Suzanne Marchand is LSU Systems Boyd (University) Professor of European Intellectual History at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. She usually writes about the history of the humanities in Germany and Austria, but her most recent book, Porcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe (Princeton, 2020), turned to material culture and business history. Coauthoring two textbooks, one in European and one in world history, taught her a great deal about survey teaching. As president of the German Studies Association (2012–14), and as councilor for the AHA’s Professional Division (2016–19), she championed the representation of all regions and institutional types. Her commitment to cross-disciplinary conversation has led to service on numerous editorial boards and fellowships, many of them outside the US, and inspired her to cofound LSU’s Center for Collaborative Knowledge. Her fascination with the long afterlife of the ancient world has made her particularly eager to advocate for courses that treat premodern periods, as well as those that embrace the history of the sciences, arts, and religion. Recently, her work on the history of Herodotus reception has given her new affection and respect for our “father of history,” who was also known as “the father of lies.”
Suzanne Marchand
