Judith R. Walkowitz

Judith R. Walkowitz
Born1945 (1945)
NationalityAmerican
EducationPhD, University of Rochester
Known forHistorian of Great Britain

Judith Rosenberg Walkowitz (born 13 Sep 1945) is an American author and a professor of history and women's studies at Johns Hopkins University. Her research and publications center on modern European political and social culture, with a particular focus on feminism and sexuality within British culture in the 19th-century.[1][2][3][4] In 1993, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of British History.[5]

Selected Publications

  • Prostitution and Victorian Society (1980)[6]
  • City of Dreadful Delight (1992)[7]
  • Nights Out: Life in Cosmopolitan London (2012)[8]

References

  1. ^ "Judith Walkowitz". Center for the Humanities. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Judith R. Walkowitz". University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Judith Walkowitz". History. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  4. ^ Gershon, Livia (10 September 2022). "Street Harassment in Victorian London". JSTOR Daily. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Guggenheim Fellowships: Supporting Artists, Scholars, & Scientists". www.gf.org. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  6. ^ Walkowitz, Judith R. (1980). Prostitution and Victorian society : women, class, and the state. Internet Archive. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22334-8.
  7. ^ "City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London". History. 15 October 1992. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  8. ^ Sweet, Matthew (18 May 2012). "Nights Out by Judith R Walkowitz - review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 May 2025.