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'''Peter N. Miller''' (born December 13, 1964) is an American historian |
'''Peter N. Miller''' (born December 13, 1964) is an American historian who is President of the [[American Academy in Rome]]. He was a 1998 [[MacArthur Fellow]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter N. Miller |url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/589/ |publisher=MacArthur Foundation |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref> Much of his scholarship has centered on the [[intellectual history|intellectual]] and [[cultural history]] of [[early modern Europe]], including the practices of [[antiquarianism]] within wider scholarly erudition; and he is a particular authority on the thought and influence of the French savant, [[Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc]] (1580–1637). |
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From 1998 to 2001, he was an assistant professor at the [[University of Maryland, College Park]]. From 2008 to 2023, he was dean of [[Bard College]]'s [[Bard Graduate Center|Graduate Center]].<ref name="bard">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bgc.bard.edu/programs/faculty/peter-n-miller.html |title=Degree Programs - Faculty - Peter N. Miller |access-date=2011-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112184807/http://www.bgc.bard.edu/programs/faculty/peter-n-miller.html |archive-date=2011-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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From 1998 to 2001, he was an assistant professor at the [[University of Maryland, College Park]]. |
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He attended the [[Ramaz School]], a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school in New York City. He earned his bachelor's degree ''magna cum laude'' from [[Harvard College]], his master's from [[Harvard University]] and his PhD at the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name="bard"/> |
He attended the [[Ramaz School]], a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school in New York City. He earned his bachelor's degree ''magna cum laude'' from [[Harvard College]], his master's from [[Harvard University]] and his PhD at the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name="bard"/> |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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*''Sovereignty and Obligation in Republican England: political thought in the engagement controversy'', Harvard University, 1986 |
*''Sovereignty and Obligation in Republican England: political thought in the engagement controversy'', Harvard University, 1986 |
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*''From Community to Individual Rights: English political thought and imperial crisis 1750–1776'', University of Cambridge, 1990 |
*''From Community to Individual Rights: English political thought and imperial crisis 1750–1776'', PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, 1990 |
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*{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9OkrEijlUwC& |
*{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9OkrEijlUwC&q=Peter+N.+Miller| title=Defining the Common Good: Empire, Religion and Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain| publisher= Cambridge University Press| year= 1994| isbn=978-0-521-61712-3 }} |
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*{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_r57r8PuWxoC& |
*{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_r57r8PuWxoC&q=Peter+N.+Miller| title=Peiresc's Europe: learning and virtue in the seventeenth century |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-300-08252-4 }} |
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*{{Cite book |title=Peiresc's Orient: antiquarianism as cultural history in the seventeenth century |year=2012 |place=Farnham |publisher=Ashgate | |
*{{Cite book |title=Peiresc's Orient: antiquarianism as cultural history in the seventeenth century |year=2012 |place=Farnham |publisher=Ashgate |isbn=978-1-4094-3298-2 }} |
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*{{cite book |title=Peiresc's Mediterranean World |year=2015 |place=Cambridge, Mass. |publisher=Harvard University Press }} |
*{{cite book |title=Peiresc's Mediterranean World |year=2015 |place=Cambridge, Mass. |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674744066 }} |
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*{{cite book |title=History and Its Objects: antiquarianism and material culture since 1500 |publisher=Cornell University Press |place=Ithaca, NY |year=2017 |isbn=9780801453700 }} |
*{{cite book |title=History and Its Objects: antiquarianism and material culture since 1500 |publisher=Cornell University Press |place=Ithaca, NY |year=2017 |isbn=9780801453700 }} |
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===Edited=== |
===Edited=== |
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*{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RylVZrxG9K8C& |
*{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RylVZrxG9K8C&q=Peter+N.+Miller| title=Momigliano and Antiquarianism: foundations of the modern cultural sciences| editor-first=Peter N. |editor-last=Miller |publisher= University of Toronto Press| year= 2007| isbn= 978-0-8020-9207-6}} |
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*{{cite book |editor1-first=Peter N. |editor1-last=Miller |editor2-first=François |editor2-last=Louis |title=Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500–1800 |location=Ann Arbor |publisher=University of Michigan Press |year=2012 |isbn=9780472118182 }} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 16:48, 23 August 2023
Peter N. Miller (born December 13, 1964) is an American historian who is President of the American Academy in Rome. He was a 1998 MacArthur Fellow.[1] Much of his scholarship has centered on the intellectual and cultural history of early modern Europe, including the practices of antiquarianism within wider scholarly erudition; and he is a particular authority on the thought and influence of the French savant, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580–1637).
From 1998 to 2001, he was an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. From 2008 to 2023, he was dean of Bard College's Graduate Center.[2]
He attended the Ramaz School, a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school in New York City. He earned his bachelor's degree magna cum laude from Harvard College, his master's from Harvard University and his PhD at the University of Cambridge.[2]
Works[edit]
- Sovereignty and Obligation in Republican England: political thought in the engagement controversy, Harvard University, 1986
- From Community to Individual Rights: English political thought and imperial crisis 1750–1776, PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, 1990
- Defining the Common Good: Empire, Religion and Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-521-61712-3.
- Peiresc's Europe: learning and virtue in the seventeenth century. Yale University Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-300-08252-4.
- Peiresc's Orient: antiquarianism as cultural history in the seventeenth century. Farnham: Ashgate. 2012. ISBN 978-1-4094-3298-2.
- Peiresc's Mediterranean World. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 2015. ISBN 9780674744066.
- History and Its Objects: antiquarianism and material culture since 1500. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2017. ISBN 9780801453700.
Edited[edit]
- Miller, Peter N., ed. (2007). Momigliano and Antiquarianism: foundations of the modern cultural sciences. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-9207-6.
- Miller, Peter N.; Louis, François, eds. (2012). Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500–1800. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472118182.
References[edit]
- ^ "Peter N. Miller". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Degree Programs - Faculty - Peter N. Miller". Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
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