Tyler E. Stovall Explained

Tyler E. Stovall
Birth Name:	Tyler Edward Stovall
Birth Date:	April 9, 1954
Birth Place:	Gallipolis, Ohio, U.S.
Death Place:	New York City, U.S.
Occupation:	Professor Historian

Tyler Edward Stovall (April 9, 1954 – December 11, 2021) was an American academic and historian.^[1] He served as president of the American Historical Association in 2017.^[2]

Biography

For me, history is the record not only of how things change, but how people make things change, how they act individually and collectively to create a better world.^[3]

Stovall earned a degree in history from Harvard University in 1976. He earned a master's degree in 1978 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he also earned a doctorate in 1984 with a thesis that eventually was published as a book called The rise of the Paris Red Belt.^[4] He served as a high school teacher in 1978 before teaching at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, the University of California, Berkeley, and Ohio State University. He then served as a professor and Dean of Humanities for the University of California, Santa Cruz before returning to Berkeley.^[5] His last position was Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Fordham University.^[6]

Stovall's studies specialized in the history of French suburbs,^[7] urban immigration, and post-colonial and transnational history.^[8]

Tyler E. Stovall died in New York City on December 11, 2021, at the age of 67.^[9]

Publications

• The rise of the Paris Red Belt (1990)
• France since the Second World War (2002)
• Paris and the Spirit of 1919: Consumer Struggles, Transnationalism, and Revolution (2012)
• Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light (2012)
• Transnational France: the Modern History of a Universal Nation (2015)
• White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea (2021)

Notes and References

1. News: Ha. Taylor. December 14, 2021. Tyler Stovall, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Dies at 67. Fordham University. 19 December 2021.
2. Web site: AHA Council. American Historical Association.
3. Web site: Tyler Stovall, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of History | University of California Santa Cruz. tylerstovall.sites.ucsc.edu. 3 February 2024.
4. How the Paris "Red Belt" Became Red. French Politics and Society. 42844282 . Wright. David C.. 1992. 10. 1. 74–81.
5. Web site: In Memoriam . 2023-09-22 . history.ucsc.edu.
6. Web site: 2021-12-14 . Tyler Stovall, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Dies at 67 . 2023-09-22 . Fordham Newsroom . en-US.
7. The Rise of the Paris Red Belt. Tyler Stovall. The Journal of Modern History. 1992 . 10.1086/244535 . Cross . Gary . 64 . 3 . 612–614 .
8. Web site: Tyler Stovall, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of History. University of California, Santa Cruz.
9. News: Pattieu. Sylvain. December 16, 2021. La mort de l'historien américain Tyler Stovall, spécialiste de la question raciale en France. French. Le Monde. 19 December 2021.