DAVID C. ITZKOWITZ

1922 Sargent Avenue Department of History

St. Paul, MN 55105 Macalester College

651.699.1014 (Home) St. Paul, MN 55105

e-mail: itzkowitz@macalester.edu 651.696.6216 (Office)

651.696.6498 (Fax)

EDUCATION:

Ph. D. Columbia University, 1972, History

M. A. Columbia University, 1966, History

B. A. Amherst College, 1965, History

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

Professor of History, 1989-present

Associate Professor of History, 1981-1989

Assistant Professor of History, 1974-1981

Queensborough Community College, CUNY, Bayside, NY

Assistant Professor of History, 1972-1974

New York City Community College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY

Lecturer in History, 1966-1967

PUBLICATIONS:

Book

Peculiar Privilege: A Social History of English Foxhunting, 1753-1885, The Harvester Press, Hassocks, Sussex, England, 1977

Articles

“Fair Enterprise or Extravagant Speculation: Investment, Speculation, and Gambling in Victorian

England,” Victorian Studies, Autumn 2002

"The Jews of Europe and the Limits of Religious Freedom," in Richard Helmstadter, ed., Freedom and Religion in the Nineteenth Century, Stanford University Press, 1997

"The (Other) Great Evil: Gambling, Scandal, and the National Anti-Gambling League," in K.

Garrigan, ed., Victorian Scandals: Representations of Gender and Class, Ohio University Press, 1992

"Cultural Pluralism and the Board of Deputies of British Jews," in R. W. Davis and R. Helmstadter eds., Religion and Irreligion in Victorian Society: Essays in Honor of R. K.Webb, Routledge, 1992

"Victorian Bookmakers and their Customers," Victorian Studies, Autumn 1988

"Gambling," and "Royal Family," in Sally Mitchell, ed., Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia, Garland Publishing, 1988

Reviews

"Gin Lane," Reviews in European History, March 1977

Book Reviews in Albion, A Journal Concerned with British Studies

Israel Finestein, Scenes and Personalities in Anglo-Jewry, 1800-2000, forthcoming

Daniel Pick, Svengali’s Web, Summer, 2001

William D. Rubinstein and Hilary L. Rubinstein, Philosemitism, Fall, 2000

Jessica Gerard, Country House Life: Family and Servants, 1815-1914, Fall, 1997

Book reviews in American Historical Review

Norman Gash, Robert Surtees and Early Victorian Society, February, 1995

Wray Vamplew, Pay Up and Play the Game: Professional Sport in Britain 1875-1914, April, 1991

Harriet Ritvo, The Animal Estate: The English and Other Creatures in the Victorian Age, June 1989

E.P. Thompson, Whigs and Hunters: The Origin of the Black Act, February 1979

Book reviews in American Historical Review

Robert W. Malcolmson, Popular Recreations in English Society, October 1974

J.C. Reid, Bucks and Bruisers: Pierce Egan and Regency England, February 1973

Book Reviews in The Historian

Stanley Weintraub, Charlotte and Lionel: A Rothschild Love Story, forthcoming

Book Reviews in Shofar, An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies

David Cesarani, The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841-1991, Spring 1995

Gerry Black, Lender to the Lords, Giver to the Poor, Spring 1995

Journalistic publications

“The Double Journey of a Jewish-American Academic,” Macalester International, Autumn 2000

"What is right with America? What is wrong with America?" (with Vicki Itzkowitz), Campus Magazine, London, 1977

"Who Are Your Heroes?" (with Vicki Itzkowitz), Campus Magazine, London, 1977

"Different Regions/ Different Ways of Living" (with Vicki Itzkowitz), Campus Magazine, London, 1977

"The Football Bowls" (with Vicki Itzkowitz), Campus Magazine, London, 1980

"Guide to American Politics," Current, London, 1982

"Meet the Reagans," Current, London, 1982

"Aspects of History: The Civil War," Current, London, 1983

Papers and presentations

“The Historical Roots of the State of Israel,” Lecture at the House of Hope Presbyterian Church, November 2002

“Jews Confront the World and Themselves: The Age of Emancipation,” Lecture in the Annual History Lecture Series, Beth Jacob Congregation, February 2002

"The Jews of Western Europe and the Definition of Religious Freedom," presented at planning session for volume in the Making of Modern Freedom series, Washington University, October, 1994

"Freedom of Religion and the Jews of Western Europe in the Nineteenth Century," Center for the History of Freedom, Washington University, April 1993

"The Anti-Gambling League and Late Victorian Reform," Institute of Historical Research, University of London, January, 1990

"Marriage in the Romantic Era," Address to the Women's Issues Study Group, House of

Hope Presbyterian Church, April 1988

"Twenty Years of a United Jerusalem," Panel presentation, Beth Jacob Congregation, July 1987

"Victorian Bookmakers and their Customers," Northeast Victorian Studies Association, May 1987

"Scandal, Gambling, and the National Anti-Gambling League," Midwest Victorian Studies Association, April l987

"Victorian Horserace Gambling," Indiana University Victorian Studies Group, April 1985

"The English State Lottery," Institute of Historical Research, University of London, February 1982

"A Speculative Essay on Gambling," Anglo-American Conference of Historians, University of London, July 1979

"The Bicentennial: A View from the Enemy Camp," Address to the St. Paul Informal Club,

November 1976

WORK IN PROGRESS:

The Cheapest of Luxuries: A Social History of Gambling in England, book MS in preparation

Social History of Victorian Anglo-Jewry. Research in progress

RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Associated Colleges of the Midwest Faculty Seminar on Jewish Studies. Member, Planning

Committee and local host, 1995

National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowships for College Teachers Program. Member, European History Selection Panel

Midwest Victorian Studies Association, Executive Committee

Referee for MSS submitted to Oxford University Press, Columbia University Press and several journals

Outside personnel reviewer for Bowdoin College and Hamline University

St. Paul Institute of Adult Jewish Studies, Planning Committee, 1974-1978

Consultant to Scholastic Book Services, New York, NY, for a proposed community college textbook series, 1973

MACALESTER COLLEGE SERVICE:

Presiding Officer of the Faculty, 1993-1994

Department of History, Chair, 1993-1996

Educational Policy and Governance Committee, 2002- ; Chair, 2002-2003

Curriculum Committee, 1976-1978, 1994-1996, 1998-2000; Chair, 1977-1978, 1994-1995,

1998-1999

Faculty Advisory Council, 1979-1981; Chair, 1980-1981

Faculty Personnel Committee, 1984-1985, 1990-1992; Chair, 1990-1991

MACALESTER COLLEGE SERVICE (continued):

Faculty Allocation Committee, 1994-1995

Grants Committee, 2002-2003

Academic Liaison Committee, 2002-2003

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Beth Jacob Congregation, Board of Directors, 1989-1990, Vice President, 1990-1994

University of Minnesota Hillel Foundation, Board of Directors, 1996-1998

St Paul United Jewish Fund and Council, Subcommittee on Jewish Affiliation and Continuity, 1993-1998

St. Paul United Jewish Fund and Council, Community Relations Sub-Committee, 1988

Cub Scout Pack 13, Committee Chair, 1987-1988

Shaare Shalom Congregation, President, 1980-1981, 1988-1989

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

Macalester College. Wallace Research Grant, 2001

Lucius N. Littauer Foundation. Research Grant, 1989-1990

National Endowment for the Humanities. Fellowship for College Teachers, 1981-1982

National Endowment for the Humanities. Summer Seminar, "English Culture in the

Eighteenth Century," University of California, Berkeley, Summer, 1978