معرفی
Margaret Rosenthal is a Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. She holds a Ph.D. in Italian from Yale University (1985) and a B.A. in Italian and English Literature from Douglass College (1975). Her research focuses on Italian Renaissance social history, with a particular emphasis on women writers and the history of clothing and costume in early-modern Italy. She has authored/co-authored major works such as The Honest Courtesan (1992) and The Clothing of the Renaissance World (2008), which explore gendered dynamics, cultural norms, and material culture.
Her teaching contributions include pioneering micro-seminars on 'The Renaissance Woman' for incoming freshmen. Rosenthal has held administrative roles like Director of the Center for Feminist Research (1993–1995) and serves on editorial boards for prestigious publications. She has received numerous awards, including the Howard R. Marraro Prize (1994) and multiple teaching honors at USC. Her work bridges literary analysis with historical materialism, examining how clothing and public behavior reflect social hierarchies and identity formations in Renaissance Italy.
