The University of Georgia, Department of History

Claudio Saunt

Early and Native American history

Professor and Richard B. Russell Professor in American History and and Associate Director, Institute of Native American Studies and Co-Director, Center for Virtual History
Ph.D., Duke University, 1996

Office: 308 LeConte
Office Hours: T - 9:15-9:45am
Phone: (706) 542-2518

csaunt@uga.edu

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Claudio Saunt's most recent book is Black, White, and Indian: Race and the Unmaking of an American Family (Oxford University Press, 2005). He has published articles in the Journal of American History, William and Mary Quarterly, Journal of Southern History, and the American Indian Quarterly. His website is http://csaunt.myweb.uga.edu/.

Research and Teaching Interests

[Early America]
[Native American]
[U.S. South]

Selected Publications

"Go West: Mapping Early American Historiography," William and Mary Quarterly (Oct. 2008) winner of the 2009 Bolton-Cutter Award from the Western History Association

"Telling Stories: The Political Uses of Myth and History in the Cherokee and Creek Nations," Journal of American History (Dec. 2006)

Black, White, and Indian: Race and the Unmaking of an American Family (Oxford University Press, 2005) More Info

"The Paradox of Freedom: Tribal Sovereignty and Emancipation during the Reconstruction of Indian Territory," Journal of Southern History (Feb. 2004)

A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816 (Cambridge, 1999) More Info

Honors and Awards

Research Fellowship, American Philosophical Society, Year-long research grant (2009)

Bolton-Cutter Award, Western History Association, Best Article on Borderlands History (2009)

Clements Prize, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, Best non-fiction book on Southwestern America (2005)

Green and Ramsdell Award, Southern Historical Association, Best article published in The Journal of Southern History over two-year period (2004/2005)

Charles S. Sydnor Award, Southern Historical Association, Best book on Southern history (2000)

Wheeler-Voegelin Award, American Society for Ethnohistory, Best book in ethnohistory (2000)

Courses Taught

HIST2111: U.S. History to 1865

HIST3050: American Indian History to 1840 [Syllabus]

HIST3051: American Indian History since 1840

HIST3055H: Early America (Honors)

HIST6000: Studies in American History [Syllabus]

HIST8010: Seminar in Early American History [Syllabus]

Dissertations Supervised

Haynes, Joshua, "Patrolling the Border: Theft and Violence on the Creek-Georgia Frontier, 1770-1796" (In Progress)

MA Theses Supervised

Epstein, Andrew, "Unsettled New York: Land, Law and Haudenosaunee Nationalism in the Early Twentieth Century" (2012)

Whittaker, Heather, ""This, then, is America!": Unto These Hills and Appropriation of Native American History" (2010)

Frye, Nikolas, "Applying for Cherokee Citizenship: Constructing Nation, Race, and Identity, 1900-1906" (2009)

Gilpin, Melanie N., "The Pen is Mightier than the Sword: Eliminating Indians in the Mississippi Valley" (2004)