Natalie Zemon Davis, CC (November 8, 1928 - October 21, 2023) was an American-Canadian historian of the early modern period. She was the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at Princeton University. Her work originally focused on France, but it later broadened to include other parts of Europe, North America, and the Caribbean. Natalie Zemon was born in Detroit on Nov. 8, 1928, to Julian and Helen (Lamport) Zemon, both American-born children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Her father worked in the textile business.
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Natalie Zemon Davis, the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Emeritus, and a social and cultural historian, died of cancer at her home in Toronto on Oct. 21. She was 94. Davis, a 2003 recipient of the National Humanities Medal, joined Princeton's faculty in 1978 and transferred to emeritus status 1996. She directed the Shelby Cullom Davis. Natalie Zemon Davis, one of the pioneering historians of her time and ours, died in Toronto on October 21 at the age of 94.She warrants mention because of her close connections to historians and social scientists—Faculty and Members alike—at the Institute during the many years when she lived in Princeton and because of the foundational influence her work has had on so many of us. Natalie Zemon Davis wrote The Return of Martin Guerre after working as a consultant on the film version of the story. A gripping narrative and a lesson in method, Davis's book raised questions. The Department of History mourns the loss of Natalie Zemon Davis, who passed away on October 21, 2023. One of the most prominent and influential historians of her generation, Davis was our colleague at Berkeley from 1971 to 1978. Born in 1928 and educated at Smith College, Radcliffe, and the University of Michigan, Davis had a transformative.
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Natalie Zemon Davis, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Emerita, passed away at the age of 94 in Toronto. She was at Princeton for eighteen years, from 1978 until she retired in 1996. In April 2019, the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies and the Institute for Advanced Study jointly held a 90th birthday celebration for Zemon. The University of Toronto is joining others around the world in remembering Natalie Zemon Davis, a renowned social historian who brought to life the lesser-known lives of workers, women and peasants.. The New York Times described Zemon Davis - a professor emerita of history in U of T's Faculty of Arts & Science who died Oct. 21 at age 94 - as a researcher who drew insights from. Natalie Zemon Davis Biography. Natalie Zemon Davis specializes in the social and cultural history of France, as well as other parts of Europe, North America, and the Caribbean. She has taught at Brown University, the University of Toronto, the University of California, Berkeley, and at Princeton University, where she was Henry Charles Lea. Natalie Zemon Davis, 8 November 1928-21 October 2023. Faculty members will wish to know that Natalie Zemon Davis died this weekend. She was aged 94. Natalie was Eastman Professor at Balliol in 1994-5, the first woman to hold the Chair. She received an Honorary Doctorate from our university and was in so many ways part of Oxford's intellectual.
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Natalie Zemon Davis was a leading historian of early modern Europe, a pioneer in feminist studies, and one of the first women to assume a senior position in academic life. In 1987, when she served as president of the American Historical Association, the largest professional organization of historians in the United States, she became only the. Natalie Zemon Davis, pioneer of microhistory, 1928-2023. Her groundbreaking work moved beyond queens and kings to recover the lost voices of people on society's margins. Davis gained popularity.
Natalie Zemon Davis accepts the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama on July 10, 2013. —Ralph Alswing.. Davis has taught at Brown, the University of Toronto, Berkeley, and Princeton, where she is the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History Emeritus. She has received honorary degrees from institutions in the United States. Natalie Zemon Davis, who died on October 21 just short of her 95th birthday, was probably the best-known and most well-regarded of North American historians since the 1970s.She published her first.
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Natalie Zemon Davis is survived by her brother Stanley Zemon, son Aaron Davis, daughters Hannah Taïeb and Simone Davis, four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Allan Shen is a senior News contributor for the 'Prince.' Please direct any corrections requests to corrections[at]dailyprincetonian.com. No one represented better than Natalie Zemon Davis the transition from social history to cultural history, which was reflected in important changes in research and historiography in the late 1970s.
