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Professor Rosemarie Zagarri is a leading scholar in Early American history at George Mason University, specializing in transatlantic and global perspectives, women's political roles, and constitutional development. Her work bridges the American Revolution with broader Atlantic and imperial contexts.
Research Focus: She explores intersections of liberty and oppression in the early republic, gender dynamics in revolutionary politics, and the global implications of American nation-building. Her current book project revisits Thomas Law's colonial experiences in British India and the U.S.
Notable Publications: Her acclaimed works include Revolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic and A Woman’s Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution, the latter recognized by The Wall Street Journal as a top book on Revolutionary women.
Grants & Leadership: She has secured prestigious NEH grants, served as President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR), and held the Thomas Jefferson Chair at the University of Amsterdam.
Scientific Awards:
- Outstanding Article Prize (Southeastern Eighteenth-Century Studies Association)
- Fellow of the Society of American Historians (2023)
- Distinguished University Professor (GMU, 2013)
Advising & Collaborations: She has mentored numerous PhD students on topics spanning Native American dispossession, press liberty, and transatlantic reform movements. Her editorial roles include journals like American Quarterly and the William & Mary Quarterly.
