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'''Sophia Rosenfeld''' (born 29 November 1966)<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2012 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000207129/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=5b255399 |access-date=8 March 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Sophia Rosenfeld }}</ref> is an American [[historian]]. She specializes in European intellectual and cultural history with an emphasis on [[Age of Enlightenment|the Enlightenment]], the trans-Atlantic [[Age of Revolution]]s, and the legacy of the eighteenth century for modern [[democracy]]. In 2017, she was named the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. |
'''Sophia Rosenfeld''' (born 29 November 1966)<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2012 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000207129/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=5b255399 |access-date=8 March 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Sophia Rosenfeld }}</ref> is an American [[historian]]. She specializes in European intellectual and cultural history with an emphasis on [[Age of Enlightenment|the Enlightenment]], the trans-Atlantic [[Age of Revolution]]s, and the legacy of the eighteenth century for modern [[democracy]]. In 2017, she was named the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web |date=April 2, 2017 |title=Two Join Penn Arts and Sciences Faculty as Endowed Chairs |url=https://www.sas.upenn.edu/news/two-join-penn-arts-and-sciences-faculty-endowed-chairs |access-date=November 11, 2019 |website=sas.upenn.edu}}</ref> |
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== Life and career == |
== Life and career == |
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Rosenfeld received her B.A. from [[Princeton University]], and Ph.D. from [[Harvard University]] in 1996. Before coming to the University of Pennsylvania Rosenfeld taught at the [[University of Virginia]] and [[Yale University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.upenn.edu/people/faculty/sophia-rosenfeld|title=Sophia Rosenfeld {{!}} Department of History|website=www.history.upenn.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-03-25}}</ref> In 2014–15, Rosenfeld was a Member at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]], where she researched how the maximization of choice gradually developed across the Atlantic world into a proxy for freedom in human rights struggles and consumer culture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ias.edu/scholars/sophia-rosenfeld|title=Sophia Rosenfeld|website=Institute for Advanced Study|language=en|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref> |
Rosenfeld received her B.A. from [[Princeton University]], and Ph.D. from [[Harvard University]] in 1996. Before coming to the University of Pennsylvania Rosenfeld taught at the [[University of Virginia]] and [[Yale University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.upenn.edu/people/faculty/sophia-rosenfeld|title=Sophia Rosenfeld {{!}} Department of History|website=www.history.upenn.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-03-25}}</ref> In 2014–15, Rosenfeld was a Member at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]], where she researched how the maximization of choice gradually developed across the Atlantic world into a proxy for freedom in human rights struggles and consumer culture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ias.edu/scholars/sophia-rosenfeld|title=Sophia Rosenfeld|website=Institute for Advanced Study|language=en|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref> She also served a three-year term from 2018 to 2021 as Vice President, in charge of the Research Division, of the American Historical Association. In 2022, she held the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North at the Library of Congress, and she was also named by the French government Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sophia Rosenfeld {{!}} Penn Arts & Sciences Department of History |url=https://live-sas-www-history.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/people/faculty/sophia-rosenfeld |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=live-sas-www-history.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu}}</ref> |
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Her book ''Democracy and Truth'' was praised in the ''New Yorker''<nowiki/>'s "Briefly Noted" book reviews: “Rosenfeld’s conclusion is sobering: even if the relationship between democracy and truth has long been vexed, the crisis facing Western democracies today is distinctly new.” |
Her book ''Democracy and Truth'' was praised in the ''New Yorker''<nowiki/>'s "Briefly Noted" book reviews: “Rosenfeld’s conclusion is sobering: even if the relationship between democracy and truth has long been vexed, the crisis facing Western democracies today is distinctly new.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ias.edu/news/in-the-media/democracy-truth-new-yorker|title=New Yorker Review of "Democracy and Truth"|website=Institute for Advanced Study|date=28 May 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref> |
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== Works == |
== Works == |
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* ''[https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691164717/the-age-of-choice?srsltid=AfmBOorb1Q3L9B6hnUX41cR3YCTmUgB5ZtFixwduK8Zjl52gPxw4jLfi The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life]'' (Princeton University Press, forthcoming) |
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* ''The Choices We Make: The Roots of Modern Freedom'' (forthcoming; under contract with Princeton University Press) |
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* ''A Cultural History of Ideas'' (6 volume series covering antiquity to present, to be published by Bloomsbury Academic), General Editor (with Peter Struck, Classics, University of Pennsylvania), in progress. |
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* ''[https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/cultural-history-of-ideas-9781350007550/ A Cultural History of Ideas]'' (6 volumes), Co-Editor with Peter Struck (Bloomsbury, 2023). |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Latest revision as of 14:20, 21 September 2024
Sophia Rosenfeld (born 29 November 1966)[1] is an American historian. She specializes in European intellectual and cultural history with an emphasis on the Enlightenment, the trans-Atlantic Age of Revolutions, and the legacy of the eighteenth century for modern democracy. In 2017, she was named the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.[2]
Life and career
[edit]Rosenfeld received her B.A. from Princeton University, and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1996. Before coming to the University of Pennsylvania Rosenfeld taught at the University of Virginia and Yale University.[3] In 2014–15, Rosenfeld was a Member at the Institute for Advanced Study, where she researched how the maximization of choice gradually developed across the Atlantic world into a proxy for freedom in human rights struggles and consumer culture.[4] She also served a three-year term from 2018 to 2021 as Vice President, in charge of the Research Division, of the American Historical Association. In 2022, she held the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North at the Library of Congress, and she was also named by the French government Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques.[5]
Her book Democracy and Truth was praised in the New Yorker's "Briefly Noted" book reviews: “Rosenfeld’s conclusion is sobering: even if the relationship between democracy and truth has long been vexed, the crisis facing Western democracies today is distinctly new.”[6]
Works
[edit]- The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life (Princeton University Press, forthcoming)
- Democracy and Truth: A Short History (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019)
- Common Sense: A Political History (Harvard University Press, 2011; paperback 2014)
- A Revolution in Language: The Problem of Signs in Late Eighteenth-Century France (Stanford University Press, 2001; paperback 2004)
- A Cultural History of Ideas (6 volumes), Co-Editor with Peter Struck (Bloomsbury, 2023).
References
[edit]- ^ "Sophia Rosenfeld". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors (Collection). Gale. 2012. ISBN 9780787639952. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ^ "Two Join Penn Arts and Sciences Faculty as Endowed Chairs". sas.upenn.edu. April 2, 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ "Sophia Rosenfeld | Department of History". www.history.upenn.edu. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ "Sophia Rosenfeld". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ "Sophia Rosenfeld | Penn Arts & Sciences Department of History". live-sas-www-history.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ "New Yorker Review of "Democracy and Truth"". Institute for Advanced Study. May 28, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
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