Emma Rothschild

Economic historian at Harvard · age 78

life in chapters

6 milestones from birth to now, with Emma's age at every one.

1940s

  1. Birth

    Born May 16, 1948

2000s

  1. age ~53 Career milestone

    Publishes 'Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet and the Enlightenment'

    Author

    Major book-length study in the history of economic thought.

2010s

  1. age ~63 Release

    Publishes 'The Inner Life of Empires: An Eighteenth-Century History'

    Author

    A major work on empire and economic life in the 18th century.

2020s

  1. age ~73 Release

    Publishes 'An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France Over Three Centuries'

    Author

    A microhistory built from archival traces and network connections across multiple generations.

  2. age ~74 Award

    Wins the American Historical Association’s Leo Gershoy Award for 'An Infinite History'

    Award recipient

    Her book is recognized by the AHA with the Leo Gershoy Award (as reported by Harvard’s Center for History and Economics).

undated

  1. date unknown Career milestone

    Becomes Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History at Harvard University

    Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History

    Holds the endowed chair in Harvard’s Department of History and leads the Joint Center for History and Economics.

age 78 now

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