Merry Wiesner-Hanks

Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks is an American historian and Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee's Department of History.[1] She describes herself as wearing "... two hats, one as a historian of early modern Europe and the other as a world/global historian, with a primary focus on women, gender, and sexuality within these".[1]

Self-portrait photograph

She is editor-in-chief of the seven-volume 2015 Cambridge World History, and co-editor of three of its parts: Volume 5: Expanding Webs of Exchange and Conflict, 500CE–1500CE (ISBN 9780521190749) with Benjamin Z. Kedar and Volume 6: The Construction of a Global World, 1400–1800 CE, Part 1: Foundations (ISBN 9780521761628) and Part 2: Patterns of Change (ISBN 9780521192460) with Jerry H. Bentley and Sanjay Subrahmanyam.[2]

She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and before moving to the University of Wisconsin she was an assistant professor at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, from 1979 to 1985.[3]

Wiesner-Hanks is a senior editor of The Sixteenth Century Journal: The Journal of Early Modern Studies,[4] and an editor of the Journal of Global History.[5]

Her books include Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe; Gender in History: Global Perspectives; Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789; and A Concise History of the World. Wiesner-Hanks also contributed to the textbook A History of Western Society with John P. McKay,[6] which has been published in several editions and is often used in Advanced Placement European History classes.[7]

References
  1. "Merry Wiesner-Hanks". College of Letters & Science: Department of History. University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  2. "The Cambridge World History". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. Wiesner-Hanks, Merry. "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. "Staff". The Sixteenth Century Journal. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  5. "Journal of Global History". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  6. Smith, Richard L.; McKay, John P.; Hill, Bennett D.; Buckler, John (November 1979). "A History of Western Society". The History Teacher. 13 (1): 125. doi:10.2307/492026. JSTOR 492026.
  7. "AP European History: Course Audit | AP Central – The College Board". AP Central. 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-06.

Further reading
  • Laichas, Tom (June 2008). "A Conversation with Merry Wiesner-Hanks". World History Connected. 5 (3). Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  • Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe (3rd ed. 2008, Cambridge, ISBN 978-0521695442)
  • Gender in History: Global Perspectives (2nd ed, 2010, Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 978-1-4051-8995-8)
  • Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789 (2nd ed, 2013, Cambridge UP, ISBN 9781107643574)
  • A Concise History of the World (2015, Cambridge UP, ISBN 9781107694538)


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