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Lewis Call

Lewis CallModern Europe
E-mail: lcall@calpoly.edu
Office:  Bldg. 47, Room 25M
Phone:  (805) 756-2672

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 1996.

  • M.A., University of California, Irvine, 1992.

  • B.A., University of California, San Diego, 1990.

RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS

  • Teaching fields:  modern European intellectual history, political economy, Western Civilization, history of network technology, history of science fiction.

  • Research fields: intellectual history, science fiction studies, anarchism, history of erotic power

AWARDS, HONORS & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Distinguished Lecturer Award, California Faculty Association (Cal Poly Chapter), 2005.

  • Mr. Pointy Award for the best article in Buffy Studies, 2007.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS 

  • Postmodern Anarchism.  Lexington Books (Rowman and Littlefield), 2002.

  • "'Sounds Like Kinky Business to Me':  Subtextual and Textual Representations of Erotic Power in the Buffyverse."  Slayage:  The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies 6: 4 (Summer 2007): http://slayageonline.com/

  • "'This Wondrous Death':  Erotic Power in the Science Fiction of James Tiptree, Jr."  Science Fiction Studies 34: 1 (March 2007):  59 – 86.

  • "A is for Anarchy, V is for Vendetta:  Images of Guy Fawkes and the Creation of Postmodern Anarchism."  Anarchist Studies 16: 2 (2008):  154 – 172.

  • "Crisis of Authority Aboard the Battlestar Galactica." New Perspectives on Anarchism (Lexington Books, forthcoming).

SERVICE

  • Faculty Hearing Panel, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Fall 2007 – present.

  • Technology Committee, College of Liberal Arts, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Fall 2007 – present.

  • Curriculum Committee, Department of History, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Fall 2007 – present.

  • Academic Senate, Fall 2008 - present.

ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Associate Editor, Anarchist Studies, April 2007 – present.

  • Editorial Board, Anarchist Studies, January 2000 – present.

COURSES

  • History 213:  Modern Political Economy

  • History 307:  European Thought, 1800-2000

  • History 354:  History of Network Technology

  • History 111:  Western Civilization, Reformation to Twentieth Century

  • History 303:  Research and Writing Seminar in History