Faramerz Dabhoiwala

Faramerz Noshir Dabhoiwala (born 1969)[1] is a historian and senior research scholar at Princeton University where he teaches and writes about the social history, cultural history, and intellectual history of the English-speaking world, from the middle ages to the present day.[3][4]

Fara Dabhoiwala
Born
Faramerz Noshir Dabhoiwala

1969 (age 51–52)[1]
Spouse(s)Jo Dunkley[2]
Childrenfour
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of York (BA)
University of Oxford (DPhil)
ThesisProstitution and police in London, c. 1660 - c. 1760 (1995)
Academic work
InstitutionsPrinceton University
University of Oxford
Notable worksThe Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution
Websitedabhoiwala.com

Education

Dabhoiwala was educated in Amsterdam, the University of York[1][5] and the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1995; his thesis was on prostitution in London in the 17th century and 18th century.[6][7]

Career

Before moving to Princeton, he was a member of faculty at the University of Oxford, where he holds life fellowships of All Souls College, Oxford and Exeter College, Oxford.[5]

His 2012 book, The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution, examines the first sexual revolution and the history of human sexuality.[8][9][10] It was book of the year at The Economist.[11]

Personal life

Dabhoiwala is a Parsi.[12] He has four children, two with the astrophysicist Jo Dunkley.[2]

References
  1. "Professor Faramerz Dabhoiwala : Emeritus Fellow in History". exeter.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-01-13.
  2. Schussler, Jennifer (2012-02-29). "This Revolution Was British, Fired by Libidos". nytimes.com. New York, New York: The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01.
  3. "Home Page". Fara Dabhoiwala.
  4. "Fara Dabhoiwala - Department of History". history.princeton.edu.
  5. "About". Fara Dabhoiwala.
  6. Dabhoiwala, Faramerz Noshir (1995). Prostitution and police in London, c. 1660 - c. 1760. bodleian.ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 53218943. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.319273.
  7. Dabhoiwala, Faramerz (1996). "The Construction of Honour, Reputation and Status in Late Seventeenth- and Early Eighteenth-Century England". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 6: 201–213. doi:10.2307/3679236. ISSN 0080-4401. JSTOR 3679236.
  8. Greer, Germaine (2012). "Germaine Greer takes issue with the claim that modern sex began in the late 17th century". theguardian.com.
  9. Reay, Barry (2013). "Faramerz Dabhoiwala. The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution". The American Historical Review. 118 (4): 1249–1250. doi:10.1093/ahr/118.4.1249. ISSN 0002-8762.
  10. Dabhoiwala, Faramerz (2012). The origins of sex : a history of the first sexual revolution. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199892419. OCLC 768168269.
  11. "Page turners Books of the Year". The Economist. 8 December 2012.
  12. https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/eye-on-england-12-02-2012/cid/447579
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