Come hear Robert Rosenstone, Professor Emeritus at CalTech speak about his recent book,
Adventures of a Postmodern Historian
Thursday, April 20, 12-1:30pm, Fenwick 1014B
Adventures of a Postmodern Historian chronicles Rosenstone's research journeys over half a century. Beginning in the 1960s, his offbeat trajectory took
him on adventures through the police states of Franco Spain and the Soviet Union, to the Shinto shrines and Zen temples of Japan and ultimately to Hollywood. Alongside his own memoirs, Rosenstone reflects upon developments and changes within the realm of professional
history, which in turn reflect the social, cultural, and intellectual shifts of the late 20th century. A pioneer of experimental and creative history, he suggests how the experience of the historian can inflect the written history, and provides a defence of
innovation in historical writing that is both intellectually rigorous and entertaining. In doing so he offers a window into the state of history today – and points to exciting new ways of writing the past.
Rosenstone is also the author of
Visions of the Past (1998), History on Film/Film on History (2006),
The King of Odessa (2003), Romantic Revolutionary: A Biography of John Reed (1975)
Alison
Alison Landsberg, Professor