Past Member
Esther Liberman Cuenca
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship for Assistant Professors
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
Urban History, Legal History, Medievalism
Website
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Esther Liberman Cuenca is writing a book on urban identity and the development of customary law from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Her work uncovers the origins of bourgeois status in medieval England and how administrators articulated the 'common good' in towns. She is also editing a teaching text on medieval culture in cinema.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
Fordham University
Ph.D.
2019
California State University, Long Beach
M.A.
2007
Loyola Marymount University
B.A.
2002
Loyola Marymount University
B.A.
2002
Honors
2016-17
Schallek Fellowship, Medieval Academy of America
2022
Franklin Research Grant, American Philosophical Society
2021
Van Courtlandt Elliott Prize, Medieval Academy of America
2013
Schallek Award, Medieval Academy of America
Appointments
University of Houston-Victoria
2019
Assistant Professor of History