Peter N. Miller (born December 13, 1964) is an American historian who is President of the

American Academy in Rome The American Academy in Rome is a research and arts institution located on the Gianicolo (Janiculum Hill) in Rome. The academy is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. History In 1893, a group of American architects, ...

. He was a 1998

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. Much of his scholarship has centered on the

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and

cultural history Cultural history combines the approaches of anthropology and history to examine popular cultural traditions and cultural interpretations of historical experience. It examines the records and narrative descriptions of past matter, encompassing the ...

of early modern Europe, including the practices of antiquarianism within wider scholarly erudition; and he is a particular authority on the thought and influence of the French savant,

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1 December 1580 – 24 June 1637), often known simply as Peiresc, or by the Latin form of his name, Peirescius, was a French astronomer, antiquary and savant, who maintained a wide correspondence with scienti ...

(1580–1637). From 1998 to 2001, he was an assistant professor at the

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

. From 2008 to 2023, he was dean of

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. He attended the

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, a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school in New York City. He earned his bachelor's degree ''magna cum laude'' from

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, his master's from

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and his PhD at the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

Works

*''Sovereignty and Obligation in Republican England: political thought in the engagement controversy'', Harvard University, 1986 *''From Community to Individual Rights: English political thought and imperial crisis 1750–1776'', PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, 1990 * * * * *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Peter N. 1964 births Writers from New York City Bard College faculty MacArthur Fellows 20th-century American Jews Ramaz School alumni University of Maryland, College Park faculty Harvard University alumni Alumni of the University of Cambridge Living people Historians from New York (state) 21st-century American Jews