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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Martin Clagett
Richmond, Virginia
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Education
Bachelor of Science: History University of South Carolina, 1974. M.A. Classical Languages University of Richmond, 1988. Ph.D. Educational Research Virginia Commonwealth University, 2003. Employment
(1996-2009) Virginia Commonwealth University Latin Professor, Advisor History Department.
(2006) Earhart Foundation Earhart Foundation Scholar.
(2006) University of St Andrews Visiting Scholar James Wilson Programme.
(2004-2005) Virginia Commonwealth University Education Professor.
(2004-2005) University of Richmond Education Professor.
(2007-2008) ICJS Gilder-Lehrman Fellow.
(2009) University of Virginia Visiting Lecturer: Office of President John Casteen.
(2010-2014) College of William and Mary Omohundro Scholar in Residence. President’s Office. Awards
Internship in Classical Studies University of Richmond. Richmond, Virginia. 1985- 1988.
Roper Fellowship University of Richmond. Richmond, Virginia. 1986. Poole Fellowship University of Richmond. Richmond, Virginia. 1986. Roper Fellowship University of Richmond. Richmond, Virginia. 1987. Poole Fellowship University of Richmond. Richmond, Virginia. 1987. SOL Steering Committee, State of Virginia Richmond, Virginia. 1988. VCU School of Education Award Virginia Commonwealth University. 2001. VHS Fellowship Virginia Historical Society. 2001.
Summer Fellowship ICJS. Monticello. 2003.
Earhart Foundation Scholar Earhart Foundation. 2005-2006. Visiting Scholar James Wilson Programme University of St Andrews. 2006-2009. Gilder-Lehrman Fellow International Center for Jefferson Studies, Monticello, 2007-2008.
Omohundro Scholar Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. College of William and Mary. 2010-2014.
Societies
Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Society Edinburgh, Scotland. Virginia Historical Society Richmond, Virginia.
Early American Studies Society University of Virginia. Charlottesville, Virginia. Omohundro Institute of Early American College of William and Mary. Williamsburg, Virginia. History and Culture
James Wilson Programme University of St. Andrews. St Andrews, Scotland. Conferences
Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Society The Scottish Enlightenment. College of William and Mary. Williamsburg, Virginia. April, 2006. Co-Chair. Universities and Globalization The Importance of Academic Networking. May 2005. Panel Chair.
Where Genius and the Arts Preside: The University of Birmingham. July, 2009. Presenter. Matthew Boulton and His Soho Manufactory
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Century Scottish Studies Society James Wilson in Scotland. USC Libraries, Columbia, S.C. July 2012. Presenter.
Salmon Chase Lecture and Georgetown Supreme Court of the United States and Georgetown Law School Colloquium on James Wilson Center for the Constitution. Washington, D.C. December 2017.
Symposia and Lectures
Southern History of Education. Lecture. “Education in 18th Century Scotland. Lecture” Southern History of Education Conference. Atlanta, Georgia, May 1998.
Birmingham Public Library. Lecture. "The Birmingham Lunar Society." Birmingham Public Library. Birmingham, England. 17 November 2002
University of Birmingham. Lecture "The Medical Education and Career of Dr William Small". College of the History of Medicine, University of Birmingham. Birmingham, England. 18 November
2002
Fellowship Presentation. "Anglo-American Jefferson Library, Kenwood Plantation, Virginia. 16 Post-Revolutionary Intellectual Networking." June 2004. Universities and Globalization. Panel Chair. "The Importance of Academic Networking" The University of Edinburgh and the University of Virginia. Co-Sponsors. Edinburgh, Scotland. 7 May 2005.
18th Century Scottish Studies Society Co-Chair and Presenter. "The Portrait of William Small by Tilly Kettle." Swem Library. College of William and Mary. April 2006.
Digital History "Emerging Technologies Center for Digital History, Alderman Library, and Historical Research." Coordinator. University of Virginia. 19 February 2007. Organizer. Digital Documentation Techniques Jefferson Library, Kenwood Plantation, Virginia. 7
"OCR and ICR - Implications for Archival May 2007. Organizer. Research and Development." Coordinator.
Gilder-Lehrman Fellow Lecture "William Small". Jefferson Library, Kenwood Plantation, Virginia. 17 May 2007.
Monticello Lecture. "Scientific Jefferson.” Jefferson Library, Kenwood Plantation, Virginia. 19 September 2007.
Matthew Boulton Symposia "William Small and the Interconnected Nature of Post- Revolutionary Anglo-American Intellectual
Communities." Birmingham, England. July, 2009.
Liberty Fund Colloquium "James Wilson: The Law of Nature, and the Protection of Liberty." San Diego, California. January 16 - 18, 2009.
Library of Virginia Lecture “William Small and the Trans-Atlantic Republic of Letters.” 9 March 2010.
Poplar Forest Presentation on Jefferson and Science. 8 May 2010. Liberty Fund Conference “Thucydides.” San Antonio, Texas. Spring 2011. Gilder-Lehrman Fellow Lecture William Small and Science, ICJS, Kenwood Plantation. 2012.
Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies “Portrait of William Small.” USC. July, 2012. Society.
Books and Articles
The Portrait of William Small by Tilly Kettle, (Earhart Foundation: privately printed for Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Symposium, 2008).
Scientific Jefferson: Revealed (Charlottesville: UVA Press, 2009). James Wilson: Before America: Privately Printed (Charlottesville: UVA Printing, 2010).
“James Wilson – His Scottish Background: Corrections and Additions,” Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies (Spring 2012), 154-176.
“Thomas Clap,” The Bloomsburg Encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment, Vol. 1 (New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015), 226.
A Spark of Revolution – William Small, Thomas Jefferson and James Watt: The Curious Connection between the American Revolution and the Industrial Revolution (Portland: Clyde Hill Press, 2022). Podcasts and Virtual Lectures
Martin Clagett: A Spark of Revolution. 22 February 2022. Joint Virtual Lecture for the University of Aberdeen and Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. William Small: A Spark of Revolution. https://www.monticello.org/research-education/for-scholars/international-center-for-jefferson studies/talks- lectures-symposia-conferences/a-spark-of-revolution/ Podcast: Historically Thinking with Al Zambone. 4 July 2022.
“The Man at the Center of Two Revolutions” Episode 271. https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5wb2RjYXN0bWlycm9yLmNvbS9oaXN0b3J pY2FsbHktdGhpbmtpbmc
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Podcast: “Selim the Algereen.” 17 February 2024.
https://www.monticello.org/exhibits-events/livestreams-videos-and-podcasts/selim-ichepod/ Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. UPCOMING
Symposium Grace Episcopal Church (Keswick),
“Jefferson, Religion and Religious Freedom.” 13 April 2024, Keswick, Virginia.
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