Research Bio
Carla Hesse is a professor in the Department of History, and The Jane K. and Peder Sather History Chair. Her current research concerns the legal history of the terror during the French Revolution and the reception of the work of Jean Jacques Rousseau from 1789 to the present.
Research Expertise and Interest
france, modern europe, history of women, legal history
In the News
Two UC Berkeley Scholars Elected to the American Philosophical Society
Nine UC Berkeley Faculty Members Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Nine UC Berkeley faculty members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, bringing to 234 the total number of faculty now members of one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.
Teaching
Directed Dissertation Research [HISTORY 296 - 020]
Directed Dissertation Research [HISTORY 296 - 020]
Modern France: Renaissance to Revolution [HISTORY 166B - 001]
Directed Dissertation Research [HISTORY 296 - 019]