: (312) 996-2241
Fax: (312) 996-6377
Email: elspethc@uic.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. 1999 Princeton University (dissertation: “Christianization and Colonization on the Medieval South Baltic Frontier”)
• M.A.  1992 Princeton University
• A.B.  1990 York University, Canada (honors)
  

Areas of Expertise:

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• High Medieval Europe
• Early Modern Europe
• Modern Germany
• Languages (formal study): Latin, German, Polish, French

Publications:

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• Articles:

Elspeth Carruthers and Gregory Hanlon, “Wills, Inheritance and the Moral Order in the 17-Century Agenais,” Journal of Family History, 15 (1990), 149-62.

Awards and Fellowships:

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• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship, 1990-1995
• American Council of Learned Societies, Eastern European Study Fellowship, 1995-1996
• American Bar Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1999-2000

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Department of History