Suzanne Desan

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Suzanne M. Desan
Born1957
Alma mater Princeton University
University of California, Berkeley
OccupationHistorian
Employer University of Wisconsin-Madison

Suzanne M. Desan (born 1957) is an American historian. She is the Vilas-Shinner Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the author or editor of four books on French history.

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Early life

Suzanne Desan graduated from Princeton University. [1] She earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. [1] Her sister is Christine Desan, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School (also a graduate of Princeton). [2]

Career

Desan teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she is the Vilas-Shinner Professor of History. [1] She is the author of two books and the editor of two more books on French history, especially the role of women in the French Revolution. [1]

Desan won the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize from the American Historical Association in 1992, [3] and she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1998. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Suzanne Desan". Department of History. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 15 May 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  2. "Obituaries". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  3. "Herbert Baxter Adams Prize Recipients". American Historical Association. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  4. "1998 Search Results". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)