Dr. Colleen A. Dunlavy

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University of Wisconsin-Madison
College of Letters and Science
Professor

Mailing Address

5109 Mosse Humanities Building
University of Wisconsin-Madison
455 North Park St.
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (608) 263-1854
Fax: (608) 263-5302
cdunlavy@wisc.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Political Science/S.T.S., 1988.
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Indep. (History of Technology), 1980.

Expertise and Research Interests

Current research: history of corporate governance (especially shareholder voting rights), 1825-1900, in U.S., Britain, France, and Germany; comparative history of corporations and chain stores in the U.S. and Germany.
General interests: history of capitalism, comparative history, comparative political economy, business history, history of technology.

Other Expertise

Historical consulting on business history and the history of technology

Keywords

COS Keywords:

History.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

German: (Fluent, Functional, Functional)
French: (Basic, Basic, Basic)

Memberships

American Historical Association
Business History Conference
Organization of American Historians
Society for the History of Technology

Honors and Awards

1994, Thomas Newcomen Award, Business History Review, Business History Review, Harvard Business School

Previous Positions

1997, Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, Center for European Studies

Funding Received

  • Russell Sage Foundation: Visiting Scholar, (salary), Sep 1998 to Jun 1999.
  • International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX): Fellowship for Eastern Europe (German Democratic Republic), Sep 1984 to 1984.
  • German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): Study Visit, Berlin, Jun 1992 to Jul 1992.
  • German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): Summer Language Fellowship, Jun 1982 to Jul 1982.
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison: Romnes Award, $50,000, Jul 1997 to Jun 2002.
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School: Research Support, Jul 1997 to Jun 1998.
  • German Marshall Fund of the United States: Research Fellowship, $30,000, Jul 1997 to Jun 1998.
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Officer's Grant, $30,000, Jul 1997 to Jun 1998.
  • University of Wisconsin Graduate School: Research Support, Jul 1996 to Jun 1996.
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison: World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) Faculty Research Grant, Jul 1996 to Jun 1997.
  • University of Wisconsin: Vilas Associate Award, Jul 1995 to Jun 1997.
  • University of Wisconsin Graduate School: Research Support, Jul 1993 to Aug 1993.
  • American Council of Learned Societies: Research Fellowship for Recent Recipients of the Ph.D., Jul 1989 to Dec 1989.
  • University of Wisconsin Graduate School: Research Support, Jul 1989 to May 1990.
  • Council for European Studies (Columbia University): Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, Jul 1982 to Aug 1982.
  • Harvard University: Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Fellowship, 2004 to 2004.
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Progam Grant, $250,000, 1999 to 2000.
  • Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of American History): Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 1985 to 1987.
  • Fulbright Foundation: Fulbright Full Grant (Graduate Fellowship) for Western Europe (Federal Republic of Germany), 1983 to 1984.
  • Social Science Research Council: International Doctoral Fellowship for Western Europe (Federal Republic of Germany), 1983 to 1984.
  • Lincoln Educational Foundation: John E. Rovensky Fellowship in Business History, 1982 to 1983.

Publications

  • Colleen A. Dunlavy, Thomas Welskopp (2007) Peculiarities and Myths: Comparing U.S. and German Capitalism, German Historical Institute Bulletin, 41, 33-64
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy (2007) Social Conceptions of the Corporation: Insights from the History of Shareholder Voting Rights, Rivista delle società (2)
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy (2006) Social Conceptions of the Corporation: Insights from the History of Shareholder Voting Rights, Washington and Lee Law Review, 63 (4), 1347-1388
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy (2006) Why Did Some American Businesses Get So Big? In Regina Blaszczyk, Philip Scranton (eds), Major Problems in American Business History, New York, Houghton-Mifflin, 257-263 pages (bookchapter)
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy (2004) From Citizens to Plutocrats: 19th-Century Shareholder Voting Rights and Theories of the Corporation In Kenneth Lipartito, David Sicilia (eds), Constructing Corporate America: History, Politics, Culture, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 66-93 pages (bookchapter)
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy (2002) Bursting Through State Limits: Lessons from American Railroad History In Lars Magnusson, Jan Ottoson (eds), The State, Regulation, and the Economy: An Historical Perspective, Edward Elgar, 44-60 pages (bookchapter)
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy (2001) entry on Technology In Paul Boyer (eds), Oxford Companion to United States History, New York, Oxford University Press (bookchapter)
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy, 'When Business Outgrows the Law: Lessons from the American Experience', Northwestern Journal of International Affairs, 1(Spring), 19-27, 1999
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy, 'Corporate Democracy: Stockholder Voting Rights in Nineteenth-Century American and Prussian Railroad Corporations', in Institutions in the Transport and Communication Industries: State and Private Actors in the Making of Institutional Patterns, 1850-1990, eds. Lena Andersson-Skog and Olle Krantz, 1999
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy, 'Corporate Governance in Late 19th-Century Europe and the U.S.: The Case of Shareholder Voting Rights', in Comparative Corporate Governance: The State of the Art and Emerging Research, eds. Klaus J. Hopt, Hideki Kanda, Mark J. Roe, Eddy Wymeersch, and Stefan Prigge., 1998
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy, Comment l'État structure les intérêts économiques: la création d'associations nationales des chemins de fer aux États-Unis et en Prusse de 1830 à 1885, Le Mouvement Social, 69-101, 1996
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy, 'How Did American Business Get So Big?', Audacity, The Magazine of Business Experience, 41-49, Spring 1994
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy (1994) Politics and Industrialization: Early Railroads in the United States and Prussia, Princeton, Princeton University Press
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy, 'Railroads and the Transformation of Political Structures: The United States and Prussia in the Early 19th Century', Schriftenreihe des Zentralinstituts für Fränkische Landeskunde und Allgemeine Regionalforschung, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 1993
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy, 'Political Structure, State Policy, and Industrial Change: Early Railroad Policy in the United States and Prussia', in Structuring Politics: Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Analysis, eds. Sven Steinmo, Kathleen Thelen, and Frank Longstreth., 115-54, 1992
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy, 'Mirror Images: Political Structure and Early Railroad Policy in the United States and Prussia', Studies in American Political Development, 5, 1-35, Spring 1991
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy, 'Organizing Railroad Interests: The Creation of National Railroad Associations in the United States and Prussia', Business and Economic History, 2d ser., 19, 133-42, 1990
  • Colleen A. Dunlavy, 'Der 'Vater der deutschen Eisenbahnen' in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika: Friedrich List und Früheisenbahnbauweisen', Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Hochschule für Verkehrswesen (Dresden), Sonderheft 54: Friedrich List - Leben und Werk, 51-60, 1990

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