معرفی
K. Stephen Prince is the Charles Phelps Manship Professor in the Department of History at Louisiana State University, affiliated with the College of Humanities & Social Sciences. His work focuses on intersections of race, cultural history, and historical memory in the United States.
Education:
- BA, Oberlin College (2004)
- MA, Yale University (2006)
- PhD, Yale University (2010)
Research Interests: Prince specializes in Blackface Minstrelsy and its role in shaping American popular culture. His broader interests include 19th-century U.S. history, Southern identity, social and cultural history, and African American history. His publications explore themes of violence, memory, and societal transformation in the post-Civil War South.
Article Trends: His recent scholarship combines cultural analysis with critical race studies, examining the Jim Crow era's roots in Reconstruction politics, religious rhetoric’s role in social control, and memory’s impact on racialized violence. Themes include the commodification of African American culture, the evolution of Southern identity, and institutional legitimacy.
Scientific Awards:
- Presidents Award, Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
- Leila and Kemper Williams Prize for Louisiana History
- Finalist, Association for the Study of African American Life and History Book Prize
- Honorable Mention, Society for U.S. Intellectual History Book Prize
