Francesca Trivellato

Francesca Trivellato, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the School of Historical Studies, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, joining nearly 250 honorees recognized for their expertise and leadership. A number of other Institute-affiliated scholars, representing all four IAS Schools, were also elected.

Natalie Zemon Davis, Member (1978) in the School of Social Science and one of the pioneering historians of her time and ours, died in Toronto on October 21 at the age of 94.

"Francesca Trivellato is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Early Modern European History at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. She is the author, most recently, of The Promise and Peril of Credit: What a Forgotten Legend about Jews and Finance Tells us about the Making of European Commercial Society (Princeton University Press, 2019).

"The carried interest tax loophole allows wealthy Americans, like those in private equity and hedge funds, to avoid billions in taxes each year. It's been one of the most controversial features of the U.S. tax system, yet it has survived multiple attempts (by Republicans and Democrats) to try to kill the loophole. The most recent attempt — in the Inflation Reduction Act — was thwarted last week."

"Antisemitism is an old problem with roots that reach back to medieval Europe. While earlier forms focused more on religious bigotry, antisemitism in the modern period became increasingly racialized and politicized. So what is the connection between...

Francesca Trivellato, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the School of Historical Studies, has been awarded the 2020 Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History for The Promise and Peril of Credit: What a Forgotten Legend about Jews and Finance Tells Us...

“More than 500 years before the industrial revolution, finance capitalism, represented by paper instruments, enabled new kinds of commerce over long distances and generated new wealth. But this wealth was increasingly disconnected from the...

The inaugural issue of Capitalism: A Journal of History and Economics is now available in open access.

Capitalism is a new academic journal offering a trans-disciplinary forum for the examination of the history of economic phenomena broadly...