Projects per year
Personal profile
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.
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
Projects
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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
Research output
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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
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Sexual Crime, Religion and Masculinity in fn-de-siècle France: The Flamidien Affair
Verhoeven, T. C., 2018, Palgrave Macmillan. 122 p. (Genders And Sexualities in History)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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A french dandy in New York: Robert de Montesquiou and American visions of France in the progressive era
Verhoeven, T., 2 Oct 2017, In : Journal of Transatlantic Studies. 15, 4, p. 386-402 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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'Apostles of continence': Doctors and the doctrine of sexual necessity in Progressive-era America
Verhoeven, T., 2017, In : Medical History. 61, 1, p. 89-106 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
'An encouraging precedent': The United States and the separation of church and state in France, 1832-1905
Verhoeven, T. C., 2015, In : French Historical Studies. 38, 3, p. 447 - 472 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › 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