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Associate Professor Peter S Field

Contact

Department: Humanities and Creative Arts ; History

Email: peter.field@canterbury.ac.nz

Phone Number: +64 3 369 3999 ext. null

Office: Karl Popper 517

Languages: English, French, Russian

About
Research / Creative works
Networks
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Fields of Research

  • American history
  • Intellectual/cultural history

Researcher Summary

Research interest includes the social history of the early American republic, American statesmanship, the presidency, intellectual history from Socrates onward

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • History, History of Art, Classics and Curatorial Studies: Modern History; Modern History: American

Resources

  • Staff webpage

Prizes and Awards

  • James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions ( 2009 - 2010)
  • NY Public Library Research ( 1997 - 2002)
  • Princeton Davis ( 1997 - 2002)
  • Princeton University ( 1997 - 2002)

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Field PS. (2021) Lincoln and the Abolitionists. In Green M (Ed.), A Companion to Abraham Lincoln: 200-215. Oxford: Blackwells. (Chapters)
  • Field PS. (2017) "Abe Lincoln and Political Friendship". Christchurch: Canterbury History Foundation Annual Lecture, 23 Jul 2017. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2017) "Aristotle on Abraham Lincoln”. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Madison Seminar, 18 Apr 2017. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2017) "Will The USA Survive Trump?". Christchurch: U3A Okeover, 16 Nov 2017. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2017) “Can Aristotle Explain Abraham Lincoln?”. Christchurch: History Dept. Seminar Series, 01 Mar 2017. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2017) “Lincoln, Civil War and Constitutional Liberty". Ave Maria University, Naples, FL: Koch Foundation American History Lecture Series Fund, 13 Apr 2017. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2017) “Toward a Social History of Intellectuals.”. Christchurch: Canterbury School of Continental Philosophy, 26 May 2017. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2017) “What Trump does and does not say about America.”. Christchurch: College of Arts in the City Professorial Lecture Series, 04 Jul 2017. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2017) “Immigration, Isolation and Diversity: A Comparative Approach to American and New Zealand History.”. Auckland: New Zealand Historical Association: "Where Histories Meet" Biennial Conference, 27-30 Nov 2017. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Field PS. (2017) “New Trends in Teaching the American Civil War.”. Sydney: ANZASA, 4-5 Oct 2017. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Field PS. (2017) Abe Lincoln in the Age of Obama and Spielberg. Comparative American Studies: An International Journal 15(1-2): 21-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14775700.2017.1406718. (Journal Articles)
  • Field PS. (2017) Between Friendship and Justice: On Lincoln's Political Thought. American Nineteenth Century History 18(2): 87-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14664658.2017.1327235. (Journal Articles)
  • Field PS. (2016) "2016 Decision in Comparative Perspective". Christchurch: U3A Okeover Speaker Series, 03 Nov 2016. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2016) “Fulbright Forum: The 2016 Presidential Election". Dunedin: Fulbright Forum, 10 Aug 2016. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2016) “Lincoln and Natural Law.”. Oxford, England: Oxford University, Corpus Christi College, American Constitutional Thought Seminar., 29 Apr 2016. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2016) “Natural Right in the American Civil War.”. Christchurch: NZ History Teachers Association Conference., 12 Jul 2016. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2016) “Old Abe Lincoln's Political Thought and Why it Matters.”. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Old Guard Lecture, 05 May 2016. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2016) “Shepherds, Neither Sheep nor Wolves.”. Pottstown, PA: David R. Dougherty Fellowship Lecture, 26 Apr 2016. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2016) “The 2016 American Presidential Election in Historical Perspective.”. Christchurch: Canterbury Historical Association, 11 Oct 2016. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2016) “The Historians Craft: The History Writing of Allan C. Guelzo.”. Princeton University: The Robert J. Giuffra Annual Conference., 23 May 2016. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2016) Between Justice and Friendship: Abe Lincoln's Political Thought. Princeton University: Meeting of the Old Guard, Friend Centre, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institututions, Princeton University. (Oral Presentations)
  • Fletcher A. (2016) “The State of America (panel discussion)". Christchurch: WORD Festival, 28 Aug 2016. (Oral Presentations)
  • Grimshaw M., Fletcher A. and Field PS. (2016) “The Figure of Trump: A Panel Discussion.”. Christchurch: Canterbury School of Continental Philosophy, 16 Sep 2016. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field P. (2015) Congreatoinalism. In Spencer M (Ed.), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment: 275-278.Bloomsbury Publishing USA. (Chapters)
  • Field PS. (2015) “American Slavery, American Freedom.”. Christchurch: U3A Kate Sheppard Branch, 09 Apr 2015. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2015) “Citizenship: Rating My Responsibilities to the State". Princeton, NJ: James Madison Undergraduate Fellow Program, 28 Oct 2015. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2015) “Necessary Evil: the Political Philosophy of Abraham Lincoln”. Christchurch: History Department Seminar Series, 06 May 2015. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2015) American Slavery, American Freedom. St Christopher's Church, Christchurch, New Zealand: U3A Kate Shepapard branch. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2015) Necessary Evil: The Political Philosophy of Abraham Lincoln. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: History Department Seminar. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2015) The Impact of the US Mid-Terms. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Institute of International Affairs (NZIIA). (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2015) Assimilation in Nineteenth-Century America. In Imperialism and Expansionism in American History: 365-366. New York: ABC-CLIO. (Other)
  • Field PS. (2015) The End of the American Enlightenment. In Spencer MG (Ed.), Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment: 50-60. New York: Bloomsbury. (Chapters)
  • Field PS. (2014) “Convergence: An Interpretation of Lincoln and the Abolitionists.”. Christchurch: History Department Seminar Series, 26 Feb 2014. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2014) “Necessary Evil: The Political Philosophy of Abraham Lincoln.”. Naples, FL: Ave Maria University Seminar Series, 16 Apr 2014. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2014) “The American Homeland as a World Hotspot? An American's Thoughts.”. Christchurch: 23 Oct 2014. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2014) “The History Scholarship Examination.”. Christchurch: Canterbury History Teachers' Association, 08 Aug 2014. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2014) “The Impact of the US Mid-Terms.”. Christchurch: NZIIA, 25 Nov 2014. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2014) “What If ... Hollywood Got History Right?”. Christchurch: What If Wednesdays Public Lecture Series., 07 May 2014. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2014) Abraham Lincoln's Political Thought. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: What if Wednesday's Public Talks. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2014) Convergence: An Interpretation of Lincoln and the Abolitionists. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: History Department Seminar. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2014) Necessary Evil: The Political Philosophy of Abraham Lincoln. Ave Maria University, Naples, FL, USA. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2014) The American Homeland as a World Hotspot? An American's Thoughts. St Christopher's Church, Christchurch, New Zealand: U3A Kate Sheppard Branch. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2014) The History Scholarship Examination. Russley Golf Course, Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury History Teachers' Association Professional Development Day. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2014) What If ... Hollywood Got History Right? University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: What If Wednesdays Public Talks. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2014) What if Hollywood Got History Right? What if Wednesdays. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2014) Congregationalism. In Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment: 275-278. London and New York: Continuum Press. [Encyclopedia Entry]. (Other)
  • Field PS. (2013) “Abraham Lincoln and the First Person Plural: a talking text.”. Christchurch: Talking Text Seminar Series, 05 Sep 2013. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2013) “Distant Mirrors: American Reflections on New Zealand Democracy.”. Christchurch: Jim Gardner Memorial Lecture, 21 Jul 2013. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2013) “What if ... America hadn't declared itself independent?”. Christchurch: What if....Wednesdays Lecture Series, 03 Jul 2013. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2013) Abraham Lincoln and the First Person Plural: a talking text. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: School of Social Sciences Talking Texts Seminar Series. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2013) Distant Mirrors: American Reflections on New Zealand Democracy. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: The Jim Gardner Memorial Lecture. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2013) What if .. America hadn't declared itself independent? University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: What If Wednesdays Public Talks. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2012) "Was Slavery the Cause of the American Civil War?". Christchurch: NZSSTA Conference, 08 Jun 2012. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2012) On teaching American history. Auckland, New Zealand: United States History in a Global Context: An Interactive Workshop for Secondary History Teachers. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2012) The American Election: How Does it Work? University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: UC Pols Soc. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2012) The American presidency: An historical overview. Rangi Ruru School, Christchurch, New Zealand: Guest Speaker Series. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2012) Was slavery the cause of the American Civil War? Russley Golf Course, Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury History Teachers' Association. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2012) David Hackett Fisher, Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies, New Zealand and the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. New Zealand Journal of History 46: 187-190. [Book Review]. (Other)
  • Field PS. and Fletcher A. (2012) "The American Election and How it Works". Christchurch: UCPols Public Speaker Series, 13 Sep 2012. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. and Frost J. (2012) "U.S. History in a Global Context". Auckland: Interactive Workshop for Secondary History Teachers, 22 Jun 2012. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS., Blampied N. and Pratt A. (2012) What is a university? University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: TEU Symposium. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2011) Abraham Lincoln and the Virtue of Moderation. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: History Department Seminar Series. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2011) Perspectives on the American Presidency: Looking Back from Obama. University of Canterbury: International Lecture Series. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2011) Abraham Lincoln and the First-Person Plural: A Study in Language and Leadership. American Nineteenth Century History 12(1): 49-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14664658.2011.559748. (Journal Articles)
  • Field PS. (2011) Australasian Journal of American Studies, 30(2). Special Issue: The American Civil War. Canberra: ANZASA. 90pp. (Edited Volumes)
  • Field PS. (2011) Talking Civil War History: A Conversation with Eric Foner and James McPherson. Australasian Journal of American Studies 30(2): 1-32. (Journal Articles)
  • Field PS. (2011) The Concept of Moderation, with Continual Reference to Abraham Lincoln. Australasian Journal of American Studies 30(2): 33-53. (Journal Articles)
  • Field PS. (2011) Understanding Lincoln's Moderation. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA: Law, Liberty, and Virtue, 16-17 May 2011. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Gagnon S., Jones C., Monti A. and Field P. (2011) Blended Learning' and the Arts. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Arts Learning and Teaching Staff Forum. (Oral Presentations)
  • Proudfoot D. (2011) Two Lectures on Religion by Karl Popper. In Jones C; Matthews B; Clement J (Ed.), Treasures of the University Canterbury Library: 173-177. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. (Chapters)
  • Field PS. (2010) From Statesmanship to Leadership: Franklin, Adams, Washington, Madison, Lincoln. Princeton University, NJ, USA: Presentation on Statesmanship at Department of Politics. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2010) George Washington at Princeton: End of the Revolutionary War, Rockingham Historical Society and the Madison Program. Princeton University, NJ, USA. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2010) Leadership and the American Presidency. Rangi Ruru School, Christchurch, New Zealand: Windows. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2010) Three Synthetic Approaches to American History. Ave Maria University, Naples, FL, USA: Guest Lecture. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2010) Fusionism. : 446. New Haven: Yale University Press. [Encyclopedia Entry]. (Other)
  • Field PS. (2010) Gordon Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early American Republic, 1789-1815. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009; 800pp. Australasian Journal of American Studies 29(1): 106-108. [Book Review]. (Other)
  • Field PS. (2010) Mark A. Lause, The Antebellum Crisis and America's First Bohemians. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2009; x+181pp. The American Historical Review 115(13): 841-842. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/ahr.115.3.841. [Book Review]. (Other)
  • Field PS. (2010) Our Character is Our Fate: Abraham Lincoln at 200. American Nineteenth Century History 11(1): 95-112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14664651003616990. (Journal Articles)
  • Field PS. (2009) A Study in Leadership: Abraham Lincoln and the First Person Plural. University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand: Friday Seminar Series, 01 Jan 2007. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2009) A Study in Leadership: Abraham Lincoln and the First Person Plural. University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia: United States Studies Centre Lecture Series, 01 Jan 2006. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2009) Abraham Lincoln and the First Person Plural: A Study in Leadership. Princeton University, NJ, USA: James Madison Fellows Seminar Series, 19 Sep 2006. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2009) Abraham Lincoln and the First Person Plural: A Study in Leadership. Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, USA: Guest Seminar Series. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2009) Our' Abraham Lincoln. Australasian Journal of American Studies 28(2): 65-71. (Journal Articles)
  • Field PS. (2008) Comparative Themes in the History of New Zealand and the United States. Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand National Association of Teachers, 24 Aug 2007. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2008) Fisrt Nations Futures Programme - Assessing American Ideas of Leadership. University of Canterbury: Ngai Tahu Leadership Workshop. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2008) Lincoln and Leadership in America. Christchurch, New Zealand: Arts Platform, 01 Jan 2008. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2008) Beyond Toleration: The Religious Origins of American Pluralism. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW 113(5): 1526-1527. (Journal Articles)
  • Field PS. (2008) Chris Beneke, Beyond Toleration: The Religious Origins of American Pluralism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006; ix+305pp. The American Historical Review 113(5): 1526-1527. [Book Review]. (Other)
  • Field PS. (2008) Sharon Block, Rape & Sexual Power in Early America. Chapel Hill: University of North Caroline Press, 2006; ix+276pp. Australasian Journal of American Studies 27(2): 149-151. [Book Review]. (Other)
  • Field P. (2007) Speaking to Democracy: intellectuals and public power. Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand: Transformations 2007: Composing the nation: ideas, peoples, histories, languages, cultures, economies, 27-28 Aug 2007. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Field PS. (2007) Eugene Genovese (b. 1930). In Rodriquez JP (Ed.), Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political and Historical Encyclopedia: 311-312. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. (Chapters)
  • Field PS. and Staloff D. (2007) White on Red: Amerindians and the Romantic Imagination from Jefferson to Emerson. In Historicising Whiteness: Transnational Perspectives on the Construction of an Identity: 267-279. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Pritchard G., Field P., Pritchard G. and Field P. (2007) The Cold War in History: American and Soviet Perceptions. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Festival of History, 15 Aug 2008. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2006) The Dilemma of the Intellectual in a Democratic Society. Ave Maria University, Naples, Florida: Guest lecture, 30 Jul 2006. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2006) Who Freed the Slaves? Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation. City College of New York, NY, USA: National Endowment for the Humanites Lecture, 16 Jun 2009. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2006) Emerson, Ralph Waldo, Frederick Douglass and Race. In Finkelman P (Ed.), Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895. From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass: 469-472. New York: Oxford University Press. (Chapters)
  • Field P. (2005) Pragmatic Idealism: The Political Thought of Ralph Waldo Emerson. In Gregory Claeys (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought Cornwall: Routledge. (Chapters)
  • Field PS. (2005) Whiteness and the Romanticism of Race in the Work of Thomas Jefferson and Ralph Waldo Emerson. University of Melbourne, Australia: Historicizing Whiteness Conference, 01 Mar 2009. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field PS. (2004) When slavery was called freedom: Evangelicalism, proslavery, and the causes of the Civil War.. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW 109(3): 907-908. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/530614. (Journal Articles)
  • Field PS. (2003) Young Charles Sumner and the legacy of the American enlightenment, 1811-1851.. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY 90(3): 1026-1027. (Journal Articles)
  • Field P. (2002) American Romantics and Race: From Emerson to Jefferson. Victoria University History Seminars, Wellington, New Zealand: Invited Presentation, 10 Apr 2001. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field P. (2002) Speaking to Democracy: Failure and Success on the American Lecture Circuit before the Civil War. Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, USA: Invited Presentation, 22 Mar 2002. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field P. (2002) The Intellectuals and Slavery. Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA: Invited Presentation, 20 Nov 2002. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field P. (2002) Glenn Altshuler and Stuart Blumin, 'The Rude Republic: Americans and their Politics in the Nineteenth Century'. The Historian: 723-725. [Book Review]. (Other)
  • Field P. (2002) Jonathan Sassi, 'A Republic of Righteousness: The Public Christianity of the Post-Revolutionary New England Clergy'. American Historical Review 107(5): 1555-1556. [Book Review]. (Other)
  • Field P. (2002) Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Making of a Democratic Intellectual. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield. 272pp. (Authored Books)
  • Field P. (2002) The Romance of Race in the Early American Republic: The Case of Jefferson and Emerson. Berkeley, CA, USA: Society of Historians of the Early American Republic, 12 Jul 2002. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Field PS. (2002) A republic of righteousness: The public Christianity of the post-revolutionaiy new England clergy.. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW 107(5): 1555-1556. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/532897. (Journal Articles)
  • Field PS. (2002) Rude republic: Americans and their politics in the nineteenth century. HISTORIAN 64(3-4): 723-725. (Journal Articles)
  • Field P. (2001) Toward the Democratic Intellectual: On Socrates and Emerson. Canterbury Historical Association, Christchurch, New Zealand: Invited Presentation, 18 Nov 1999. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field P. (2001) Gilman Ostrander, 'The Republic of Letters'. Journal of American History: 4pp. [Book Review]. (Other)
  • Field P. (2001) Louis Masur, '1831: Year of Eclipse'. American Nineteenth Century History 2(3) [Book Review]. (Other)
  • Field P. (2001) Majoritarian Democracy and the Electoral College: The 2000 Presidential Election. History Now Spring 2001. (Journal Articles)
  • Field P. (2001) Review: Transcendentalist Meditations. Reviews in American History 29(1): 49-61. (Journal Articles)
  • Field P. (2001) The strange career of Emerson and Race. American Nineteenth Century History 2(1): 1-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14664650108567029. (Journal Articles)
  • Field P. (2001) The Transformation of Genius into Practical Power': Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Public Lecture. Journal of the Early Republic 21(3): 467-493. (Journal Articles)
  • Field P. (2001) Towards a New Narrative: The Perils of a Web-based 'Historical Methods' Course. Boston, MA, USA: American Historical Association, 6 Jan 2001. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Field PS. (2001) Democracy. In Cayton M; Williams P (Ed.), Encyclopedia of American History and Culture New York: Scribners. (Chapters)
  • Field P. (2000) Alexis de Tocqueville, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the Nature of Democracy in America. Buffalo, NY, USA: Society of Historians of the Early American Republic, 21 Jul 2000. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Field P. (2000) Andrew Jackson of Tennessee: Emerson’s Representative Democratic Man. Cookeville, TN, USA: Tennessee Conference of Historians, 21 Oct 2000. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Field P. (2000) Harlow Sheidley, 'Sectional Nationalism: Massachusetts Conservative Leadership and the Transformation of America, 1815-1836. The Historian: 889-891. [Book Review]. (Other)
  • Field P. (1999) American Intellectual Parricide: The Conversions of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA: Invited Presentation, Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, 03 Mar 1999. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field P. (1999) Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Problem of Political Antislavery. Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA: Invited Presentation, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, Yale University, 10 Oct 1997. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field P. (1999) Chris Grasso, 'A Speaking Aristocracy: Transforming Public Discourse in Eighteenth-Century Connecticut'. Journal of the Early Republic 19(2): 537-539. [Book Review]. (Other)
  • Field P. (1999) Less than Meets the Eye: The Strange Career of Dorothea Dix. Reviews in American History 27(3): 389-396. (Journal Articles)
  • Field P. (1999) Man the Measure: New Approaches to Teaching World History. Gallatin, TN, USA: Tennessee Conference of Historians, 21 Sep 1999. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Field P. (1999) Phyllis Cole, 'Mary Moody Emerson and the Origins of Transcendentalism' and Joel Myerson, 'Selected Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson'. Journal of American History: 1590-1592. [Book Review]. (Other)
  • Field P. (1998) Elaine Swift, 'The Making of the American Senate: 1789-1840'. William and Mary Quarterly(January 1998): 186-188. [Book Review]. (Other)
  • Field P. (1998) Sharon Munk, 'The Devil’s Mousetrap: Redemption and Colonial American Literature'. Restoration: 109-112. [Book Review]. (Other)
  • Field P. (1998) The Crisis of the Standing Order: Clerical Intellectuals and Cultural Authority in Massachusetts, 1780-1833. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. 272pp. (Authored Books)
  • Field P. (1997) Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Problem of Democracy. Princeton, NJ, USA: Center for the Humanities and the Program in American Studies, Princeton University, 01 Nov 2002. (Oral Presentations)
  • Field P. (1997) The Birth of Secular High Culture: The Monthly Anthology and Its Critics. Journal of the Early Republic 17(4): 575-609. (Journal Articles)

Editorial Work

  • ANZASA Editorial Board Member ( 2006 - 2023)

Review and Refereeing

  • Journal of the Early Republic ( 1999 - 2009)
  • Journal of the Early Republic ( 1997 - 2002)
  • Northeastern University Press ( 1997 - 2002)
  • William and Mary Quarterly ( 2001 - 2023)
  • William and Mary Quarterly ( 1997 - 2002)

Research Groups

  • Social Science Research Centre (SSRC)

Future Research

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