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North American Borderlands, Native American History
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Helsinki, 2001
Office: HSSB 4218 Hours:
Fax: (805) 893-8795
Email: hamalainen@history.ucsb.edu
Research and Teaching Interests- U.S. History
- Borderlands
- Native American History
Current Projects- The Shapes of Power: Frontiers, Borderlands, and Empires of North America, 1600-1900. Under contract with Yale University Press.
- Co-editor with Benjamin Johnson, Major Problems in Borderlands History. Under contract with Houghton Mifflin.
Selected Publications- The Comanche Empire (Yale University Press, 2008). Spanish edition forthcoming by Peninsula Press in 2009.
- "The Politics of Grass: European Expansion, Ecological Change, and Indigenous Power in the Borderlands," William and Mary Quarterly, April 2010.
- “The Rise and Fall of Plains Indian Horse Cultures,” Journal of American History 90 (Dec. 2003), 833-62
- “Of Lethal Places and Lethal Essays,” with John R. Wunder, American Historical Review 104 (Oct. 1999), 1229-34
- “The Western Comanche Trade Center: Rethinking the Plains Indian Trade System,” Western Historical Quarterly 29 (Winter 1998), 485-513
Honors and Professional Activities- Bancroft Prize
- Merle Curti Award
- Norris and Carol Hundley Award
- Western History Association Caughey Prize
- William P. Clements Prize for non-fiction
- Great Plains Distinguished Book Award
- Kate Broocks Bates Award
- Best History Book of the Year, ForeWord Magazine
- Silver Medal, Independent Publisher Book Award
- Shortlisted for Cundill International Prize in History
Fellowships- Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 2009-10
- Fellow, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, 2003-05
- Fellow, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, 2001-02
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