Phillips, Roderick (Goler)

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PHILLIPS, Roderick (Goler)

PHILLIPS, Roderick (Goler). Canadian (born New Zealand), b. 1947. Genres: Food and Wine, History, Sociology, Women's studies and issues. Career: University of Auckland, New Zealand, lecturer, 1976-78, senior lecturer in history, 1978-83; Queen's University, Kingston, ON, assistant professor of history, 1983-86; Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, professor of history, 1987-89; Carleton University, Ottawa, professor of history, 1989-; writer and presenter of "Sex in History," lecture series, Radio New Zealand, 1987; University of Texas at Arlington, Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lecturer, 1990; visiting fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1994, and School of History, University of New South Wales, Australia, 1995; University of Melbourne, Australia, visiting professor, 1998. Journal of Family History, editor, 1996-;"History of the Family" series, Sage Publications, general editor, 1996-; Society for French Historical Studies, president, 1997- 98; Vines Magazine, managing editor; Ottawa Citizen, wine columnist; Research Institute for the Culture and History of Food and Drink, director. Publications: (ed.) Alternatives to ANZUS, 1977; Family Breakdown in Late Eighteenth-Century France: Divorces in Rouen, 1792-1803, 1980; Divorce in New Zealand: A Social History, 1981; Putting Asunder: A History of Divorce in Western Society, 1988; Untying the Knot: A Short History of Divorce in the Western World, 1991; Society, State and Nation in Twentieth- Century Europe, 1996; A Short History of Wine, 2000. Address: Dept of History, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1S 5B6. Online address: roderick_phillips@carleton.ca

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