Incoming Member
Ada Kuskowski
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
Medieval History, Legal History
Website
Ada Kuskowski is a medieval and legal historian. Her work has focused on the construction of legal knowledge, especially customary law. While at IAS, she will explore law in the long aftermath of conquest and the formation of colonial legal imaginaries. Through this, she aims to rethink the broad contours of medieval law.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
–
Degrees
Cornell University, History Department
Ph.D.
2013
McGill University, Faculty of Law (BCL, LLB)
J.D.
2005
McGill University, Faculty of Law
B.A.
2001
Appointments
University of Pennsylvania
2016
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Southern Methodist University
2013–2016
Assistant Professor, Jeremy duQuesnay Adams Centennial Professorship in Western European Medieval History