Felice Lifshitz (born September 21, 1959) is an American academic historian, who specialises in medieval European women's and gender history. She is Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at the

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. Lifshitz is a former editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal ''

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'', and serves on the editorial board for ''

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''.

Education

Lifshitz graduated from

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(1981) and a Masters (1983) and Ph.D. (1988) from

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

Academic career

While studying for her doctorate at Columbia University, Lifshitz held posts as a teaching assistant, instructor and

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within the university's Department of History. Upon achieving her doctorate she became a visiting assistant professor at Trinity College in

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. In 1989 she became an assistant professor at

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, being promoted to associate professor in 1995 and professor in 2005. She moved to the

in 2011.

Selected works

* Reviews of ''Why the Middle Ages Matter'': * * * *

References

External links

Florida International University staff profile
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