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Biography
I am an historian of the United States and France. My research interests include the histories of anti-Catholicism and anticlericalism, Church/State relations and secularism in the nineteenth century. In addition, I have published several works exploring the history of masculinity, with a particular focus on the body and sexuality.
My new area of research is the history of popular petitioning in the nineteenth century.
I have published three books. In 2018 I published Sexual Crime, Religion and Masculinity in Fin-de-Siècle France: the Flamidien Affair. Drawing on untapped archival records, this book explored the clash between republicans and Catholics when, in 1899, a Catholic teaching brother was accused of murdering a school student.
My new book is Secularists, Religion and Government in Nineteenth-Century America. Drawing on mass petitions to Congress, the book delves into a series of Church/State controversies, and argues that secularism was a vital and flourishing force in nineteenth-century America.
I teach in both modern European and United States' history, and would happily supervise postgraduate students working in these areas.
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Research area keywords
- United States history
- French history
- History of gender and sexuality
- History of secularism
- History of Petitioning
- History of masculinity
- Nineteenth-century history
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Popular Petitioning and Mass Democracy in the United States: a History
Australian Research Council (ARC)
30/06/20 → 29/06/24
Project: Research
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Secularism in nineteenth-century America: a history
Australian Research Council (ARC)
30/06/13 → 13/11/18
Project: Research
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‘Il Nous Faut les Hommes’: Catholicism, masculinity and the culture wars in France, 1880–1914
Verhoeven, T., Jan 2023, In: European History Quarterly. 53, 1, p. 67-87 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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"I am not a religious crackpot": school prayer, the Becker Amendment, and grassroots mobilization in 1960s America
Verhoeven, T., 2022, In: Journal of Social History. 55, 3, p. 769-791 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Sexual scandal and catholicism in Victorian England: The case of Monsignor Thomas John Capel
Verhoeven, T., 18 Jul 2022, In: English Historical Review. 137, 586, p. 823-846 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Oppressive or liberating? transatlantic dialogues and the 1905 separation of church and state in France
Verhoeven, T., 2021, Transatlantic Religion: Europe, America, and the Making of Modern Christianity. Aubert, A. G. & Purvis, Z. (eds.). 1st ed. The Netherlands: Brill, p. 223-242 20 p. (Brill's Series in Church History and Religious Culture; vol. 82).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Secularists religion and government in nineteenth-century america
Verhoeven, T. C., 2019, Cham Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 286 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Activities
- 1 Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Religion and Politics in Nineteenth-Century America
Timothy Verhoeven (Contributor)
23 Aug 2018Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar