Craig Bruce Smith
Curriculum Vitae
October 2013
Brandeis University
Department of History
415 South Street, MS 036
Waltham, MA 02453
craigbrucesmith.com
CBSmith8@brandeis.edu
(781) 736-2270
EDUCATION
PhD, American history, Brandeis University, 2014 (expected)
MA, American history, Brandeis University, 2009
MA, European history, St. John’s University, 2006
BA, history, St. John’s University, 2005
summa cum laude and salutatorian
DISSERTATION
“Rightly to Be Great: Honor, Virtue, and Ethics among the American Founders”
Committee: David Hackett Fischer, Jane Kamensky, Gordon Wood, and Bertram Wyatt-Brown
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2013–Present
Instructor, Transitional Year Program, Brandeis University
2011, 2013–Present
Instructor, University Writing Program, Brandeis University
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
In Print
“Claiming the Centennial: The American Revolution’s Blood and Spirit in Boston,
1870–1876,” Massachusetts Historical Review, Vol. 15.
2007
“Both Sides of the Border: The Land and Loyalty of Daniel Merritt,” the Westchester
Historian, Vol. 83, No. 2, Spring.
Book Reviews
Forthcoming
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“Bertram Wyatt-Brown’s Honor and America's Wars: From the Revolution to Iraq,”
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Journal of Military History.
Forthcoming
2013
“Steven E. Siry’s Liberty’s Fallen Generals: Leadership and Sacrifice in the
American War of Independence,” Journal of Military History.
2013
“Gordon A. Craig’s Knowledge and Power: Essays on Politics, Culture, and War,”
H-War, H-Net Reviews, Oct.
Manuscripts in Submission
“Death and Dishonor: The Changing Nature of Dueling in the Early Republic,” under peer
review with the Journal of the Early Republic.
“No Peace Without Honor: The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, the Struggle between Personal and
National Honor, and the Coming of the War of 1812,” under peer review with the Journal of
Military History.
Manuscript in Preparation
“The Devil from Dedham: Murder, Masculinity, and Mistrust in Early Republican
Massachusetts.”
Web-Based Publications
Forthcoming
“Social Education,” Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington.
Forthcoming
“Status of Slaves in Will,” Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington.
2013
“The Dagworthy Controversy,” Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington,
http://www.mountvernon.org/encyclopedia
2011
English Text Transcription, “Anno 13tio Elizabethæ Certain Arguments collected
out of the scriptures out of the civill [sic] Law & the Common exhibited to the
Queens Majestie [sic] by some of both houses against the Queen of Scots,” the
Newton Project, www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk
2011
“Isaac Newton manuscript,” Brandeis Special Collections Spotlight, May.
2011
“The Man Who Would Not Be Vice President: The Daniel Webster Collection,”
Brandeis Special Collections Spotlight, January.
2010
“Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum),” Brandeis Special Collections Spotlight,
September.
Other Publications
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2011
“Nuremberg War Crimes Trial,” the Encyclopedia of War, Wiley-Blackwell [peer
reviewed].
2011
“Special Collections Spotlight: Nuremberg Chronicle,” Imprint, Vol. 31, No. 1,
winter/spring.
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
2013
Washington College Fellowship in Early American History, Boston Athenaeum
2013
Mellon Dissertation Research Grant, Brandeis University
2012
World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship, Smith Richardson Foundation
2012
Mellon Dissertation Research Grant, Brandeis University
2011
Robert M. & Annetta J. Coffelt and Robert M. Coffelt, Jr. Fellowship, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
2011
Short-term Fellowship for Jefferson-related projects, Robert H. Smith International
Center for Jefferson Studies
2011
West Point Summer Seminar in Military History, United States Military Academy
2011
Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati Fellowship, Anderson House,
Washington, D.C.
2011
Mellon Dissertation Research Grant, Brandeis University
2011
Travel Grant, Chicago Conference on the American Revolution, the Karla Scherer
Center for the Study of American Culture at the University of Chicago
2008–2013
Rose and Irving Crown Fellowship, Brandeis University
2001–2005
Presidential Full Scholarship, St. John’s University
INVITED TALKS
2013
“From Words to Thoughts to Actions: The Ideological and Literary Formation of
George Washington,” Boston Athenaeum, August 12.
2012
“Rightly to Be Great: Ideas of Honor and Virtue among the American Founders,”
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, January 10.
2011
“Rightly to Be Great: Ideas of Honor and Virtue among the American Founders,”
Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies, September 29.
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2011
“Teaching the Military History of the American Revolution,” West Point Summer
Seminar in Military History, June 16.
2006
“Gentlemen of War,” Rye Historical Society, August 26.
2006
“Both Sides of the Border: The Land and Loyalty of Daniel Merritt,” Rye Historical
Society, August 12.
CONFERENCES
Panels Organized
2014
Transnational Abolitionism: Understanding Slavery and Freedom in a Global Context,
Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, April 10–13.
2014
Defining Honor: The Changing Nature of Ethics in Society, American Historical
Association Annual Meeting, January 2–5.
2013
Leading with Ethics: Morality, Honor, Virtue and the Evolution of the American
Officer, International Society for Military Ethics Conference, October 13–16.
2013
Honor and Justice, From Enemies to Allies: An International Conference on the War
of 1812 and its Aftermath, United States Naval Academy, June 12–16.
Papers Presented
2014
“Redemption: The American Revolution and Abolitionism in Britain and the United
States,” Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, April 10–13.
2014
“The Formation of American Honor and the Path to Revolution,” American
Historical Association Annual Meeting, January 2–5.
2013
“A Test of Virtue and Honor: Revolution, Morality, and the Continental Army,”
International Society for Military Ethics Conference, October 13–16.
2013
“The Devil from Dedham: Murder, Masculinity, and Mistrust in Early Republican
Massachusetts,” New England Historical Association Conference, October 12.
2013
“Death and Dishonor: The Changing Nature of Dueling in the Early Republic,”
Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, July 18–21.
2013
“No Peace Without Honor: The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, the Struggle between
Personal and National Honor, and the Coming of the War of 1812,” From Enemies to
Allies: An International Conference on the War of 1812 and its Aftermath, United
States Naval Academy, June 12–16.
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2013
“Can Honor Justify Violence?: Boycotts, Riots, Massacres, and the Coming of the
American Revolution,” 2nd Annual Graduate Conference on Human Rights, New
York University, April 17.
2012
“Institutionalizing Honor in the Early Republic,” Society for U.S. Intellectual History
Conference, November 1–2 (conference canceled).
2011
“Claiming the Centennial: Descent and Dissent in Boston, 1870–1876,” New
England American Studies Association Conference, November 4–5.
2009
“Washington’s Honor,” Brian Bertoti Innovative Perspectives in History Graduate
Conference, Virginia Tech, March 20–21.
Panel Chair/Comment
2013
Imagining the State in Early America, New England Historical Association
Conference, April 20.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Brandeis University
“First in the Hearts of his Countrymen”: The Life of George Washington – Instructor
America in War and Peace – Instructor
Atlantic Abolitionism – Instructor
The Battles of Boston – Instructor
The Presidency and the People in American Society – Instructor
American Honor – Instructor
American Revolution – Co-taught with David Hackett Fischer
The History of Childhood and Youth in America – Course Assistant with Joyce Antler
American Revolution – Course Assistant with David Hackett Fischer
Europe in World War II – Teaching Fellow with Paul Jankowski
War in European History – Teaching Fellow with Paul Jankowski
World War II – Teaching Fellow with David Hackett Fischer
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Military History
Manuscript Reviewer, Massachusetts Historical Review
RELATED EMPLOYMENT
2013–2014
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Assistant, Mellon-Sawyer Seminar: “Rethinking the Age of Revolution: Rights,
Representation, and the Global Imaginary,” Brandeis University
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2013–2014, Archival Assistant, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections,
2010–2011 Brandeis University
2006–2008
History Teacher, Holy Cross High School
2006
Archival Intern, Timothy Knapp House Archives, Rye Historical Society
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2011
West Point Summer Seminar in Military History, United States Military Academy
2010–2011
Mellon Interdisciplinary Seminar, Brandeis University
LANGUAGES
German (conversational and literate)
Spanish (conversational and literate)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Historical Association (AHA)
Organization of American Historians (OAH)
Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR)
Society for Military History (SMH)
Society for U.S. Intellectual History (S-USIH)
REFERENCES
David Hackett Fischer, University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History, Brandeis
University.
415 South Street MS 036 Waltham, MA 02453 (781) 736-2289 fischer@brandeis.edu
Jane Kamensky, Harry S. Truman Professor of American Civilization, Brandeis University.
415 South Street MS 036 Waltham, MA 02453 (781) 736-2275 kamensky@brandeis.edu
Paul Jankowski, Raymond Ginger Professor of History, Brandeis University.
415 South Street MS 036 Waltham, MA 02453 (781) 736-2274 jankowski@brandeis.edu
The late Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Richard J. Milbauer Professor Emeritus, University of Florida.
Letter on file: Judy Brown, Senior Academic Administrator, Brandeis University (781) 736-2270
jbrown@brandeis.edu
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