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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of History

Lance Pederson

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Contact Information

435 Gregory Hall

Office Hours

Spring 2025: Fridays, 10:00 am-10:50 am & 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm (Or by appointment)
PhD Student
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Biography

Lance Pederson (he/him/il) is a third year PhD student advised by Dr. Craig Koslofsky. Lance grew up in the suburbs of St. Paul, Minnesota, where he obtained his B.A. from Hamline University. Lance’s dissertation research focuses on queer masculinities in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France. Currently, he is working on two different research projects. The first focuses on the Italian Confraternity scandal of 1682 and the second focuses on the role that masculinity played in the diplomatic interactions between France and the Ayutthaya Kingdom during the late 1680's.

Research Interests

France (1660-1815), Queer Sexualities, Trans Studies, Masculinity Studies, Social Network Analysis, Europe & The World, Visual & Material Culture

Education

Hamline University - BA, Honors, History

Awards and Honors

List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students - Fall 2024

Courses Taught

Teaching Assistantships

Spring 2025: History 241 - History of Ancient Rome

Fall 2024: History 281 - Constructing Race in America

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of History

309 Gregory Hall, MC-466

810 S Wright St

Urbana, IL 61801

(217) 333-1155

Email: history@illinois.edu

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