Leah Price
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Leah Price is a professor
of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University
, where her specialties are in the novel
, literary journalism
, the history of books and reading, and narrative theory, as well as on the culture of the eighteenth and nineteenth-centuries and British fiction in the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries. Price's best known publication is the book, The Anthology and the Rise of the Novel. She is editor of Literary Secretaries/Secretarial Culture.
Price is also known for being granted tenure by Harvard under the unusual circumstances of her relatively young age, with only one published book, as well as the tendency of Harvard not to promote its junior faculty. It has been speculated that Price was the beneficiary of Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers'
request to departments to identify younger faculty deserving of tenure, especially those who are likely to produce their most important work in the future. http://tech.mit.edu/V124/N7/7BGHarvard.7n.html, http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=254167
and Sally Price
. Price graduated summa cum laude
from Harvard College in 1991 with an A.B.
from the Department of Comparative Literature
. She was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa
and was recognized with a Hoopes Prize
for her thesis "Lery and Cervantes."http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~lprice/cv%5B1%5D.pdf.htm.pdf
During 1991-2, she was an August Clifford Tower Fellow, Bourse de recheres at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales at the École Normale Supérieure
in France. In 1995 she received her M.Phil in Comparative Literature at Yale University
, and completed her Ph.D. in the same program in 1998. From 1997-2000, Price was a Carlisle Research Fellow in English Literature at Girton College at the University of Cambridge
. From 2000-2002, she was an Assistant Professor in the department of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University, where she was granted tenure as a full professor after two years in November 2002, the first female (and the second person in a dozen years) to be promoted from within the department, at the age of 32. Harvard's tenure offer reportedly followed immediately after a full tenure offer from the rival department at UCLA
.http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=254167
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, where her specialties are in the novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, literary journalism
Creative nonfiction
Creative nonfiction is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contrasts with other nonfiction, such as technical writing or journalism, which is also rooted in accurate fact, but is not primarily written in service...
, the history of books and reading, and narrative theory, as well as on the culture of the eighteenth and nineteenth-centuries and British fiction in the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries. Price's best known publication is the book, The Anthology and the Rise of the Novel. She is editor of Literary Secretaries/Secretarial Culture.
Price is also known for being granted tenure by Harvard under the unusual circumstances of her relatively young age, with only one published book, as well as the tendency of Harvard not to promote its junior faculty. It has been speculated that Price was the beneficiary of Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers'
Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Henry Summers is an American economist. He served as the 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He was Director of the White House United States National Economic Council for President Barack Obama until November 2010.Summers is the...
request to departments to identify younger faculty deserving of tenure, especially those who are likely to produce their most important work in the future. http://tech.mit.edu/V124/N7/7BGHarvard.7n.html, http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=254167
Biography
Leah Price is the daughter of American anthropologists Richard PriceRichard Price (American anthropologist)
Richard Price is an American anthropologist and historian, best known for his studies of the Caribbean and his experiments with writing ethnography.- Career :...
and Sally Price
Sally Price
Sally Price is an American anthropologist, best known for her studies of so-called “primitive art” and its place in the imaginaire of Western viewers.- Career :...
. Price graduated summa cum laude
Latin honors
Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. This system is primarily used in the United States, Canada, and in many countries of continental Europe, though some institutions also use the English translation of these...
from Harvard College in 1991 with an A.B.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
from the Department of Comparative Literature
Comparative literature
Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the literature of two or more different linguistic, cultural or national groups...
. She was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Beta Kappa Society
The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honor society. Its mission is to "celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences"; and induct "the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at America’s leading colleges and universities." Founded at The College of William and...
and was recognized with a Hoopes Prize
Thomas T. Hoopes, Class of 1919, Prize
The Hoopes Prize is an award given annually to Harvard University undergraduates, and is considered one of thehighest academic commendations the University can bestow upon an undergraduate....
for her thesis "Lery and Cervantes."http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~lprice/cv%5B1%5D.pdf.htm.pdf
During 1991-2, she was an August Clifford Tower Fellow, Bourse de recheres at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales at the École Normale Supérieure
École Normale Supérieure
The École normale supérieure is one of the most prestigious French grandes écoles...
in France. In 1995 she received her M.Phil in Comparative Literature at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, and completed her Ph.D. in the same program in 1998. From 1997-2000, Price was a Carlisle Research Fellow in English Literature at Girton College at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. From 2000-2002, she was an Assistant Professor in the department of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University, where she was granted tenure as a full professor after two years in November 2002, the first female (and the second person in a dozen years) to be promoted from within the department, at the age of 32. Harvard's tenure offer reportedly followed immediately after a full tenure offer from the rival department at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
.http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=254167
Publications
- Price, L. (2003). The Anthology and the Rise of the Novel. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-53939-0
External links
- Harvard FAS Price's official page, includes CV.
- Harvard Crimson article on promotion
- Boston Globe article on promotion