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Biography
Caroline Winterer is William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies, and Professor by courtesy of Classics. She specializes in American history before 1900, especially the history of ideas, political thought, and the history of science.
She teaches classes on American history until 1900, including American cultural and intellectual history, the American Enlightenment, and the history of science.
She is the author of six books, including most recently How the New World Became Old: The Deep Time Revolution in America (Princeton University Press, 2024).
She is currently accepting graduate students. For more information on the PhD program in the Department of History, visit: https://history.stanford.edu/academics/graduate-degree-programs.
She teaches classes on American history until 1900, including American cultural and intellectual history, the American Enlightenment, and the history of science.
She is the author of six books, including most recently How the New World Became Old: The Deep Time Revolution in America (Princeton University Press, 2024).
She is currently accepting graduate students. For more information on the PhD program in the Department of History, visit: https://history.stanford.edu/academics/graduate-degree-programs.
Other titles
Professor, History
Professor (By courtesy), Graduate School of Education
Professor (By courtesy), Classics
Research interests
Recent publications
winterer, C. (2024). How the New World Became Old: The Deep Time Revolution in America. Princeton University Press.
Winterer, C. (2021). “Enlightened Despotism and the American Revolution: The Political Thought of Frederick the Great of Prussia.” . Political Thought and the Origins of the American Presidency, ed. Ben Lowe (pp. 98–124). Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2021.
Winterer, C. (2021). “History: Narratives of Progress.” . A Cultural History of Ideas in the Age of Enlightenment, ed. Jack Censer. (Vol. 4). London: Bloomsbury Academic Press.
