Lynn Hunt
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Lynn Avery Hunt is the Eugen Weber
Professor of Modern European History at the University of California, Los Angeles
. Her area of expertise is the French Revolution
, but she is also well known for her work in European cultural history on such topics as gender
. Her latest work, "Inventing Human Rights", has been heralded as the most comprehensive analysis of the history of human rights. She was President of the American Historical Association
in 2002.
Born in Panama and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota, she has her B.A. from Carleton College
(1967) and her M.A. (1968) and Ph.D. (1973) from Stanford University
. Before coming to UCLA she taught at the University of California, Berkeley
(1974-1987) and the University of Pennsylvania
(1987-1998).
Prof. Hunt teaches French and European history and the history of history as an academic discipline. Her specialties include the French Revolution
, gender history
, cultural history
and historiography
. Her current research projects include a collaborative study of an early 18th century work on comparative religion that appeared in 7 volumes with 275 engravings by the artist Bernard Picart
.
In addition, she has edited collections on the history of eroticism, pornography, and on human rights; co-authored a western civilization textbook, The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures (2nd ed. 2005); and with Jack Censer co-authored a textbook on the French Revolution which includes a cd-rom and companion website.
Eugen Weber
Eugen Joseph Weber was a Romanian-born American historian with a special focus on Western Civilization and the Western Tradition....
Professor of Modern European History at the University of California, Los Angeles
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...
. Her area of expertise is the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
, but she is also well known for her work in European cultural history on such topics as gender
Gender
Gender is a range of characteristics used to distinguish between males and females, particularly in the cases of men and women and the masculine and feminine attributes assigned to them. Depending on the context, the discriminating characteristics vary from sex to social role to gender identity...
. Her latest work, "Inventing Human Rights", has been heralded as the most comprehensive analysis of the history of human rights. She was President of the American Historical Association
American Historical Association
The American Historical Association is the oldest and largest society of historians and professors of history in the United States. Founded in 1884, the association promotes historical studies, the teaching of history, and the preservation of and access to historical materials...
in 2002.
Born in Panama and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota, she has her B.A. from Carleton College
Carleton College
Carleton College is an independent non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The college enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. In 2012 U.S...
(1967) and her M.A. (1968) and Ph.D. (1973) from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. Before coming to UCLA she taught at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
(1974-1987) and the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
(1987-1998).
Prof. Hunt teaches French and European history and the history of history as an academic discipline. Her specialties include the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
, gender history
Gender history
Gender history is a sub-field of History and Gender studies, which looks at the past from the perspective of gender. It is in many ways, an outgrowth of women's history.-Impact:...
, cultural history
Cultural history
The term cultural history refers both to an academic discipline and to its subject matter.Cultural history, as a discipline, at least in its common definition since the 1970s, often combines the approaches of anthropology and history to look at popular cultural traditions and cultural...
and historiography
Historiography
Historiography refers either to the study of the history and methodology of history as a discipline, or to a body of historical work on a specialized topic...
. Her current research projects include a collaborative study of an early 18th century work on comparative religion that appeared in 7 volumes with 275 engravings by the artist Bernard Picart
Bernard Picart
Bernard Picart , was a French engraver, son of Etienne Picart, also an engraver. He was born in Paris and died in Amsterdam. He moved to Antwerp in 1696, and then spent a year in Amsterdam before returning to France at the end of 1698...
.
Publications
- On Human Rights
- Inventing Human Rights: A History (2007)
- On The French Revolution
- Revolution and Urban Politics in Provincial France (1978)
- Politics, Culture, and Class in the French Revolution (1984)
- The Family Romance of the French Revolution (1992)
- On Historical Method and Epistemology
- The New Cultural History (1989)
- Telling the Truth about History (1994)
- Histories: French Constructions of the Past (1995)
- Beyond the Cultural Turn (1999)
- La storia culturale nell'età globale, Edizioni ETS, Pisa, 2010
In addition, she has edited collections on the history of eroticism, pornography, and on human rights; co-authored a western civilization textbook, The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures (2nd ed. 2005); and with Jack Censer co-authored a textbook on the French Revolution which includes a cd-rom and companion website.
Sources
- http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/hunt/
- http://www.historians.org/info/AHA_History/lhunt.cfm