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Joan Wallach Scott (born December 18, 1941) is an American historian of France with contributions in gender history. She is a professor emerita in the School of Social Science in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey .
Joan Wallach Scott (born December 18, 1941, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is an American historian, best known for her pioneering contributions to the study of French history, women’s and gender history, and intellectual history as well as to feminist theory.
Joan Wallach Scott is a professor emerita of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study. She is a renowned historian of gender, politics, and universalism, and has received many awards and honors for her work.
Scott is a founding editor of History of the Present: a Journal of Critical History. Scott has been recognized with honorary degrees from a number of academic institutions, including Brown, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Bergen (Norway) and the University of Liège (Belgium).
Oct 31, 2017 · Joan Wallach Scott’s acclaimed and controversial writings have been foundational for the field of gender history. With Sex and Secularism, Scott challenges one of the central claims of the “clash of civilizations” polemic—the false notion that secularism is a guarantee of gender equality.
Jan 29, 2021 · Joan Wallach Scott is Professor Emerita in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. A specialist in modern French history and the history of feminism, she perhaps is best known for her 1986 article, “Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis.”.
Joan Wallach Scott, née Joan Wallach, (born December 18, 1941, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.), American historian, best known for her pioneering contributions to the study of French history, women’s and gender history, and intellectual history as well as to feminist theory.
