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Maya Jasanoff

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Maya Jasanoff

別名: Maya R. Jasanoff

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1974-10-12 (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.)
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Ithaca, New York, U.S.

経歴

職業
Historian, Author
活動期間
2002年〜
所属
University of Michigan, University of Virginia, Harvard University
影響を受けた人物
Christopher Bayly, Linda Colley

学歴

Harvard University
History Department
学位: BA
国: United States
University of Cambridge
History Department
学位: MPhil
国: United Kingdom
Yale University
History Department
学位: PhD
卒業年: 2002
国: United States
Thesis: French and British imperial collecting in Egypt and India, 1780–1820

受賞歴

Duff Cooper Prize
2005
対象作品: Edge of Empire
結果: winner
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction
2011
対象作品: Liberty's Exiles
部門: Nonfiction
主催: National Book Critics Circle
結果: winner
George Washington Book Prize
2012
対象作品: Liberty's Exiles
結果: winner
Windham-Campbell Literature Prize
2017
対象作品: The Dawn Watch
部門: Non-Fiction
主催: Yale University
結果: winner
Guggenheim Fellowship
2013
主催: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: fellow
Cundill History Prize
2018
対象作品: The Dawn Watch
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750–1850

2005年 History

Examines the lives and conquests of British and French imperial collectors in the East from 1750 to 1850.

ImperialismCollectingCultural Exchange

Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World

2011年 History

Traces the trajectories of 60,000 American Loyalists who resettled in other parts of the British Empire after the Revolution.

LoyalistsExileImperial Reorganization

The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World

2017年 Biography/History

Explores Joseph Conrad's life and times in a global context.

GlobalizationImperial CritiqueMaritime Trade

全著作

  • Edge of Empire (2005)
  • Liberty's Exiles (2011)
  • The Dawn Watch (2017)

作風・主題

文体
Vivid narrative styleDetailed archival analysisElegant prose
頻出モチーフ
Complexities of empireExile and migrationGlobal connections

評価・遺産

Renowned expert on British imperial history, recipient of numerous prestigious awards. Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University.

豆知識

  • Her parents Jay Jasanoff and Sheila Jasanoff are both Harvard professors. Her brother Alan is a professor at MIT.
  • She chaired the 2021 Booker Prize jury.