Andrew Ross entered the Kenyon history department in 2011 after completing his graduate work at the University of Michigan. At Michigan, Ross specialized in French history and the history of sexuality. His dissertation explores the relationship between public sexuality and modern urbanism by discussing the ways in which female prostitutes and male homosexuals impacted the everyday life of nineteenth-century Paris. His teaching interests include European history, the history of gender and sexuality, and urban history.

Areas of Expertise

Modern France, history of sexuality, feminist and queer theory

Education

Ph.D. University of Michigan
B.A. Washington University in St. Louis

Selected Publications

Books

The Pleasures of Paris: Sex and Urban Culture in the Nineteenth Century (Manuscript in Progress)

Journal Articles

"The Pleasures of Everyday Life: Public Space, Prostitution, and the Serving Girl" (In Progress)

Review of Gershenson, Olga and Barbara Penner, ed., Ladies and Gents: Public Toilets and Gender, H-Histsex, H-Net Reviews (November 2010),
https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=30896

"Dirty Desire: The Uses and Misuses of Public Urinals in Nineteenth-Century Paris," The Berkeley Journal of Sociology 53 (2009): 62-88.

Courses Taught

HIST 131: Early Modern Europe
HIST 132: Modern France
HIST 235: Modern France
HIST 331: Europe Between the Wars
HIST 387 Practice and Theory of History