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Linda Kaufman Kerber

Linda Kaufman Kerber, historian, educator. Fellow Danforth Foundation, National Endowment of the Humanities, 1976, 83-84, 94, American Council Learned Societies, 1975, National Humanities Center, 1990-1991, Guggenheim Foundation, 1990-1991, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 2003.

Background

  • Kerber, Linda Kaufman was born on January 23, 1940 in New York City. Daughter of Harry Hagman and Dorothy (Haber) Kaufman.

  • Education

    • AB cum laude, Barnard College, 1960; Master of Arts, New York University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1968; Doctor of Humane Letters, Grinnell College, 1992; Master of Arts (honorary), Oxford University, 2006.

    Career

    • Instructor, assistant professor history Stern College, Yeshiva University, New York City, 1963-1968. Assistant professor history San Jose State College, California, 1969-1970. Visiting assistant professor history Stanford University, 1970-1971.

      Assistant professor history University Iowa, Iowa City, 1971-1975, professor, 1975-1985, May Brodbeck professor, since 1985. Visiting professor University Chicago, 1991-1992, Oxford University, England, since 2006.

    Works

    Religion

    Denomination: Jewish

    Membership

    Member Organization American Historians (president 1996-1997), American History Association (president 2006), American Studies Association (president 1988), American Society for Legal History, Berkshire Conference Women Historians, Society of America Historians, Japan United States Friendship Commission, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association American Center, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society.

    Connections

    • Married Richard Kerber, June 5, 1960. Children: Ross Jeremy, Justin Seth.
    • child: Ross Jeremy Kerber
    • child: Justin Seth Kerber
    • mother: Dorothy (Haber) Kaufman
    • spouse: Richard Kerber
    • father: Harry Hagman
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    Born January 23, 1940
    • 1960
      Barnard College
    • 1961
      New York University
    • 1968
      Columbia University
    • 1992
      Grinnell College
    • 2006
      Oxford University
    • 1963 - 1968
      Instructor, professor history Stern College
    • 1963 - 1968
      assistant, professor history Stern College
    • 1969 - 1970
      assistant, professor history San Jose State College
      California, United States
    • 1970 - 1971
      visiting assistant, professor history Stanford University
    • 1971 - 1975
      assistant, professor history University Iowa
      Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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