Dustin Harris : Curriculum Vitae

Education

University of Toronto, 2011-Present

  • Ph.D. Candidate in History
  • Dissertation: "Muslims in Marseille: North African Immigration and French Social Welfare in the Late Colonial and Early Postcolonial Eras"
  • Fields: Twentieth-Century Europe (Major), Colonialisms (Minor), and Urban History (Minor)
  • Supervisor: Eric Jennings, Professor, French History

Simon Fraser University, 2008-2011

  • M.A. in History
  • Thesis: "Constructing Dakar: Cultural Theory and Colonial Power Relations in French African Urban Development" (Defended January 26, 2011)
  • Supervisor: Roxanne Panchasi, Associate Professor, French History

University of British Columbia, 2004-2008

  • B.A., Honours History
  • Thesis: "Laboratories of Imperialism: Cultural Theory in French African Urban Planning and Architecture" (Defended April 25, 2008)
  • Supervisor: Sherry McKay, Associate Professor, School of Architecture

Research Interests

Modern European History; Nineteenth and Twentieth Century French History; French Colonial History; Urban History

Awards and Fellowships

Vivienne Poy Chancellor's Fellowship in the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014-2015

Research Travel Award, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto, 2015

Research Travel Award, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto, 2014

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral, 2011-2014

Rene Efrain Memorial Scholarship in French History, Department of History, University of Toronto, $1500, 2013

Pre-dissertation Research Award, Department of History, University of Toronto, 2012

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's, 2009-2010

Graduate Fellowship, Simon Fraser University, 2009

Graduate International Research Travel Award, Simon Fraser University, 2009

William and Jane Saywell Graduate Scholarship in History, Department of History, Simon Fraser University, 2009

Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation National in-course Award, 2006

Publications

"Constructing Dakar: Assimilation, Association and Power in French African Urban Development." The Graduate History Review (formerly Preteritus). Vol. 1 (Autumn 2009): 61-69. [link]

Presentations

"The Centre d'Accueil Nord-Africain: Social Welfare, Integration, and the probleme des jeunes musulmans in Late Colonial and Early Postcolonial Marseille." Paper presented at the Western Society for French History Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 5-7 November 2015. (forthcoming) 

"Fighting a New Type of War: Social Welfare, the French Army, and the Problem of Muslim Youth in Late Colonial Algeria." Paper presented at the Tri-University Annual History Conference on "War, Memory, and Commemoration," Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Ontario, 7 March 2015.

"Rethinking the 'Shantytown Republic': Bidonvilles, Logements Socials, and North African Immigration in Postcolonial Marseille." Paper presented at the tenth annual Graduate History Symposium, "(De)constructing Sites: Reinterpreting Histories," University of Toronto, February 8, 2014.

"Planning Dakar: Shifting Approaches in the Urban Development of a French Colonial City, 1857-1915." Paper presented at the International Planning History Society (IPHS) and the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (University of Lisbon) Conference on Colonial and Postcolonial Urban Planning in Africa, Lisbon, Portugal, September 5, 2013.

"Spaces of Assimilation? Colonial Power Relations and the Production of Public Space in Dakar, 1857-1915." Paper presented at the 2nd annual conference of the International Graduate Research Program, Berlin--New York--Toronto, "The World in the City: Metropolitanism and Globalization from the Nineteenth Century to the Present," Toronto, Ontario, May 30, 2013.

"A French City in West Africa: Continuity and Change in Colonial Dakar, 1902-1914." Paper presented at the 38th annual French Colonial Historical Society Conference, New Orleans, Louisianna, May 31, 2012. [link]

"Segregation and Colonial Policy in French West Africa: The Creation of the Medina of Dakar in 1914." Paper presented at the 35th Annual Qualicum History Conference, Parksville, British Columbia, January 30, 2010.

"Walking in the Colonial City: Shifting Norms in French West Africa's Ville Imperiale." Research presented at the Fall 2009 SFU History Colloquium, November 5, 2009.

"Constructing Dakar: The Changing Conception of Assimilation in French Africa, 1900-1914." Paper presented at the 34th Annual Qualicum History Conference, Parksville, British Columbia, February 1, 2009.

"Laboratories of Imperialism: Cultural Theory in French African Urban Design and Architecture." Paper presented at the Undergraduate Conference in History, Philosophy, and Politics, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, January 19, 2008.

"Laboratories of Imperialism: Cultural Theory in the Urban Design of French African Cities." Paper presented at the Nineteenth Century Studies Undergraduate Research Symposium, "Boundaries, Borders, Displacement: The Crisis of the Modern," University of British Columbia, April 13, 2007. [link]

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant,University of Toronto (Scarborough), HISB51H3: "Twentieth Century Africa," 2015

Teaching Assistant, Univserity of Toronto, HIS241F: "Europe in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1914," 2014

Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto, HIS109Y: "The Development of European Civilization, 1350-1945," 2012-2013

Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto (Mississauga), HIS295H5F: "Introduction to African History," Summer 2012

Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto (Mississauga), HIS295H5S: "Introduction to African History," Winter 2012

Instructor, Simon Fraser University Seniors Program, SCFC 599: "France: A Century of Revolution, 1789-1889," Spring 2011 [link]

Teaching Assistant, Simon Fraser University, History 345W: "Modern European City," 2010

Teaching Assistant, Simon Fraser University, History 225: "Twentieth Century Europe," 2009

Teaching Assistant, Simon Fraser University, History 374W: "Topics in the History of the Americas," 2008

Guest Lectures

"The French Colonial City," for Professor Nadine Roth's undergraduate course History 345W: "The Modern European City," Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, 10 February 2010.

"France and Decolonization," for Professor Greg Dochuk's undergraduate course History 225: "Twentieth Century Europe," Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, 20 March 2009.

"Racial and Natioanl Identity: Photographs of the 'New Negro' and the 'American Negro' at the 1900 Paris Exposition," for Professor Joseph Clark's undergraduate course History 374W: "Topics in the History of the Americas," Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, 6 November 2008.

Related Work Experience

Cultural Assistant, Langara College Explore Program, 2011

Professional Development

Advanced University Teaching Preparation Certificate, Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation, University of Toronto, 2014-present

Graduate Student Member, "Experiencing the City: In Translation," Jackman Humanities Institute Working Group, 2013-2014

Writing Instruction Training (WIT), University of Toronto, 2012-2013

Certificate Program in University Teaching and Learning for Graduate Students, Teaching and Learning Centre and the Dean of Graduate Studies Office, Simon Fraser University, 2009-2010

Instructional Skills Workshop, Teaching and Learning Centre, Simon Fraser University, 2009

Writing-Intensive Course Training Workshop, Dean of Graduate Studies Office, Simon Fraser University, 2008

Professional Affiliations

African Urban Planning Research Netwrok

French Colonial Historical Society

University Service

Co-Organizer, "Instability and Insecurity," Annual Graduate History Symposium, University of Toronto, 2015

Associate Editor, Past Tense, graduate journal of the Department of History, University of Toronto, 2013-present