Lauren Poor

Lecturer in History and Director, Office of the Core

Lauren_Poor@baylor.edu

Office

TIDWELL B18

Phone

(254) 710-7846

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Office Hours

Wednesdays 10:00am-11:00am or by appointment.

Specialties

Early Modern Britain
History of Refugees, Immigrants, and Migration and the State
History of American/European Foreign Policy
History of Religious Toleration
Early America/Atlantic World (1450-1850)

Education

B.A., Tufts University
M.A., Indiana University, Bloomington
Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington

Academic Interests and Research

I am a historian of early modern Britain and the British Atlantic World with a particular interest in transnational issues, including immigration, xenophobia, religious toleration, and state formation and identity. My research is driven by a desire to understand how moral perceptions becomes effective in action, and I explore what happens when moral purposes motivate political choices and when actors, in turn, declare themselves compelled by moral imperatives. My current project examines the late seventeenth and early eighteenth-century culture and politics of refugee relief. Through a comparative study of the English reception of Huguenot, Irish, Palatine and Salzburg refugees, I trace the development of England as a refugee nation, and the subsequent utilization of the Atlantic as a corrective to England’s refugee "problem".

Works in Progress

Book manuscript from dissertation: "Refugee Nation: The Origins of Practicing English Toleration, 1680-1732"

Selected Professional Awards/ Grants and/or Fellowships

Nomination, Baylor University’s Outstanding Faculty Award in the Area of Teaching, Dept. of History (2019)
Nomination, Baylor University’s Outstanding Faculty Award in the Area of Teaching, Dept. of History (2017)
Outstanding Professor Award, Baylor Athletics, Baylor University (2016-2017)
Outstanding Professor Award, Baylor Athletics, Baylor University (2015-2016)
Outstanding Professor Award, Baylor Athletics, Baylor University (2014-2015)
W.M. Keck Foundation Fellowship, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA (2014)
W.M. Keck Foundation Fellowship, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA (2014)
College Arts and Humanities Institute Research Award, Indiana University (2014)
Dissertation Fellowship, Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Indiana University (2013-2014)
NACBS-Huntington Library Fellowship, North American Conference on British Studies (2013-2014)
Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship, Indiana University Graduate School (2012-2013)
Frederick W. and Mildred C. Stoler Research Fellowship, Indiana University (2013)
Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Indiana University, Travel Grant (2013)
Ruth Lilly Research Fellowship, Indiana University (2012)
Leo Solt Dissertation Fellowship, Indiana University (2012)
Junior Research Fellow, History Learning Project, Indiana University (2008- 2009)

Courses at Baylor

HIS 1300: The United States in Global Perspective: A Nation of Immigrants
HIS 1305: World History to 1500
HIS 1307: World History from 1500
HIS 2365: United States History to 1877
HIS 2366: United States History from 1877
HIS 4341: Tudor-Stuart Britain
HON 3101: Advanced Readings and Research
HON 4V87: Honors Thesis
BIC 1314: World Cultures I: Roots of Culture
BIC 2344: World Cultures IV: The United States in the World

Honors Thesis Advisor

Honor Thesis Advisor for Anabel Burke (2017): Refugees in Times of Reelection: An Analysis of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman’s Responses to Jewish Refugees During and Following World War II. Defended and awarded rank of “Outstanding” (reserved for top 5% of theses).

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