-1- Curriculum Vitae: Dr. David B. Marshall Department of History University of Calgary 2500 University Dr. N.W. Calgary, Alberta Tel: (403) 220-3837 Fax (403) 289-8566 e-mail:[email protected] Education: University of Toronto, Ph.D. History 1987 Queen’s University, M.A. History 1978 Victoria College, University of Toronto, B.A. (Honours, History) Professional Experience: 1993- , Associate Professor, Department of History, Univ. of Calgary 1987-93, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Univ. of Calgary 1985-87, Visiting Assist. Professor, Department of History, Univ of Calgary 1984-85, Sessional Instructor, Department of History, Brock University Professional Memberships: Canadian Historical Association Canadian Catholic Historical Association Mormon Historical Association Awards Received: Faculty of Social Sciences, Research Fellow, 1999 Faculty of Social Sciences, Distinguished Research Award, 1997 Faculty of Social Sciences, Distinguished Teacher Award, 1996 University of Calgary, Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award, 1991-2 University of Calgary, Students’ Union Superior Teaching Award, 1985-86 Current Research & Publications Under Contract Marshall, David, Charles W. Gordon, pseud. “Ralph Connor”: A Life in Religion and Popular Culture in Canada, 1860-1937, University of Toronto Press -2- PUBLICATIONS Books: Secularizing the Faith: Canadian Protestant Clergy and the Crisis of Belief, 1850-1940 (University of Toronto Press, 1992) McGowan & Marshall, eds., Prophets Priests & Prodigals: Readings in Canadian Religious History, 1608-Present (McGraw-Hill Ryerson 1992) Book Chapters: ““Khaki Has become a Sacred Colour”: The Methodist Church and the Sanctification of the First World War” in Heath, Gordon, ed., Canadian Churches and the First World War, (Hamilton: McMaster Divinity College Press, forthcoming 2013), pp. 102-31. “Religion in Canada, 1867-1945” in Stein, Stephen ed., Cambridge History of Religions in North America in Vol. 2 of 3 volumes, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012), pp. 677-701 ““A canoe and a tent and God’s great out-of-doors”: Muscular Christianity and the Flight from Domesticity, 1880s – 1920s”, in Ellis, Heather & Jessica Myers, eds., Masculinity and Other: Historical Perspectives, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2009, pp. 23-42 ““Thank God … that I am proud of my Boy”: The Gordon Family, Fatherhood, and Religion” in E. Heaman et al, eds., Figuring the Social: Essays in Honour of Michael Bliss, (University of Toronto Press, 2008), pp. 177-210. “Ernest Manning, “Back to the Bible Hour”, and Fundamentalism in Canada”, chapter in Marguerite van Die, ed., Religion and Public Life in Canada: Historical and Comparative Perspectives (University of Toronto Press, 2001), pp.237-54. “” Death Abolished”: From Conversion to Consolation in Protestant Evangelical Culture in Nineteenth Century Canada”, in N. Knowles, ed., Transitions: Canadian Social History, 1800-1900 (Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1997), pp. 370-87 Articles: “The Latter day Saints, the Doughnut, and Post-Christian Canada” Journal of Mormon History, Vol. 39, No. 1, May 2013, pp. 35-77 -3“Exceptional Canadians: Biography in the Public Square”, Taras, David, & Christopher Wadell, eds., How Canadians Communicate, Vol. Iv Media and Politics Spring 2012, pp. 233-257 “The Return of Denominational History”, Acadiensis: A Journal of Atlantic History, XXXIX, No. 2, Summer/Autumn 2010, 121-30 “Ralph Connor’s Moral Crusade and the Perils of Partisanship” The Canadian Society of Presbyterian History, Papers 2008, pp. 1-18 “Profile: The Rev. C.W. Gordon: Clergyman, Chaplain and Author”, Touchstone, Vol. 20, No. 1, January 2002 “Out of the Cloister But Still on the Margins?: Recent Publications in Canadian Religious History”, Journal of Canadian Studies, Fall 2000 “Temples of an Incrusted Faith: An Inquiry into Secularization from Within the Churches”, Papers, Canadian Society of Church History, Historical Papers,1994 “Canadian Historians, Secularization and the Problem of the Nineteenth Century”, Canadian Catholic Historical Association, Historical Studies, 1993 “Methodism Embattled: A Reconsideration of the Methodist Church and World War I”, Canadian Historical Review, Vol. LXXV, No.1, March 1985 Reprints of Publications in Undergraduate Textbooks Module 17, “Secularization in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century English Canada”, in P.E. Bryden et al., eds., Visions (Cengage Learning Nelson Publishing) Encyclopaedia & Dictionary Entries: “Charles. W. Gordon”, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. XVI (IN PRESS) “S.D. Chown”, Religion Past and Present, Vol. 2 Encyclopedia of Theology and Religion, Eds., Hans Dietr Betz, Don Browning, Bernd Janowski, & E. Jungel, Leiden: Brill, 2007 “C. W. Gordon, pseud. “Ralph Connor” Oxford Companion to Canadian History. Ed., Gerry Hallowell. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2004 “George Munro Grant”, Oxford Companion to Canadian History. Ed., Gerry Hallowell. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2004 -4“Muscular Christianity”, Oxford Companion to Canadian History. Ed., Gerry Hallowell. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2004 “Secularism”, Oxford Companion to Canadian History. Toronto: Ed., Gerry Hallowell. Oxford University Press 2004 “Death and Dying”, Oxford Companion to Canadian History. Ed. Gerry Hallowell. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2004 “Gordon, Charles William 1860-1937” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H.C.G. Matthew & Brian Harrison. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, article 33460 “Georgina Binnie-Clark”, Encyclopaedia of the Great Plains. Ed., David Wishart, ed., Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004 “Dale, William” Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. XV, University of Toronto/Laval University Press, 2004 “The Rev. E.H. Dewart”, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol.XIII, University of Toronto/Laval University Press, 1994 “The Rev. A. Sutherland”, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol.XIII, University of Toronto/Laval University Press, 1994 “The Rev. Thomas Webster”, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol.XIII, University of Toronto/Laval University Press, 1994 “The Rev. William Cochrane”, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol.XII, University of Toronto/Laval University Press, 1990 Multi-Media: “Religion in Canada, 1867-2000” in Bob Hesketh & Chris Hackett, Canada; Confederation to Present: An Interactive History, CD-ROM, Chinook Multimedia, Canadian Heritage, Telefilm Canada, University of Alberta, 2001 Book Reviews: Review: The Blue Banner: The Presbyterian Church of Saint David and Presbyterian Witness in Halifax, by Barry Cahill, et. al., Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture Vol. 79, No.2, June 2010 -5Review: A War With Silver Lining: Canadian Protestant Churches and the South African War, 1899-1902, by Gordon Heath, International History Review Vol. 32, No.2, 2010 Review: The View from Murney Tower: Salem Bland, the Late Victorian Controversies, and the Search for a New Christianity, by Richard Allen, Canadian Historical Review Vol.90, No.4, Dec. 2009 Review: A Highly Favoured Nation: The Bible and Canadian Meaning, 1860-1900 by Preston Jones, Canadian Historical Review, Vol. 90, No.2, June 2009 Review: For Canada’s Sake: Public Religion, Centennial Celebrations and the Re-making of Canada in the 1960s, by Gary Miedema, University of Toronto Quarterly, Vol. 77, No.1, Winter 2008 Review: Canada’s Religions: A Historical Introduction, by Robert Choquette, Canadian Historical Review, Vol. 88, No.2, June 2007 Review: Modern Women Modernizing Men: The Changing Missions of Three Professional Women in Asia and Africa, 1902-69 by Ruth Compton Brouwer, Canadian Historical Review, Vol.87, No.4, Dec. 2006 Review: Anatomy of a Séance: A History of Spirit Communication in Central Canada by Stan McMullin, University of Toronto Quarterly, Vol. 75, No.1, Winter 2006 Review: Early Presbyterianism in Canada: Essays by John S. Moir, ed. Paul Laverdure, Canadian Historical Review, Vol.85, No.3, Sept. 2004 Review: Modernity and the Dilemma of North American Anglican Identities, 1880-1950, by William Katerberg, American Historical Review, Vol.108, No.3, June 2003 Review: The Founding Moment: Church, Society, and the Construction of Trinity College, by William Westfall, Canadian Journal of Church History 2003 Review: The Diary of a Country Clergyman, 1848-1851 by James Reid, edited by M.E. Reisner, Histoire Sociale/Social History, Vol.34, No.63, Nov. 2001 Review: The Sacred Remains: American Attitudes Toward Death, 1799-1883 by Gary Laderman, Canadian Review of American Studies, Vol.28, No.3, 1998 Review: Aspects of the Canadian Evangelical Experience, by George Rawlyk, ed. & The Contribution of Presbyterianism to the Maritime Provinces of Canada, by George Rawlyk and Charles Scobie, eds., Canadian Historical Review, Vol.79, No.2, June 1998 Review: A Concise History of Christianity in Canada, by Terence Murphy and Roberto Perrin, eds., Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol.49,No.2, April 1998 -6- Review: Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical Biography, Vols. I & II, ed. D.M. Lewis, Canadian Historical Review, Vol.78, No.4, Dec.1997 Review: Search Out the Land: The Jews and the Growth of Equality in British Colonial America, 1740-1867, by Judith & Sheldon Godfrey, American Historical Review, Vol.102, No.5, Dec.1997 Review: The Lord’s Dominion: The History of Canadian Methodism, by Neil Semple, Canadian Historical Review, Vol.78, No.2, June 1997 Review: The Atlantic Region to Confederation by Buckner & Reid, eds., English Historical Review, Vol.111, No.444, Nov. 1996 Review: Piety and Nationalism: Lay Voluntary Associations and the Creation of an Irish Catholic Community in Toronto, by Brian Clark, Canadian Historical Review, Vol.77, No.1, March 1996 Review: Amazing Grace: Evangelicalism in Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States, by George Rawlyk & Mark Noll, eds., Canadian Review of American Studies, Vol.25, No.3, Fall 1995 Review: Aberhart: Outpourings and Replies, by David Elliott, ed., Western Historical Quarterly, Vol.XXV, No.2, Summer 1994 Review: Serving the Present Age: Revivalism and the Methodist Tradition Canada by Phyllis Airhart, Canadian Historical Review, Vol.74, No.4, Dec. 1993 Review: The Anglican Church and the World of Western Canada, 1820-1970, by Barry Ferguson, ed., Historical Studies in Education, Vol.5, No.2, Autumn 1993 Review: The Evangelical Century: College and Creed in English Canada from the Great Revival to the Great Depression, by Michael Gauvreau, Catholic Historical Review, Vol.LXXIX, No.2, July 1993 Review: Promoters, Patriots and Partisans: Historiography in Nineteenth Century English Canada, by M. Brook Taylor, English Historical Review, Vol.CVIII, No.428, July 1993 Review: A World Mission: Canadian Protestantism and the Quest for a New International Order, by Robert Wright, History of Education Quarterly, Vol.33, No.1, Spring 1993 Review: Schooling and Scholars: in Nineteenth Century Ontario by Susan Houston & Alison Prentice, English Historical Review, Vol.CVII, No.424, July 1992 Review: Two Worlds: The Protestant Culture of Nineteenth Century Ontario, by William Westfall, Archivaria, No.30, Summer 1990 -7- Review: Canada Learns to Play: The Emergence of Organized Sport, 1800-1914, by Charles Metcalfe, Alberta History Vol.36, No.4, Autumn 1988 Review: The Resistance to Church Union in Canada, 1904-1939, by N.K. Clifford, Ontario History, Vol.LXXVIII, No.3, Sept.1986 Keynote Addresses: Tanner Lecturer: “The Latter Day Saints, The Doughnut, and Post-Christian Canada”, Mormon Historical Association, University of Calgary, June 2012 “C.W. Gordon in Scotland/”Ralph Connor” in the West” Keynote Address, Scots in British Columbia and the West Conference, Simon Fraser University, Sept. 2002 Round Table Discussions Participant, “Religion and Public Life in Canada: the Alberta Perspective”, Round Table Discussion, Canadian Historical Association, Quebec City, June 2001 Participant, Round Table Discussion of Secularizing the Faith by David Marshall, Canadian Society for Church History & Canadian Society for Studies in Religion, Learned Societies Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary June 1994 Conference Papers: “Biography in Canada”, How Canadians Communicate, Banff Centre for the Arts, Oct. 2009 “The Perils of Partisanship: Charles Gordon at the 1908 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada”, Canadian Society for Presbyterian History, Knox College, University of Toronto, Sept. 27, 2008 “”a canoe and a tent and God’s great out-of-doors”: Muscular Christianity and the Flight from Domesticity?”, Masculinities and Other Conference, Balliol College, Oxford University, Aug. 2007 “Father and Son: Charles and King Gordon, 1901-1937 and Beyond”, Canadian Historical Association, University of Manitoba, June 2004. “Charles Gordon and the Myth of the Scots in Canada” British World History Conference II, University of Calgary July 2003 “Religion and Public Life in Alberta: the Persistence of the Preacher Pastor Tradition”, Iwaasa Lecture in Urban Theology, Calgary, Sept. 2002 -8“Premier Manning, “Back to the Bible Hour”, and Fundamentalism in Canada” Religion and Public Life, Historical and Comparative Themes, Queen’s University, Kingston, 1315 May 1999 “Secularization from Within”, Symposium on Marshall, Secularizing the Faith, Canadian Society of Church History, Annual Meeting Held at University of Calgary, 1992 “The Secularization Debate” Session of Canadian Catholic Historical Society, Learned Societies Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, June 1993 “Death Abolished: Changing Attitudes toward Death in Victorian Canada”, Session of Canadian Historical Association, Learned Societies Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. June 1990 “Ralph Connor and the Rise of the Popular Novel”, Symposium on the Presbyterian Contribution to Canadian Life, McGill University, Montreal 1988 Invited Lectures: “Mourning in Black” The Shannon Lectures, Department of History, Carleton University, Nov. 2001 “Entering a Victorian Home: The Calling Card, Hall and Parlour”, Heritage Park, City of Calgary, May 2001 “Ralph Connor, The Sky Pilot and North American Popular Culture”, Department of History, Carleton University, Sept. 1996 & Department of History, University of Alberta, March 1996 Manuscripts Assessed (Selected, only those published) -2 book manuscripts University of Toronto Press -3 book manuscripts McGill-Queen’s University Press -2 book manuscripts University of British Columbia Press -1 article Canadian Historical Review -3 articles, Journal of the Canadian Historical Association -1 article Social History/Histoire Sociale -9- Public Media (selected) -Interview CBC, Historical Minutes (5 minutes), Oct. 2012 -Interview, Religion and Politics in Canada and the United States A Comparison, Monday (30 minutes) March 14, 2008, Top Story, Calgary Cable Channel 51, Producer/Host Sheila Rowe -Interview, Church State Relations in Canadian History, Monday (30 minutes) March 7 2008, Top Story, Calgary Cable Channel 51, Producer/Host Sheila Rowe -CBC “The Current”, Religion at the Movies, The Da Vinci Code controversy, (10 minutes) May 22, 2006 -Participant in “Social Gospel and the Common Good” A Documentary Film by Tom Shandel, Gateway Films, Broadcast on Vision TV, December 2004. -CBC Backgrounder, Religion and Canadian Politics, 2004 election campaign -cited in “Why is Religion in Canada and the United States So Different” New York Times, May 26, 2003 -cited in Graham Chandler, “Loosening Our Bible Belt: Are We Losing Our Faith –or Just an Interest in Going to Church?” Alberta Views, Nov-Dec. 2001 Research Grants: Head’s Research Stipend, University of Calgary, 2001-2006, (25,000.00 @ $5,000.00/year. 1996-99, SSHRC Research Grant, “A Biography of Rev. C.W. Gordon, pseud “Ralph Connor”, ($21,000.00) 1995 -2000, Alberta 2005 Research Grant, “History of Religion in Alberta” ($22,000.00) 1994-95, University of Calgary, Research Grant, “Biography of the Rev. C.W. Gordon” ($2,000.00) TEACHING Graduate Supervision - 10 Post-Doctoral Dr. Norman Knowles, 1994-1996 (currently, Professor, Dep’t of History, St. Mary’s University College) Ph.D. Thrift, Gayle, “Canadian Protestant Churches and the Cold War Era, 1945-65” (co supervisor with Dr. David Bercuson), completed April 2005 Bye, Cristine, “Grassroots Connections: A Cross-Border Study of Northern Great Plains Families During the Great Depression”, abandoned for financial reasons, Oct. 2009 Gallant, David, “The Myth of Wartime Enthusiasm: Canada, July 1914-Dec. 1914”, in progress, candidacy examination successfully completed, June 2011, Degree expected June 2014 Barnard, Stuart, “The Bible in Canadian Society”, in progress, SSHRC holder, candidacy examinations successfully completed, April 2012, Degree expected June 2015 Glover, Fred, “Canadian Protestant Missionaries in Korea, 1884-1954”, in progress, 2016 M.A. Holman, Janene, “Celebrating Christmas in Prairie One Room Schoolhouses”, April 2014 Wedel, Melanie, Popular Sheet Music During the First World War in Canada”, Sept. 2012 - June 2014 Wilson, Fay, “The Ontario Wine Industry in the Niagara Region and Changing Values in Canadian Society, 1945-1980”, Sept. 2012 – June 2014 Main, Kimberly, “Catholic Liturgical Volumes in New France”, Sept. 2012 –June 2014 Evans, Cayley, The Rituals and Religion of the Masonic Order of Calgary”, Sept. 2011 – Sept. 2013, defended Sept. 2013 Wouts, Adrian, Progressivism Educational reform and the Social Sciences Curriculum in Alberta, 1919-1939”, defended Jan. 2013 Durance, Jonathan, “Will No One Heed Their Cry?”: Canadian Christian Responses to the Nazi Persecution of the Jews, 1938-39”, Defended Sept. 2011 Barnard, Stuart, “The Kootenay Revival Campaign and the Coal-Miners Strike of 1909”, Defended Sept. 2010 (Currently Ph.D. candidate, History, University of Calgary - 11 Green, Leanne, “Sweetheart Culture: English Canada and World War II Romance, Love and Wedding”, Defended April 2006 Shantz, Mary-Ann, “Confessionalism and Evangelicalism: the Anglican and Alliance Churches in Calgary after World War II, Defended Aug. 2005 (Currently Ph.D. candidate Carleton University, sessional lecturer, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton) Axelson, Nicole, “Surviving the Holocaust: The Jewish Refugee Community in Calgary in the Postwar Period”, Defended July 2002 Bye, Cristine, “Times are Hard: A Saskatchewan Farm Woman’s Experience of the Great Depression”, Defended Sept. 2001 WINNER GOVERNOR GENERAL’S GOLD MEDAL Enns, James, “A Community of the Called”: The Prairie Bible Institute of Three Hills Alberta”, Defended Dec. 2000. (Currently Ph.D. candidate Cambridge University) Thrift, Gayle, “Proscribed Piety: Women’s Missionary Societies in Alberta”, Defended 1998 (Currently sessional lecturer, Mount Royal College, St. Mary’s College, University of Calgary) Ward, Elizabeth, “The Power of the Pen: Women Journalists in Alberta”, Defended 1994 Opp, James, “Culture of the Soul”: Fundamentalism and Evangelism in Canada. 19211940”, Defended 1994 (Currently Associate Professor, Carleton University) Crouse, Eric, “An American Evangelist in Canada: Dwight L. Moody and the Canadian Protestant Community, 1884-1898”, Defended 1993 (Currently Associate Professor, Tyndale College, Toronto) Meijer-Drees, Laurie, “Making Banff a Wild West: Norman Luxton, Indians and Banff Tourism. 1902-45”, Defended 1991 (Cuurently, Associate Professor, Vancouver Island University, British Columbia) Thompson, Samantha, “”Brandon College and the Fundamentalist Modernist Controversy, 1919-1926”, Defended 1990 Honours Student Supervision Kvill, Kesia, “Death and Cemeteries in Prairie Canada”, Sept. 2013 Prentice, Jennifer, “Circle Square Ranch: Natural Theology and Muscular Christianity’s Presence in a Bible camp, 1960-2008”, April 2009 - 12 Thesis Examination Committee (Ph.D.) Hinshaw, Judith, Dep’t of History, University of Calgary, 2011 Petrov, Sergei, Dep’t of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, 2010 Halladay, Laurel, Dep’t. of History, University of Calgary, Oct. 2006 Bergen, Bob, Centre for Military & Strategic Studies, University of Calgary Fennema, Neil, Dep’t. of History, University of Victoria, 2003 Gobbett, Brian, Dep’t of History & Classics, Univ. of Alberta, 2002 Healey, Robynne, Department of History & Classics, University of Alberta, 2001 Nigol, Paul, Department of History, University of Calgary, 2000 Churchill, Eliza, Faculty of Education, Univ of Calgary, 2000 Anne White, Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, 1999 Ph.D. Candidacy Examination Committee Pratt, Will, Dep’t. of History, University of Calgary, Aug. 2012 McEwen, Andrew, Dep’t. of History, University of Calgary, June 2012 Leppard, Cristine, Dep’t. of History, University of Calgary, 2009 Thesis Examination Committee (M.A. MSS) Adams, Courtney, History, 2012 McDonald, Meredith Political Science, 2012 Swanberg, Michael, History, 2011 Flavelle, Ryan, Military & Strategic Studies, 2011 Sztain, Kirsten, Military & Strategic Studies, 2011 - 13 Nicholson, Sarah, History, 2011 Burr, Matthew, Military & Strategic Studies, 2010 Hogaboam, Kyle, History, 2010 Clark, Christie, History, 2009 Courses Currently Taught Graduate Level 607: Selected Topics in Western Canada Undergraduate Seminars 521: Canadian Biography Undergraduate Lecture Courses (Current Courses) 435.Prophets Priests & Prodigals: History of Religion in Canada 341.History of Popular Culture in Canada, 1850-2000 337. Twentieth Century Canada 211.Canada: Origins to 1867 213.Canada Confederation to Present 200 Great Events That Shook the World (series of lectures on publication of Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species) SERVICE External Service External Assessor of History Program, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, May-June 2011 University of Calgary Administration Department Heads’ Forum, 2001- 2006 - 14 Member, General Faculties Council, 1994-97; 2002 - 2005 Faculty of Graduate Studies Unit Review Committee, University of Calgary Representative, Dep’t. of Religious Studies, Fall 2005 Member, Academic Policy Committee, 2000-2001 Member, Policy and Planning Committee, 1997-98 Member, Graduate Council, 1995-98 Faculty of Arts Member, Executive Committee, July 2011-June 2013 Member, Nominations Sub-Committee of the Executive Committee, Aug. 2011Faculty of Social Sciences Dean’s Advisory Council, 2001- 2006 Member, Executive Council, 2001 – 2006 Chair, Sub-committee on Faculty of Social Sciences Research Fellowships, 2000 Member, Core Competencies Committee, 1997-98 Member, Executive Council, 1998-2000 Chair, Student Academic Appeals Committee, 1989-90 Departmental Administration Head, Department of History, July 1, 2001- June 30, 2006 Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, 1995-98 Chair, Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1991-95 Library Co-ordinator, 1988-91 Government of Alberta - 15 Government of Alberta, Department of Higher Education, Committee to Evaluate St. Mary’s College Proposal for a Three year B.A. Degree. Fall 2002 Independent Academic Assessment of the Alliance/Nazarene University College (now Ambrose University College) Program Proposal B.A. History Major (4 Year), Fall 2005 City of Calgary Member, Board of Directors, Fort Calgary, 1995-1998
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