Background
Tinsley, Barbara Sher was born on April 29, 1938 in Gloversville, New York, United States. Daughter of Max and Ruth Ida (Shpritzer) Sher.
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History and Polemics in the French Reformation: Florimond De Raemond : Defender of the Church
(Florimond de Raemond was one of the most widely read hist...)
Florimond de Raemond was one of the most widely read historians of late sixteenth and seventeenth-century France. He was one of the first to write in vernacular French with the express intent of reaching out to ordinary readers. This work examines his life, his views, and his writings.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0945636296/?tag=2022091-20
Reconstructing Western Civilization: Irreverant Essays on Antiquity
(This is a collection of eleven essays, laced with humor a...)
This is a collection of eleven essays, laced with humor and irony, on the Dawn of Man, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Hebrews, Minoans and Mycenaens, classical Greece, Alexander the Great, the Hellenistic world, Rome's Republic and Empire, and several church fathers (Irenaeus, Tertullian, Jerome, and Augustine) who influenced the Primitive Church. Tinsley highlights current research while showcasing themes of contemporary as well as ancient significance - misogyny, the manipulation of rhetoric to justify privilege, the contributions of the anonymous to the well-being of the famous, the paradox of progress, the distortion of prophecy, the use and misuse of myth and other media, the exploitation of spiritual, intellectual, physical, and sexual resources, the comforts and perils of provincialism versus the dangers and benefits of organization - spiritual, imperial, or both. These essays introduce nonspecialists to the faith and foibles of our forefathers while helping us laugh and marvel at our own. Barbara Sher Tinsley is a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1575910950/?tag=2022091-20
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Barbara Sher Tinsley
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Barbara Sher Tinsley, American historian, educator, writer. Woodrow Wilson fellow University California-Berkeley, 1959-1960; National Defense Education Act fellow Michigan State University and Emory University, 1961, 63; Jessie Speyer fellow Stanford University, 1965-1967; Fulbright fellow University Strasbourg, 1983-1984; National Endowment of the Humanities fellow Duke University, 1988, Princeton, 1995, University North Carolina, 2001.
Education
Bachelor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1959; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1983.
Career
Instructor English and French Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, 1963-1964. Assistant professor European history San Jose (California) State University, 1969-1971. Professor European history Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California, since 1974.
Lecturer in history Santa Clara (California) University, 1977-1979. Lecturer in western culture Stanford (California) University, 1985, visiting scholar, since 1989.
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Reconstructing Western Civilization: Irreverant Essays on Antiquity
(This is a collection of eleven essays, laced with humor a...)
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History and Polemics in the French Reformation: Florimond De Raemond : Defender of the Church
(Florimond de Raemond was one of the most widely read hist...)
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Johann Sturm on Education
(Johann Sturm lived his life across nearly the entire 16th...)
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Reconstructing Western Civilization: Irreverant Essays on Antiquity
Membership
Member American History Association, Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Young Men's Christian Association.
Interests
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Married William Earl Tinsley, December 30, 1959. Children: Claire Jennifer, Yve Hillary.
Education
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1959
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1960
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1983
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1963 - 1964
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1969 - 1971
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1974
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1977 - 1979
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Woodrow Wilson fellow University California-Berkeley, 1959-1960. National Defense Education Act fellow Michigan State University and Emory University, 1961, 63. Jessie Speyer fellow Stanford University, 1965-1967. Fulbright fellow University Strasbourg, 1983-1984. National Endowment of the Humanities fellow Duke University, 1988, Princeton, 1995, University North Carolina, 2001.Woodrow Wilson fellow University California-Berkeley, 1959-1960. National Defense Education Act fellow Michigan State University and Emory University, 1961, 63. Jessie Speyer fellow Stanford University, 1965-1967.
Fulbright fellow University Strasbourg, 1983-1984. National Endowment of the Humanities fellow Duke University, 1988, Princeton, 1995, University North Carolina, 2001.