Katherine Aaslestad

Katherine Aaslestad
Born	Katherine Barbara Aaslestad (1961-05-30)May 30, 1961 Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	April 24, 2021(2021-04-24) (aged 59) Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	scholar

Katherine Barbara Aaslestad (May 30, 1961 – April 24, 2021) was an American scholar.[1] She was a professor of history at West Virginia University in the Department of History from 1997 to her death. Aaslestad died on 24 April 2021, aged 59.[2]

Aaslestad completed her undergraduate education at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. She studied with Paul Scroeder, Mary Lindemann, and John Lynn at the University of Illinois, where she wrote a dissertation on the city of Hamburg, Germany during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods.[3]

Awards and honors

She won the Caperton Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Writing and the Benedum Distinguished Scholar Award as well as outstanding teaching awards from the WVU Foundation, the Eberly College and the Honors College.[2]

Selected works

• The transformation of civic identity and local patriotism in Hamburg : 1790 to 1815, 1997
• Material identities : tradition, gender, and consumption in early nineteenth century Hamburg, 1998
• Place and politics : local identity, civic culture, and German nationalism in North Germany during the revolutionary era, 2005
• Historica's women : 1000 years of women in history, 2007
• Revisiting Napoleon's continental system : local, regional and European experiences, 2014

References

1. "AHA Member Spotlight: Katherine Aaslestad | Perspectives on History | AHA". www.historians.org. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
2. "E-News | Remembering history professor Katherine Aaslestad". enews.wvu.edu. 29 April 2021. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
3. Hagenmann, Karen (11 May 2021). "In Memoriam: Katherine Aaslestad (1961–2021)". George L. Mosse Program in History. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.