Sophia Rosenfeld

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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.

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Life and career

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. [2] 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. [3]

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.” [4] [5] In 2017, she was appointed the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History. [6]

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References

  1. "Sophia Rosenfeld". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors (Collection). Gale. 2012. ISBN   9780787639952 . Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  2. "Sophia Rosenfeld | Department of History". www.history.upenn.edu. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  3. "Sophia Rosenfeld". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  4. "Democracy in an Age of Lies". Institute for Advanced Study. May 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  5. "New Yorker Review of "Democracy and Truth"". Institute for Advanced Study. May 28, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  6. "Two Join Penn Arts and Sciences Faculty as Endowed Chairs". sas.upenn.edu. April 2, 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2019.