Rafe Blaufarb

Rafe Blaufarb serves as Professor of History and Ben Weider Eminent Scholar in Napoleonic Studies at Florida State University, where he also directs the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution. He joined FSU in fall 2006 after previously holding an associate professorship at Auburn University.

His educational credentials include:

• Amherst College
• Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
• University of Michigan (Ph.D., 1996)

Specializing in Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, Blaufarb examines transnational connections between European revolutions and Latin American independence movements, with particular focus on military social history, property law transformations, and fiscal systems. His interdisciplinary approach bridges political, legal, and Atlantic world historiography.

His research has been recognized through prestigious awards:

• NEH Fellowship
• Mellon Foundation Grant
• Camargo Foundation Fellowship
• Bourse Châteaubriand

Blaufarb maintains active scholarly engagement through invited professorships, most notably at Université Paul-Valéry III (Montpellier), and continues to direct significant research initiatives in Napoleonic studies while securing competitive grant funding for historical research projects.