Sheryl Kroen

Sheryl Kroen is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Florida specializing in Modern European cultural and intellectual history. She holds a BA from Princeton University (1984), MA (1987), and PhD (1992) from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on political culture, consumer capitalism, and post-WWII European reinvention. She authored Politics and Theater: The Crisis of Legitimacy in Restoration France (2000) and is completing a book on postwar European recovery campaigns. Kroen has held fellowships from Fulbright, NEH, and the Humboldt Foundation, among others.

• Education:
• PhD in Modern European History, UC Berkeley, 1992
• MA in Modern European History, UC Berkeley, 1987
• BA in History, Princeton University, 1984

Her current research explores how post-WWII governments used media campaigns to reframe Europe as the vanguard of Western Civilization. She has lectured extensively, including as a Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer in Italy (2010). Kroen teaches courses on consumer culture, capitalism, and women's history. She has held residencies at Columbia Society for Fellows in Paris and the National Humanities Center.

• Awards:
• Fulbright Fellowship
• Chateaubriand Fellowship (French Government)
• NEH Fellowship
• Humboldt Foundation Fellowship
• German Marshall Fund Grant
• ACLS Burkhardt Fellowship

Her work bridges intellectual history with material culture, analyzing how postwar policies reshaped Europe's political identity. Current projects include a book manuscript and courses on writing women’s lives in modern Europe.