Kathryn Olivarius
Associate Professor of History · School of Humanities and Sciences · Stanford University
Quick answer: Kathryn Olivarius is Associate Professor of History at Stanford University. Kathryn Olivarius shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ I am accepting graduate students who are interested in all aspects of early/nineteenth-century United States history.
Research interests
Antebellum South, Greater Caribbean, slavery, capitalism, and disease; historical notions of consent (sexual or otherwise); syphilis and shame in the American Civil War and Gilded Age; slave revolts in the United States and the Caribbean; anti- and pro-slavery thought; class and ethnicity in antebellum America; the history of life insurance and environmental risk; comparative slave systems; technology and slavery; the Haitian Revolution; boosterism in the American West
Selected publications (since 2023)
[2022] Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom (Harvard University Press, Belknap imprint); [2024] How We Died: Public and Private Health in Early America; [2019] Immunity, Capital, and Power in Antebellum New Orleans
Frequently asked questions
Is Kathryn Olivarius hiring PhD students at Stanford University?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Kathryn Olivarius's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: I am accepting graduate students who are interested in all aspects of early/nineteenth-century United States history..
What does Kathryn Olivarius research?
Antebellum South, Greater Caribbean, slavery, capitalism, and disease; historical notions of consent (sexual or otherwise); syphilis and shame in the American Civil War and Gilded Age; slave revolts in the United States and the Caribbean; anti- and pro-slavery thought; class and ethnicity in antebel
Data last updated: 2026-09-11 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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