William M. Reddy
Title: | William T. Laprade Distinguished Professor Emeritus |
Office Location: | 226 Classroom Building, Durham, NC 27708 |
Office Phone: | (919) 684-3014 |
Email Address: | wmr@duke.edu |
Web Page: | http://www.duke.edu/%7Ewmr/ |
Education
- Ph.D. The University of Chicago, 1974
- M.A. The University of Chicago, 1970
- B.A. The University of Chicago, 1969
Research Interests
Current research projects concern: (1) the comparative history of romantic love, (2) the relation between reason and emotion in the seventeenth century, (3) the history and cultural variability of emotions, (4) methodological interests including theories of culture, cognitive psychology, interpretive method.
New book-- The Making of Romantic Love: Longing and Sexuality in Europe, South Asia, and Japan, 900-1200 CE (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012). Awarded the Pinkney Prize for best book in French History, 2012, by the Society for French Historical Studies.
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Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, October, 2014
- David H. Pinkney Prize, Society for French Historical Studies, April, 2013
- The David Pinkney Prize for the best book on French history, Society for French Historical Studies
- Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
- Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 2004-05
- Fellowships for University Teachers, National Endowment for the Humanities
- Research Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2004-2005
- John Snell Memorial Lecture, delivered November 19, 1999, Department of History, University of North Carolina.
- Professeur invité, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, May, 1997.
- Fellow, National Humanities Center
- Fellow, National Humanities Center, 1995-96
- Fulbright Fellow, Franco-American Commission for Educational Exchange
- Directeur d’études associé, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, November 1987
- Guggenheim Fellow, 1987-88
- Fulbright Fellow, 1987-88
- Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
- Marta Sutton Weeks Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University, 1983-84
- Marta Sutton Weeks Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center
- Visiting Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte, Göttingen, West Germany, July-August 1982
- Visiting Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte, Göttingen, West Germany, June-July 1980,
- Fellowship for Independent Study and Research, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1979-80
- Fellowship for Independent Study and Research, National Endowment for the Humanities
- Research Training Fellowship, Social Science Research Council (concurrently, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Psychology and Social Relations, Harvard University), 1976-77
- Research Training Fellowship, Social Science Research Council
- Member, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1975-76
- Member, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study
- University Fellow, Department of History, University of Chicago, 1969-73
- Phi Beta Kappa, University of Chicago, 1969
Representative Publications
- Reddy, WM. The Navigation of Feeling: A Framework for the History of Emotions. Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Reddy, WM. The Invisible Code: Honor and Sentiment in Postrevolutionary France, 1815-1848. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1997.
- Reddy, WM. Money and Liberty in Modern Europe: A Critique of Historial Understanding. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
- Reddy, WM. The Rise of Market Culture: The Textile Trade and French Society, 1750-1900.. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984.