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About
Carl Guarneri is Professor of History at Saint Mary's, where he has taught since 1979. Trained as an undergrad in European history, he came to American history with an interest in comparative and transnational approaches. Among his publications are a study of transatlantic utopian socialism, The Utopian Alternative (1991), an college-level textbook, Global Americans (2017), an collection of essays, America Compared: American History in International Perspective (1997, 2005), and America in the World: United States History in Global Context (2007). His current research interests include the American Civil War, the history of European settler societies in the Americas and Australia, and the global influence of American reformers Edward Bellamy and Henry George. At Saint Mary's, Guarneri teaches a wide variety of courses in historical methods, world history, and American history from the colonial era to World War II.
Contact Information
Office: Galileo Hall 312
Phone: 925-631-4592
Fax: 925-631-8565
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Johns Hopkins University
… → 1979
MA, University of Michigan
… → 1974
BA, University of Pennsylvania
… → 1972
External positions
Visiting Scholar, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge
Jan 1 2017
A. Lindsay O'Connor Visiting Professor, Colgate University
Jan 1 2006
Visiting Professor of American Studies, University of Paris VIII
Jan 1 2000
Instructor in History and Cultural Studies, Bates College
Jan 1 1977 → Jan 1 1978
Research Interests
- American Intellectual and Cultural History
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- American and European Radicalism and Utopianism
- Global and Comparative History
- American Social and Ethnic History
- American Architecture
Disciplines
- History
Projects
- 9 Finished
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Rethinking America in Global Perspective Grant
Guarneri, C. (PI)
NEH Institute for College and University Teachers
1/1/08 → 1/1/08
Project: Research project
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Lecturer Grant
Guarneri, C. (PI)
Turkey - U.S. Department of State
1/1/06 → 1/1/06
Project: Research project
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Rethinking America in Global Perspective Grant
Guarneri, C. (PI)
NEH Institute for College and University Teachers
1/1/05 → 1/1/05
Project: Research project
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Major American Utopias Grant
Guarneri, C. (PI)
NEH Summer Seminar for School Teachers
1/1/01 → 1/1/01
Project: Research project
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Major American Utopias Grant
Guarneri, C. (PI)
NEH Summer Seminar for School Teachers
1/1/98 → 1/1/98
Project: Research project
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Dana's Lincoln: A War Department Insider's Perspective on the Civil War President
Guarneri, C., Feb 1 2020.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Review of “Ted Widmer, Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington”
Guarneri, C., Jan 1 2020, In: Phi Kappa Phi Forum Magazine. 32Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A 'Printing House Divided': Charles Dana, Horace Greeley, and the New York Tribune on Secession and Civil War
Guarneri, C., Nov 7 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Review of Michael Robertson, The Last Utopians: Four Late Nineteenth-Century Visionaries and their Legacy
Guarneri, C., Oct 1 2019, In: Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 18Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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University Press of Kansas: Lincoln's Informer: Charles A. Dana and the Inside Story of the Union War
Guarneri, C., Jan 1 2019, University Press of Kansas.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Activities
- 7 Membership of network
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Communal Studies Association (External organization)
Guarneri, C. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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American Studies Association (External organization)
Guarneri, C. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Society for Utopian Studies (External organization)
Guarneri, C. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (External organization)
Guarneri, C. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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American Historical Association (External organization)
Guarneri, C. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Prizes
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Albert Castel Award: For best book on the Civil War in the Western Theater for "Lincoln's Informer" (2020). Kalamazoo Civil War Round Table, Western Michigan University.
Guarneri, C. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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First Annual Research Scholar Award - Saint Mary's College of California (2011)
Guarneri, C. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Distinguished Scholar Award - Communal Studies Association (2006)
Guarneri, C. (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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William Gilbert Award - American Historical Association (2003) for best article on teaching history: "Internationalizing the United States Survey Course"
Guarneri, C. (Recipient), 2003
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Professor of the Year Award - St. Mary's College of California (1996)
Guarneri, C. (Recipient), 1996
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)