TEXAS STATE VITA

I. Academic/Professional Background

A.	Name: Dr. Ron Haas	Title: Senior Lecturer	

B. Educational Background

Degree	Year	University	Major	Thesis/Dissertation	
PHD	2007	Rice University	History	The Death of the Angel: Guy Hocquenghem and the French Cultural Revolution after May 1968	
MA	2001	Rice University	History		
BA	1998	Rice University	History		

II. TEACHING

A. Teaching Honors and Awards:

Award / Honor Recipient: “Favorite Professor", Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, Texas State University.
2018

Award / Honor Recipient: "Favorite Professor", Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, Texas State University.
2017
2016

Award / Honor Recipient: John R. Hood Professor of the Year, Honors College, Texas State University.
2016 - 2017

B. Courses Taught:

Texas State University:

HIST 1310 - HIST US TO 1877

HIST 1320 - HIST US TO DATE

HON 2306C - AMERICA IN SIXTIES

HON 2306F - RETHINK AMERICAN EXCEPTION

HON 2391G - AMERICA IN SIXTIES

HON 3397F - AMERICA VS WORLD

HON 3397W - ALIEN AUTH MOD SEL

HON 4390B - HONORS THESIS

HON 4391 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

US 1100 - UNIVERSITY SEMINAR

St. Edwards University:

American Dilemmas (Sophomore Level)

University of Oklahoma:

Expository Writing (Freshman Level)

University of Oklahoma, History Department:

Modernity and its Critics (Upper Division)

University of Oklahoma, Honors College:

American Perspectives (Sophomore Level)

University of Texas San Antonio:

History of Sexuality (Graduate)

University of the Incarnate Word:

World History since 1500 (Lower Division)

World History to 1500 (Lower Division)

III. SCHOLARLY/CREATIVE

A. Works in Print (including works accepted, forthcoming, in press):

1. Books:

a. Scholarly Monographs:

Refereed:

Haas, R. M., & Wolin, R. (2010). The Wind from the East: French Intellectuals and the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Princeton University Press.

d. Chapters in Books:

Refereed:

Haas, R. M. (2004). Guy Hocquenghem and the Cultural Revolution in France after May 1968. In J. Bourg (Ed.), After the Deluge: New Perspectives on the Intellectual and Cultural History of Postwar France, edited by Julian Bourg with an afterword by François Dosse. Lanham, MD: Lexington.

2. Articles:

a. Refereed Journal Articles:

Haas, R. M. (Accepted / In Press). “French Maoism Revisited.” Black Box: A Record of Catastrophe, 2.

Haas, R. M. (2016). Maoísmo Francés Después de Mayo 1968. ISTOR: Revista de Historia Internaciónal. Published.

Haas, R. M. (2009). Le Sens de l’humour de Guy Hocquenghem (The Humor of Guy Hocquenghem). Revue Chimères. Published.

Haas, R. M. (2008). Guy Hocquenghem’s Critique of Radical Leftism. Radical Philosophy Review, 11. Published.

Haas, R. M. (2005). René Schérer’s Hospitalités. Radical Philosophy Review, 8. Published.

Haas, R. M. (2004). Utopia Aborted: May ’68 in the Philosophy of Guy Hocquenghem. Annual Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, 32. Published.

6. Book Reviews:

Haas, R. M., & Rolland-Diamond, C. (2014). “Chicago: le moment 68: territoires de la contestation étudiante et repression politique.” The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and Culture.

Haas, R. M., & Hocquenghem, G. (2004). Open Letter to those who traded Maoism for the Rotary Club (Lettre ouverte à ceux qui sont passées du col Mao au Rotary) with a new introduction by Serge Halimi (Marseille: Agone, 2003). Contemporary French Civilization.

10. Other Works in Print:

Translation s:

Haas, R. M., & Hocquenghem, G. (2008). Guy Hocquenghem’s “Volutions,” a translation of "Volutions” from Guy Hocquenghem, L’Après-mai des faunes (1974). Radical Philosophy Review (Vol. 11).

Haas, R. M., & Marcuse, H. (2005). “German Philosophy, 1871-1933,” by Herbert Marcuse, translated from French. In Heideggerian Marxism, Richard Wolin and John Abromeit, ed. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005).

Haas, R. M., & Schérer, R. (2005). René Schérer’s “Hospitality in Fragments,” a translation of excerpts from René Schérer, Hospitalités (2004) (Vol. 8). Radical Philosophy Review.

Translation with Introductions:

Haas, R. M., & Hocquenghem, G. (Accepted / In Press). An Open Letter to Those Who Traded Maoism for the Rotary Club, a translation of Guy Hocquenghem’s Lettre Ouverte à Ceux Qui Sont Passés du Col Mao au Rotary with translator introduction. Black Box: A Record of the Catastrophe (Vol. 2). PM Press.

B. Works Not in Print:

1. Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:

Haas, R. M., Tschirhart, P. L., NCHC Annual Meeting, 2018, "From Improving to Empowering: Rethinking “Writing Intensiveness” in Honors," NCHC, Boston, MA, United States. (November 2018).

Haas, R. M., Society for Utopian Studies Annual Conference, "Sexual Liberalism and Sexual Utopianism: The Revolt of the Incels in Michel Houellebecq’s Early Novels," Society for Utopian Studies, Berkeley, CA. (November 2018).

Haas, R. M., National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) Annual Conference, "Building Writing Community in Honors: The Writing Preceptors Program at Texas State University," NCHC, Atlanta, GA. (November 2017).

Haas, R. M., History Social Science Association Annual Conference, "Families, I hate you!: Generational Revolt in Postwar France," History Social Science Association, Baltimore, MD. (November 2015).

Haas, R. M., Western Society for French History Annual Conference, "Pompidou, Nous Ne Serons Pas Tes Familles! Anti-familialism and the French Left in the 1970s," Western Society for French History, San Antonio, TX. (November 2014).

Haas, R. M., Capitalism & Socialism: Utopia, Globalization and Revolution, "The Bankruptcy of Love and the Prostitution of the Economy: Charles Fourier and French Cultural Revolution after May 1968," Center for Communal Studies and the University of Southern Indiana, New Harmony, ID. (November 2014).

Haas, R. M., Society for French Historical Studies Annual Conference, "Charles Fourier and the French New Left," Society for French Historical Studies, Montreal, Canada. (April 2014).

Haas, R. M., Society for French Historical Studies Annual Conference, "Guy Hocquenghem against the Left," Society for French Historical Studies, Los Angeles, CA. (March 2011).

Haas, R. M., American Historical Association Annual Convention, "Howard Zinn and the Creative Function of Historical Writing," American Historical Association, Boston, MA. (January 2011).

Haas, R. M., The International Association for Philosophy and Literature Annual Conference, "The American Cultural Revolution in France: Guy Hocquenghem on the American 1970s," The International Association for Philosophy and Literature and The University of Regina, Regina, Canada. (May 2010).

Haas, R. M., Society for French Historical Studies Annual Conference, "Why Now? Rethinking the French “Pedophile Movement” of the late 1970s," Society for French Historical Studies, Tempe, AR. (April 2010).

Haas, R. M., Western Society for French History Annual Conference, "Flirting with Terror: The Paradox of Ultra-Left Political Violence in France in the 1970s," Western Society for French History, Quebec City, Canada. (November 2008).

Haas, R. M., Mai 68 Quarante Ans Après, "May ’68 and the Utopia of Everyday Life," University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP) and Canal 93 in Bobigny, Paris, France. (May 2008).

Haas, R. M., Society for French Historical Studies Annual Conference, "Woodstock Nation comes to France," Society for French Historical Studies, Houston, TX. (March 2007).

Haas, R. M., Western Society for French History Annual Conference, "France’s New Reactionaries: The Lindenberg Debate Revisited," Western Society for French History, Colorado Springs, CO. (October 2005).

Haas, R. M., Western Society for French History Annual Conference, "Utopia Aborted: May ’68 in the Philosophy of Guy Hocquenghem," Western Society for French History. (October 2004).

Haas, R. M., Society for French Historical Studies 50th Anniversary Annual Conference, "May ’68 and the ‘French Cultural Revolution’," Society for French Historical Studies, Paris, France. (June 2004).

Haas, R. M., Western Political Science Association Annual Conference, "Lessons of May: the Transformation of Student Politics in France after May 1968," Western Political Science Association, Portland, OR. (March 2004).

2. Invited Talks, Lectures, and Presentations:

Haas, R. M., Seminar in Critical Theory, "Guy Hocquenghem's, "Screwball Asses"," Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, City University of New York Center for Worker Education, New York, NY. (April 2016).

Haas, R. M., The Greatest Generation: The Beats! - A Choral and Dance Production, "An Introduction to Allen Ginsberg's "Howl"," Texas State University Singers, Evans Auditorium, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX. (November 21, 2015).

Haas, R. M., Downtown Sound University Lecture Series, "May 1968 in France: The Great Refusal," Downtown Sound, a Music and Arts Cooperative, Norman, OK. (October 2012).

Haas, R. M., National Day of Silence, "From Gay Liberation to Gay Marriage: Reflections on Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain"," GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network) and The University of Texas Edinburg, Endinburg, TX. (April 2007).

Haas, R. M., E.H.E.S.S. Sociology of Homosexualities Seminar, "L’Itinéraire étrange de Guy Hocquenghem," École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France. (February 2004).

4. Workshops:

Tschirhart, P. L., Haas, R. M., NCHC Annual Meeting, 2018, "Design a Better Writing Assignment," NCHC, Boston, MA, United States. (November 2018).

5. Other Works not in Print:

c. Other Works Not in Print:

Keynote / Plenary Addresses:

Haas, R. M., Journées autour de Guy Hocquenghem (a conference commemorating the 20th anniversary of Hocquenghem’s death), "Le sens de l’humour de Guy Hocquenghem," L'association Ici et ailleurs, the department of philosophy of Paris VIII, and the Revue Chimères., Quimper, France. (October 2008).