Helena Rosenblatt Explained
Helena Rosenblatt is a Swedish historian specializing in intellectual history. She is currently a Distinguished Professor of History[1] at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and holds similar chairs in French, Political Science, and Biography and Memoir.[2] She is also a member of the Board of Editors of the Tocqueville Review and Global Intellectual History Review.[3] [4]
Her most prominent work, The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century, was named one of Foreign Affairs' Best Books in 2018[5] and its Spanish translation was listed among the Ten Best History Books of the year by El Confidencial.[6] The book has been translated into nine languages and has been the object of multiple media reviews.[7] [8] [9]
She was awarded with a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2019,[10] and has held fellowships from the National Humanities Center in North Carolina and the Hunter College with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarship.[11] In 2010, she received the Prix Benjamin Constant, awarded by the Association Benjamin Constant in Lausanne, for her work on Constant's political philosophy.[12]
Publications
Books
- The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century (2018). Princeton University Press.
- Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion (2008). Cambridge University Press.
- Rousseau and Geneva. From the First Discourseto the Social Contract, 1749-1762 (1997). Cambridge University Press.
Edited volumes
- Thinking with Rousseau, from Machiavelli to Schmitt (2017). Edited with Paul Schweigert. Cambridge University Press.
- French Liberalism from Montesquieu to the Present Day (2012). Edited with Raf Geenens. Cambridge University Press.
- The Cambridge Companion to Constant (2009). Cambridge University Press.
Notes and References
- Web site: Herman Bennett and Helena Rosenblatt Named Distinguished Professors, Highest Academic Honor at CUNY. www.gc.cuny.edu.
- Web site: Rosenblatt, Helena. www.gc.cuny.edu.
- Web site: Editorial Board | The Tocqueville Review.
- Web site: Global Intellectual History. Taylor & Francis.
- Web site: The Best of Books 2018. December 14, 2018.
- Web site: Los 10 mejores libros de historia recién publicados: pestes, mitos, romanos.... Paula. Corroto. June 25, 2020. elconfidencial.com.
- Web site: Modern Political Ideas. Justin. Vogt. September 14, 2018. NYTimes.com.
- Web site: The Thought Project - Episode 30 - Interview with Helena Rosenblatt. soundcloud.com.
- Web site: The Many Lives of Liberalism | David A. Bell. David A.. Bell. www.nybooks.com.
- Web site: Helena Rosenblatt. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation....
- Web site: Helena Rosenblatt, 2000–2001. National Humanities Center.
- Web site: Jean-Marie Roulin, lauréat du Prix " Benjamin Constant " (Lausanne). October 19, 2018. www.univ-st-etienne.fr.