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William James Bouwsma | |
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| Born | November 22, 1923 |
| Died | March 2, 2004 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Known for | Sather Professor of History Emeritus |
William James Bouwsma (November 22, 1923 – March 2, 2004) was an American scholar and historian of the
European Renaissance. He was Sather Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley and president of the American Historical Association
(AHA) in 1978.
Early life and education
Born in
buck sergeant.[1]
Following service in Army Air Forces, he returned to Harvard, receiving his Ph.D. in 1950.
Academic career
Bouwsma taught at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign until 1957 when he accepted a position in the History Department at U.C. Berkeley. After teaching for two years at Harvard (1969–1971), he returned to U.C. Berkeley as Chairman of the History Department, serving in this capacity from 1966 to 1967, and from 1981 to 1983. He was chancellor for academic affairs from 1967 to 1969.[2][3][4] He was an elected member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.[5][6]
In 1992, he received the inaugural Nancy Lyman Roelker Mentorship Award from the American Historical Association.[7]
Works
- "The Politics of Commynes", The Journal of Modern History Volume 23, Number 4, December 1951 doi:10.1086/237449
- Concordia Mundi: the career and thought of Guillaume Postel; 1510-1581 Harvard historical monographs 33 (1957).[8]
- Venice and the Defense of Republican Liberty: Renaissance Values in the Age of the Counter Reformation (University of California Press, 1968); LCCN 68-14642
- Bouwsma, William J. (15 November 2023). 2023 Kindle edition of 1st edition. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0520368927.
- Bouwsma, William J. (15 November 2023). 2023 Kindle edition of 1st edition. Univ of California Press.
- John Calvin: A Sixteenth Century Portrait (Oxford University Press, 1988) LCCN 87-12338
- Bouwsma, William J. (March 17, 1989). 1989 pbk edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505951-4.
- Bouwsma, William J. (March 17, 1989). 1989 pbk edition. Oxford University Press.
- A Usable Past: Essays in European Cultural History (University of California Press, 1990); ISBN 0520069900
- "Eclipse of the Renaissance", The American Historical Review Volume 103, Number 1, February 1998
- The Waning of the Renaissance, 1550–1640 (Yale University Press, 2000); ISBN 0300085370
- Bouwsma, William James (January 2002). 2002 pbk edition. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09717-4.
- Bouwsma, William James (January 2002). 2002 pbk edition. Yale University Press.
References
- The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, page 20. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
- ^ "William J. Bouwsma". University of California. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ^ "William J. Bouwsma". New Netherland Institute. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ^ "William J. Bouwsma". Perspectives. Historians.org. September 2004. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ^ "William James Bouwsma". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ "Nancy Lyman Roelker Mentorship Award Recipients". American Historical Association.
- JSTOR 2851346.
