William M. Reddy
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- 314 Carr Building
- Campus Box 90719
- Phone: (919) 684-2497
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Research Description
New book-- The Making of Romantic Love: Longing and Sexuality in Europe, South Asia, and Japan, 900-1200 CE (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, forthcoming in fall 2012).
Current research projects concern:
(1) the comparative history of romantic love, (2) emotions and family life in France (1750-1850), (3) the history and cultural variability of emotions. (4) Methodological interests include theories of culture, cognitive psychology, interpretive method.
Recent and upcoming keynote talks at international conferences:
"Emotions, Health and Wellbeing," London, 10-12 September 2012, sponsored by The British Society for the Social History of Medicine (& held in conjunction with the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health),
Colloque international - L’EMOTION: DE L’ESPACE PRIVE A L’ESPACE PUBLIC XIXe-XXIe SIECLES, Paris, 11-13 avril 2012. Cosponsors: - CHCSC (Université de Versailles-St-Quentin en Yvelines), HAR (Université de Paris-Ouest-Nanterre-La Défense) CARISM/Institut Français de Presse (Université Panthéon-Assas) Laboratoire Identités-Cultures-Territoires (Université Paris Diderot-Paris7) CRHEC (Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne).
CHEP 2011 Istanbul "Emotions East and West," İstanbul, September 29- October 1, 2011.
"Learning to Feel: Emotions Beyond Nature versus Nurture,"Jerusalem, April 10-14, 2011; joint conference of The Center for the History of Emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, and The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, in cooperation with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv University.
"Science and the Emotions: Transnational Emotional Cultures in the United States and Western Europe after 1945," San Diego, February 24-26, 2011, IICAS, UC San Diego.
