Marianne Hirsch is William Peterfield Trent Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature and the Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender at Columbia University.
A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a former President of the Modern Language Association of America, Hirsch was born in Romania and educated at Brown University where she received her A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees.
Hirsch's work combines feminist theory with memory studies, particularly the transmission of memories of violence across generations. Her recent books include
Hirsch is the former editor of PMLA, the journal of the Modern Language Association of America, and the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, the National Humanities Center, and the Bellagio and Bogliasco Foundations. She is one of the founders of Columbia's Center for the Study of Social Difference, and its global initiative "Women Creating Change." Along with a group of local scholars, artists and activists, Hirsch co-directed the Zip Code Memory Project, an initiative that seeks to find art and community-based ways to repair the devastating losses resulting from the Coronavirus pandemic while also acknowledging its radically differential effects on Upper New York City neighborhoods.
Biography copied from https://english.columbia.edu/content/marianne-hirsch in June 2024.
Topics include "Autobiography and Subjectivity in Scholarly Writing" and "Memory"
Topics include "Autobiography and Subjectivity in Scholarly Writing" and "Memory"
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This collection consists of the professional papers of Marianne Hirsch, William Peterfield Trent Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature and the Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender at Columbia University. Hirsch's scholarship focuses on feminist theory, narrative and rhetorical theory, comparative literature, cultural memory, and Holocaust studies. The collection includes conference materials, course syllabi and lecture notes, draft writings and related correspondence, and research materials. The collection dates from 1970 – 2017 and is arranged into 11 series.
Series 1, PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, 1970 – 1996, contains correspondence and educational files. This series is arranged alphabetically by record type.
Series 2, ADMINISTRATIVE, 1979 - 2008, contains Academic Review Committee materials related to the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Columbia University and conference planning materials related to "Familial Gaze" and "Family Pictures" hosted at Dartmouth College. This series is arranged alphabetically by institution.
Series 3, CONFERENCES, 1978 - 2008, includes bibliographies, programs, handwritten notes, and papers by others for various conferences. Conferences include "Comparative Literature and Cultural Transnationalisms: Past and Future," "Ethnicity, Race, and Representation: Constructing Others and Selves," and "Gender and War." This series is arranged alphabetically by conference title.
Series 4, TEACHING, 1976 - 2008, includes syllabi and handwritten notes for various courses taught by Hirsch. Course titles include "Comparative Literature: Mothers and Daughters," "Heroines of Disaster: The Novel and Feminist Literary Theory," and "Women's Studies: Race, Reproduction, and Sexuality: Current Issues in Feminist Theory." This series is arranged alphabetically by course title.
Series 5, WRITINGS BY HIRSCH, 1975 - 2006, includes drafts, notes, and correspondence, for various articles, books, edited books, book chapters, and talks by Hirsch. Titles include "Masking the Subject: Practicing Theory,"
Series 6, WRITINGS BY OTHERS, 1976 - 1995, includes drafts and related correspondence for writings by other scholars. Authors include Judith Lewis Herman and Helen Block Lewis, Alice Jardine, Lynn Higgins, and Elizabeth Spelman. This series is arranged alphabetically by author's last name then by title.
Series 7, RESEARCH, circa 1979, n.d., contains readings and typed and handwritten notes on various topics. Topics include "anger," "mothers and monsters," and political correctness. Topics in quotations were created by Hirsch, all other topics were created by the processor. This series is arranged alphabetically by topic.
Series 8, PRINT MATERIALS, 1985-1990, contains booklets related to seminars attended by Hirsch and flyers related to talks given by Hirsch. This series is arranged alphabetically by record type.
Series 9, AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS, 2017, contains a DVD of "Lecture Marianne Hirsch Memory's Tenses From Present Past to Future Perfect." This series is arranged by record type and then by title.
Series 10, ELECTRONIC RECORDS, n.d., contains drafts and notes written by Hirsch. Topics include "Post-modernism" and "contemporary." Titles in quotations were created by Hirsch, all other titles were created by the processor. This series is arranged alphabetically by format type and then by title written on the carrier.
Series 11, RESTRICTED, n.d., contains one folder with an editorial review. This material is restricted until January 1, 2050, after which the materials will be available for research.
All researchers seeking to publish materials from the collections of the John Hay Library are requested to complete a Notice of Intent to Publish, prior to reproducing, quoting, or otherwise publishing any portion or extract from this collection. Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Marianne Hirsch papers, MS.2024.014, Box [#], Folder [#], Pembroke Center Archives, John Hay Library, Brown University.
This collection is arranged into 11 series.
There are some restrictions on access, though most of the collection is open for research use. Series 11, Restricted, is restricted until January 1, 2050 after which date the materials will be open without restriction. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
Advance notice is required to view born-digital records. Born-digital materials in this collection may not have been reformatted yet. Researchers may request access to copies by contacting the John Hay Library with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed to hay@brown.edu.
Gift of Marianne Hirsch.
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