Coppelia kahn biography of william

American academic, Shakespeare scholar, and writer

Coppélia Huber Kahn (born 1939) is Professor Emerita of English and Gender Studies at Brown University and an internationally recognized Shakespeare scholar.

She is best known for her work on feminist and gender studies in the wider field of Shakespeare studies, and was among the first to bring these lenses to bear on the field.

Coppelia kahn biography of william shakespeare

Kahn is the author of Roman Shakespeare: Warriors, Wounds, and Women.

Personal life and education

Kahn was born in 1939 in Seattle. Her parents were Louis Reichert, a journalist, and Hazel Huber (née Ferguson), a housewife.

She married Judd Kahn on December 26, 1963, but they were divorced on October 1, 1982. She married Avi Wortis on June 21, 1986. Kahn has one child (a son).

Kahn graduated BAwith honors from Barnard College in 1961.^[a] She took her MA degree in 1964 and PhD in 1970, both at the University of California, Berkeley.

Career history

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