University of Rochester, PhD 1981
Edward Berenson
Professor of History (Institute Of French Studies)
Cultural history; colonialism; history and memory.
Edward Berenson is a professor of history at NYU and NYU's Institute of French Studies. Berenson is a cultural historian specializing in the history of modern France and its empire, with additional interests in the history of Britain, the British Empire, and the United States. In 1999, Berenson received the American Historical Association's Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award, having earlier won UCLA’s Distinguished Teaching Award. In 2006, French President Jacques Chirac decorated him as Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite.
Books
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The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American TownNew York: W. W. Norton, 2019
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New York: Oxford University Press, 2016; Second Edition 2020
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New Haven: Yale University Press, April 2012French translation. Paris: Armand Colin, May 2012
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Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2011
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New York: Berghahn Books, 2010Co-author and co-editor with Eva Giloi
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University of California Press, 2010French translation. Paris: Perrin, January 2012
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University of California Press, 1992paperback, 1993; Korean translation 2007
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Princeton University Press, 1984
Articles
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Blood Libel and the Written WordPaper BrigadeNew York: Jewish Book Council, (2020), pp. 243-47.
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The Politics of Atrocity: The Scandal in the French Congo (1905)Historia y Política, 39(June 2018), pp. 109-138
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L’histoire culturelle vue d’AmériqueSociété et représentations 43(2018) pp. 233-47
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Commentary on The Risorgimento Revisited by Silvana Patriarca and Lucy RiallJournal of Modern Italian Studies, Vol 18, no. 5(2013), pp. 644-657
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Brazza: Mérite-t-il sa légendeL’Histoire(March, 2011), pp. 5
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H-France Forum on Heroes of Empire(September 2011), reply to 4 essays
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Le charisme et la construction des héros de l’empire en Grande Bretagne et en France, 1880-1914Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales 185(December 2010)
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Les historiens américains et l’histoire culturelle françaiseRomantisme 143(January 2009)
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L’Histoire culturelle aux Etats-UnisL'histoire Culturelle: un Tournant Mondial? Ed. Philippe PoirrierDijon: Editions universitaires de Dijon, (2008) and Cambridge: Polity Press, 2008), pp. 51-63
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Unifying the French Nation : Savorgnan de Brazza and the Third RepublicMusic, Culture, and National Identity in France, 1870-1939. Ed. Barbara KellyRochester University of Rochester Press, (2008)
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Jean-Baptiste Marchand and the French Imperial MythYale French Studies(May 2007)
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France, a Political RomanceWhy France: American Historians Reflect on their Enduring Fascination. Ed. Stephane Gerson and Laura Downs. French translation, "France une Idylle Politique," in Pourquoi la France?Paris, Seuil, (2007), Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press, (2006), pp. 137-150
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The Politics of Divorce in France of the Belle Epoque: The Case of Joseph and Henriette CaillauxAmerican Historical Review(February 1988)
Contact Information
Edward Berenson
Professor of History (Institute Of French Studies) edward.berenson@nyu.edu Institute of French Studies15 Washington Mews
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 998-8792