Caroline Bynum (born March 10, 1941), American historian, medievalist, university professor

Caroline Bynum

historian medievalist university professor

March 10, 1941

Atlanta, Georgia

She is a University Professor emerita at Columbia University and Professor emerita of Western Medieval History at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. She was the first woman to be appointed University Professor at Columbia. She is a former Dean of Columbia"s School of General Studies. She served as President of the American Historical Association for 1996. Education and Her honors include the Jefferson Lecture, a MacArthur Fellowship, and fourteen honorary degrees including degrees from Harvard University, the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, and the University of Pennsylvania. Bynum"s work has focused on the way medieval people understood the nature of the human body and its physicality in the context of larger theological questions and spiritual pursuits.

Caroline Bynum

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Bynum received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan in 1962 and a Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University in 1969.

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She is a University Professor emerita at Columbia University and Professor emerita of Western Medieval History at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. She was the first woman to be appointed University Professor at Columbia. She is a former Dean of Columbia"s School of General Studies.

She served as President of the American Historical Association for 1996.

Education and Her honors include the Jefferson Lecture, a MacArthur Fellowship, and fourteen honorary degrees including degrees from Harvard University, the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, and the University of Pennsylvania. Bynum"s work has focused on the way medieval people understood the nature of the human body and its physicality in the context of larger theological questions and spiritual pursuits.

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Caroline Bynum is a 1986 MacArthur Fellow.

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MacArthur Fellowship; Rome Prize; Order of Merit for Arts and Science; Harvard Centennial Medal; Pour le Mérite Caroline Bynum is a 1986 MacArthur Fellow.