Caitlin Hartweave

Caitlin Hartweave

Caitlin Hartweave

Graduate Teaching Assistant

U.S. History: Gender and gender-non-conformity in the 18th century Atlantic world

Caitlin Hartweave is a PhD candidate studying American history, with a focus on gender and gender-non-conformity in the eighteenth century Atlantic world. As a historian, she dedicates her research to broadening and diversifying our understanding of gender in the past. Her dissertation, "Le Dragon de Vertu: The Chevalier(e) d’Eon and Trans Narratives in the Early Atlantic World," investigates the recurring language and narrative themes gender-non-conforming individuals in the eighteenth century British and French empires used to define themselves and their genders. Using the Chevalier d'Eon as a focal point alongside comparative cases, she argues that these narrative commonalities were not merely coincidental but rather came together to form a cultural vocabulary of gender-non-conformity.

Grants and Fellowships

Doctoral Research Scholar, 2021

Courses Taught

HIST 390 - The Digital Past, Instructor of Record (Spring 2024)

HIST 390 - The Digital Past, Teaching Assistant (Spring 2020)

HIST 125 - Introduction to Global History, Teaching Assistant (Fall 2019, Fall 2023)

HIST 100 - History of Western Civilization, Teaching Assistant (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2022)

Education

B.A. History and International Relations - College of William and Mary (2015)

Recent Presentations

"The Fascinating Life of the Chevalier d'Eon (1728 to 1810)." Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, George Mason University History Club, March 2025.

"Warrior Women: The Chevalier d’Eon and Trans Narratives in the 18th Century Atlantic World." The Lie Became the Truth: Locating Trans Narratives in Queer History Panel, AskHistorians Digital Conference, October, 2021.

"Other Perspectives on War: Gender and War." Recorded guest lecture given to Dr. Abby Mullen’s HIST 390: The Digital Past – War in the Antebellum United States, Spring 2020.

“Fops, Fribbles and Female Husbands: Gender Diversity in Early America.” Historic Londontown and Garden, Edgewater, Maryland, February 2020.

“Fops, Fribbles and Female Husbands: Gender Diversity in Early America.” Guest lecture given to Dr. Sheri Ann Huerta’s HNRS 240: Reading the Past – Gender in American Culture at George Mason University, Fall 2019.