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John Merriman, a revered professor of history at Yale University who plumbed dozens of French governmental archives for the information that invigorated his.

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John Merriman

Radical Ideas

Imagine living in a time when writing and publishing an encyclopedia was a revolutionary idea. Imagine living in a time when it was considered dangerous to educate the public.

Equality, tolerance, and belief in reason are foundations of The Enlightenment. Historian John Merriman explains the significance of the period and shows how counter-revolutionaries nearly stripped us of those important ideals.

Wednesday, April 14th

7:30 pm — 8:30 pm

John Merriman, who received his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, teaches, researches, and teaches French and Modern European history. In 2018, he received the American Historical Association award for career “Distinguished Scholarship.” He was awarded Yale’s Harwood F. Byrnes/Richard B. Sewall Teaching Prize in 2000 and Yale’s de Vane Medal for distinguished undergraduate teaching and scholarship in 2019. He holds an honorary degree awarded in France in 2003 and in 2009 received the “Medal of Meritorious Service to Polish Education&r

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John M. Merriman

American historian (1946–2022)

John Mustard Merriman (June 15, 1946 – May 22, 2022) was an American historian specializing in modern French history. He was a Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale University.^[1]^[2]

Early life and education

Merriman was born on June 15, 1946, in Battle Creek, Michigan. His mother, Sally Mustard, was a portrait and landscape painter. He did not know his father, Robert Merriman, who was divorced from his mother when John was 2.^[3] He grew up in Portland, Oregon, where he attended a Jesuit all-boys secondary school, although he did not consider himself religious.^[4]^[5] He attended the University of Michigan, where he obtained his B.A. in History in 1968 and Ph.D. in 1972,^[3] under Charles Tilly, and gained a life-long passion for French culture and history.^[4]

Career

Merriman formed many of his political views during the volatile Vietnam years; he described himself as "virulently anti-establishment" and his favorite musicians The Roll

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Merriman, John M. 1946-

PERSONAL:

Born June 15, 1946. Education:University of Michigan, Ph.D., 1972.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Department of History, Yale University, P.O. Box 208324, New Haven, CT 06520-8324. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Professor. Yale University, New Haven, CT, assistant professor, 1973-78, associate professor, 1978-83, professor of history, 1983-97, Charles Seymour Professor of History, 1997—. Yale University, resident fellow of Calhoun College, 1974-75 and 1976-81, master of Branford College, 1983-91, chaired the Committee on Teaching in the Residential Colleges, 1983-86, the Council on West European Studies, 1978-82, and the Committee on International Education, 1994-96; lecturer in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. Served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

MEMBER:

French Historical Studies Association.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Fellow of the Whitney Humanities Center, 1982-85; Byrnes-Sewall Teaching Prize, Yale University, 2000; recipient of a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship and a Morse Fellowsh