Caroline Weber (author)
Caroline Weber | |
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Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
Spouse | |
Academic background | |
Education | B.A., literature, 1991, Harvard University MA, MPhil, PhD, French literature, 1998, Yale University |
Thesis | The limits of "saying everything": terrorist suppressions and unspeakable difference in Rousseau, Sade, Robespierre, Saint-Just, and Desmoulins (1998) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Literature |
Institutions | University of Pennsylvania Columbia University |
Main interests | Eighteenth Century French literature Cultural history |
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Caroline Elizabeth Weber (born 1969) is an American author and fashion historian. She is a professor of French and comparative literature at
Early life and education
Weber was born in 1969.[1] She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in literature (summa cum laude) from Harvard University and her PhD in French literature from Yale University.[2]
Career
After earning her PhD, Weber joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania as an assistant professor of Romance languages.[3] While at the University of Pennsylvania, she authored Terror and its Discontents: Suspect Words and the French Revolution[4] and co-edited Fragments of Revolution with Howard G. Lay.[5]
After seven years at the University of Pennsylvania, Weber joined the faculty at Columbia University as a professor of French and comparative literature.[6] While there, her book Queen of Fashion: What Marie-Antoinette Wore to the French Revolution was published in 2007 and described Antoinette's life starting from her arrival from Austria into France.[7] The biographical novel focused on Antoinette's control over her image through her autonomy of fashion.[8]
While conducting research for her book Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-Siècle Paris, Weber discovered one unknown and one lost essay by
Personal life
Weber is married to economist Paul Romer. Their wedding occurred in 2018, the morning Romer accepted his Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.[14]
References
- ^ "Weber, Caroline 1969–". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^ "Caroline Weber". barnard.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^ "Faculty Appointments and Promotions January 1, 1999, through October 7, 1999". almanac.upenn.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- S2CID 159768620.
- ^ "Fragments of Revolution - Yale French Studies No. 101 (Paperback)". waterstones.com. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^ "The Political Consequence of Dress". sohorep.org. October 9, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- JSTOR 10.1086/652675.
- ^ Horwell, Veronica (February 10, 2007). "Guillotine chic". The Guardian. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^ a b Alberge, Dalya (May 26, 2018). "In search of lost manuscripts: essays reveal Proust's love of society women". The Guardian. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^ Watt, Adam (November 23, 2018). "Crisis of visibility". the-tls.co.uk. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^ Harder, Hollie. "Finding Proust's Duchess". yalereview.yale.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^ "Finalist: Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-Siècle Paris". pulitzer.org. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^ Fryd, Lee (2019). "The French Heritage Society Honors Caroline Weber". hamptons.com. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^ Mallozzi, Vincent M. (December 11, 2018). "Arts Meets Science and Chemistry Wins the Day". New York Times. Retrieved February 11, 2020.