Cundill History Prize
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Edition 9 (2016) Winner
Thomas Walter Laqueur
トーマス・ウォルター・ラークール
Thomas Walter Laqueur
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1945-09-06 （Istanbul）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Berkeley, California
Career
- Occupations
- historian, sexologist, writer
- Active Years
- 1976-
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley
- Memberships
- American Philosophical Society
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swarthmore College | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| Princeton University | — | History | PhD | — | United States |
| Nuffield College, Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Swarthmore College
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1967
Country:
United States
Princeton University
History
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1975
Country:
United States
Nuffield College, Oxford
Country:
United Kingdom
Rhodes Scholar
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Rockefeller Fellowship | — | — | Rockefeller Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | Guggenheim Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Cundill Prize in Historical Literature | The Work of the Dead | — | McGill University | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award | — | — | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | 受賞 |
Rockefeller Fellowship
Organization:
Rockefeller Foundation
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
Guggenheim Foundation
Result:
受賞
Cundill Prize in Historical Literature
2016
Work:
The Work of the Dead
Organization:
McGill University
Result:
受賞
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award
2007
Organization:
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud
1990 HistoryExplores the history of body and gender from ancient Greece to Freud, introducing the one-sex and two-sex models.
one-sex modelgenderbody history
Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation
2003 HistoryCultural history of masturbation.
masturbationsexual culture
The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains
2015 HistoryCultural history of mortal remains. Winner of Cundill Prize.
deathburial culture
Bibliography
- Religion and Respectability: Sunday Schools and Working Class Culture, 1780–1850
- The Making of the Modern Body: Sexuality and Society in the Nineteenth Century
- Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud
- Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation
- The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- cultural history approachdetailed archival research
- Recurring Motifs
- body and sexconstruction of genderdeath and remains
Legacy
Pioneering scholar in cultural history of sex, body, and death. Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley and member of the American Philosophical Society.
Academic Societies
- American Philosophical Society
Trivia
- Born in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Known for one-sex and two-sex theories.