Hayden White

Hayden White
Born
Hayden V. White

(1928-07-12)July 12, 1928
DiedMarch 5, 2018(2018-03-05) (aged 89)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Doctoral studentsNancy Struever
Notable studentsLawrence Grossberg
Main interestsMetahistory
Notable worksMetahistory (1973)
Notable ideas
Influenced
Hayden V. White

Hayden V. White (July 12, 1928 – March 5, 2018) was an American historian in the tradition of literary criticism, perhaps most famous for his work Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe (1973/2014).

  1. ^ Rogne, Erlend (February 2009). "The Aim of Interpretation is to Create Perplexity in the Face of the Real: Hayden White in Conversation with Erlend Rogne". History and Theory. 48 (1): 63–75. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2303.2009.00485.x.
  2. ^ "Essay on the death of Hayden White | Inside Higher Ed". www.insidehighered.com. 9 March 2018.
  3. ^ Alexandra Alexandri et al. (eds.), Interpreting Archaeology: Finding Meaning in the Past, Routledge, 2013, p. 166.
  4. ^ Paul Hansom, Twentieth-century American Cultural Theorists, Gale Group, 2001, p. 381.
  5. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (9 March 2018). "Hayden White, Who Explored How History is Made, Dies at 89". The New York Times.