Tara Nummedal
Tara E. Nummedal is a professor of history and Italian studies at Brown University,[1] known for her works on Anna Maria Zieglerin and the history of alchemy and natural science in early modern Europe.[2][3]
Biography[]
Nummedal is originally from Seal Beach, California,[2] and is a 1992 graduate of Pomona College. After earning a master's degree at the University of California, Davis in 1996, she completed her Ph.D. at Stanford University in 2001.[2][4]
She joined the Brown University faculty in 2002.[1]
Her husband, Seth Rockman, is also a historian at Brown University.[5]
Publications[]
Books[]
- Alchemy and Authority in the Holy Roman Empire (University of Chicago Press, 2007)[6]
- Anna Zieglerin and the Lion’s Blood: Alchemy and End Times in Reformation Germany (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019)[7]
- John Abbot and William Swainson: Art, Science, and Commerce in 19th-Century Natural History Illustration (with Janice Neri and John V. Calhoun, University of Alabama Press, 2019).[8]
Editor[]
With Donna Bilak, she is also the editor of a critical edition of Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier, Furnace and Fugue: A Digital Edition of Michael Maier's Atalanta fugiens with Scholarly Commentary (University of Virginia Press, 2020).
Recognition[]
Nummedal was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 2009.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Tara E. Nummedal", Department of History: People, Brown University, retrieved 2021-04-01
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Tara Nummedal", All Fellows, Guggenheim Foundation, retrieved 2021-04-01
- ^ Wilford, John Noble (August 1, 2006), "Transforming the Alchemists: Some historians are rethinking the role of trial-and-error alchemy in the development of chemistry as a science", The New York Times
- ^ "Tara E Nummedal: Professor of History, Professor of Italian Studies", Vivo, Brown University, retrieved 2021-04-01
- ^ Coe, Alexis (January 17, 2013), "Being Married Helps Professors Get Ahead, but Only If They're Male: A new study of history professors shows that married men get promoted faster than their single colleagues, while the opposite is true for women", The Atlantic
- ^ Reviews of Alchemy and Authority in the Holy Roman Empire:
- Bernardoni, Andrea (2009), Nuncius, 24 (2): 524–525, doi:10.1163/182539109X00796CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Brand, P. (April 2009), German History, 27 (2): 288–289, doi:10.1093/gerhis/ghp010CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Dym, Warren Alexander (February 2010), "Review", H-German
- Garber, Margaret D. (Fall 2009), "Untwisting the Greene Lyon's Tale", Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences, 39 (4): 491–500, doi:10.1525/hsns.2009.39.4.491, JSTOR 10.1525/hsns.2009.39.4.491
- Hayton, Darin (Winter 2008), "Review", Renaissance Quarterly, 61 (4): 1343–1344, doi:10.1353/ren.0.0364
- Janacek, Bruce (Fall 2009), The Sixteenth Century Journal, 40 (3): 1001–1003, JSTOR 40540917CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Kusukawa, Sachiko (December 2009), The Journal of Modern History, 81 (4): 989–991, doi:10.1086/650676, JSTOR 10.1086/650676CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Long, Pamela O. (October 2009), The American Historical Review, 114 (4): 1141–1142, doi:10.1086/ahr.114.4.1141, JSTOR 23883076CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Michaud, Claude (July 2008), Revue Historique, 310 (3): 702–704, JSTOR 40958256CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Moran, Bruce T. (Winter 2008), Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 82 (4): 944–945, JSTOR 44449648CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Popper, N. (May 2009), Social History of Medicine, 22 (2): 396–398, doi:10.1093/shm/hkp018CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Rampling, Jennifer (January 2011), Technology and Culture, 52 (1): 185–187, doi:10.1353/tech.2011.0041, JSTOR 23020467CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Remmert, Volker R. (2009), Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung, 36 (1): 144–146, JSTOR 43571028CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Rey Bueno, Mar (2009), "Reseña", Dynamis (in Spanish), 29: 383–386
- Roos, Anna Marie (December 2008), The British Journal for the History of Science, 41 (4): 608–610, doi:10.1017/S0007087408001647, JSTOR 30165757CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Shackelford, Jole (March 2009), Isis, 100 (1): 162–164, doi:10.1086/599664, JSTOR 10.1086/599664CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Shantz, Douglas H. (February 2010), German Studies Review, 33 (1): 164–165, JSTOR 40574933CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- ^ Reviews of Anna Zieglerin and the Lion’s Blood:
- Harrington, Joel F. (2020), "Review", Preternature, 9 (2): 336–339
- Janacek, Bruce (September 2020), Ambix, 67 (4): 408–415, doi:10.1080/00026980.2020.1806518CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Laube, Stefan (December 2020), Annals of Science, 78 (2): 250–252, doi:10.1080/00033790.2020.1850863CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Voltmer, Rita (2020), Francia-Recensio: 2020/3, doi:10.11588/FRREC.2020.3.75516CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Zaytseva, Arina (Spring 2020), "Review", Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft, 15 (1)
- ^ Review of John Abbot and William Swainson:
- Huff, Pauline (2019), "Book notes", Journal of Southern History, 85 (4): 977–978, doi:10.1353/soh.2019.0246
External links[]
- Home page
- Tara Nummedal, Women Also Know History
- Tara Nummedal publications indexed by Google Scholar
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