Richard Kagan
Richard Kagan | |
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| Born | 1943 (age 80–81) |
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| Discipline | Spanish history |
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Richard Lauren Kagan (born 1943) is an American historian specializing in modern history. His focus of research is on the intellectual and legal history of the Spanish Empire under the Habsburgs.
Born in 1943, he holds an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.[1] Kagan has been a professor at Johns Hopkins University since 1972.[2] There, he acts as the Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor Emeritus of History, with a joint-appointment as a professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.[3] His work has given him international recognition. He has been invited to deliver speeches about his work in Spain and France (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Centre national de la recherche scientifique and École des hautes études en sciences sociales).
Kagan is a resident member of the American Philosophical Society[4] He has been a corresponding member of the Real Academia de la Historia since 2012.[5]
His work has addressed various issues regarding intellectual life in the Spanish Empire, such as art, law, the development of higher education, as well as its repercussion in North America. He is a supporter of the hypothesis of the black legend.
Publications
[edit]- Students and Society in Early Modern Spain (1974)234[6]
- Lawsuits and Litigants in Castile, 1500-1700 (1981)567[7]
- Lucrecia's Dreams: Politics and Prophecy in Sixteenth-Century Spain (1990) 8910111213[8]
- Urban Images of the Hispanic World, 1493-1793 (2000)1415[9]
- Spanish Cities of the Golden Age (1989)16[10]
- Spain, Europe, and the Atlantic World: Essays in Honour of John H. Elliott (1995)1718, edited with Geoffrey Parker[11]
- Spain in America: The Origins of Hispanism in the United States (2002)[12]
- Inquisitorial Inquiries: The Brief Lives of Secret Jews and Other Heretics (2004)202122[13]
- Atlantic Diasporas: Jews, Conversos and Crypto-Jews in the Age of Mercantilism, 1500-1800 (2008), edited with Philip D. Morgan232425262728[14]
- Clio and the Crown: The Politics of History in Medieval and Early Modern Spain (2009), Johns Hopkins University Press2930[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kagan, Richard L." CEEH. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ «Richard Kagan». The Johns Hopkins University. April 25, 2018
- ^ "Richard Kagan". The Academy at Johns Hopkins. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "Académicos Correspondientes extranjeros". Real Academia de la Historia.
- ^ Owens, J. B. (1975). «Review of Students and Society in Early Modern Spain». The American Journal of Legal History 19 (4): 334-336.
- ^ Clavero, Bartolomé (1982). «Review of Lawsuits and Litigants in Castile, 1500-1700». The Journal of Modern History 54 (3): 604-606.
- ^ Herr, Richard (1992). «Review of Lucrecia's Dreams: Politics and Prophecy in Sixteenth-Century Spain». The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 22 (3): 513-515.
- ^ Kagan, Richard L. (1990). Lucrecia's Dreams: Politics and Prophecy in Sixteenth-Century Spain (en inglés). University of California Press.
- ^ Mallory, Nina A. (1992). «Review of Spanish Cities of the Golden Age: The Views of Anton van den Wyngaerde». Renaissance Quarterly 45 (4): 859-862.
- ^ Schwaller, John F. (1996). «Review of Spain, Europe and the Atlantic World: Essays in Honour of John H. Elliott». The Sixteenth Century Journal 27 (1): 185-187
- ^ Bleznick, Donald W. (2003). «Review of Spain in America: The Origins of Hispanism in the United States»
- ^ Petry, Yvonne (2006). «Review of Inquisitorial Inquiries: Brief Lives of Secret Jews & Other Heretics». Journal of Church and State 48 (3): 695-697
- ^ Schaposchnik, Ana (2011). «Review of Atlantic Diasporas: Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews in the Age of Mercantilism, 1500-1800». Journal of World History 22 (4): 855-857
- ^ Kagan, Richard L. (2010). Clio and the Crown: The Politics of History in Medieval and Early Modern Spain
- 1943 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American male writers
- Johns Hopkins University faculty
- Corresponding members of the Real Academia de la Historia
- American male non-fiction writers
- Members of the American Philosophical Society
- Columbia College (New York) alumni
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge