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cultural historian

  • a word derived from cultural history.
    cultural history
    noun
    a study or account of a society's past that focuses on aspects of culture, such as the development of ideas, the arts, religion, lifestyle, etc., rather than primarily political events.

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Ms. Gaul, an assistant professor of Arabic studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, describes herself as a cultural historian.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

Waldie, essayist and cultural historian, is the author of “Becoming Los Angeles: Myth, Memory, and a Sense of Place,” among other books.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2025

Yale: Yale’s new president will be the cultural historian Maurie McInnis, who will be the first woman to head the university permanently.

From New York Times Jun. 4, 2024

Maurie McInnis, a longtime higher education leader and cultural historian, was named the 24th president of Yale University on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to be appointed permanently to the position.

From Seattle Times May 29, 2024

Both poems are of interest to the political and cultural historian, but from a literary point of view The Man of Taste is probably the better poem.

From The Man of Taste by James Bramston

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